Thoughts on Tech, Software, AI/ML, and Science

Oracle announced it finalized its acquisition of Sun — Bye Sun and Thanks…

As I read Terrence’s blog Goodbye Sun & Thanks, Scott, I think back at my days when I worked closely with Sun. Many believed that I worked for Sun but I actually didn’t… I have been a fan of Sun Microsystems through out…

Android Developer Lab’s Tour

Folks, just got an email from Google about their upcoming Android Developer Lab’s tour. Very cool and Austin is the 1st city in the tour on Feb 4, 2010. Registration deadline for currently open sessions is February 1st. The Lab will expose attendees…

Great first Android Dev Austin meeting

We had a great first Android Dev Austin meeting, packed with developers and even a couple of product folks. Thanks to all who attended. It was a very interactive meeting where we discussed a lot of things on Android, from fragmentation to distribution,…

Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Austin (ReadWriteStart)

As part of the ReadWriteStart series titled Never Mind the Valley, Chris Cameron of the ReadWriteWeb wrote a very nice piece about the Austin startup and tech scene. See Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Austin. Thanks Chris for covering Austin and for the…

Which BlackBerry are you?

My good friend Michael Yuan (Ringful Health) put together a quick survey on BlackBerry to better understand popular BlackBerry versions and help them prioritize their product road-map. The survey results are public so everyone can benefit from this survey: So, while we are…

Mobile Trends 2020

Rudy De Waele (@mtrends) has put together a collaborative outlook of the mobile trends for the next 10 years: Update: Mobile Trends 2020 has been updated to include views from Russell Buckley, Tomi Ahonen, Yuri van Geest, Kelly Goto, Raj Singh, David Harper,…

Personal reflections on mobile 2000-2009 and welcome to 2010 and the new decade

With my first blog post of 2010 I would like to wish you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010. And with the new year and the new decade, I reflect on the previous decade and my involvement with mobile; writing this…

Wishing You A Merry Christmas 2009!

With this post I would like to wish you and your family a peaceful and happy Christmas holidays and an awesome, full of health and prosperity 2010! ceo

On (Mobile) Cloud Computing – Multiple Perspectives to its Benefits, Drivers and Economics

Ajit wrote an interesting post titled Mobile Cloud Computing – the silver lining for Operators, where he explores Cloud Computing from an Operator perspective and discusses the synergies and opportunities for Carriers. He quotes an ABI Research report that states that cloud computing…

Awesome MobileMonday Austin Dec 2009 Event, thanks! | Next: January 20, 2010 with Android Dev Austin

We had a great MobileMonday Austin event on Dec 7, a full house and great speakers — what a great way to end 2009. Thanks to our sponsors and speakers: David Gill (Nielsen), Austin Technology Incubator (Bart Bohn), Austin Entrepreneur Network (Hall Martin),…