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

A word on the Skype Fiasco

Niklas Zennstrong and Janus Friis, Skype, eBay, Joost, Index Ventures, Volpi, Joltid, investors… There are many opinions floating around the Web, but this case is of interest to me because of the following: 1) Buy vs. License, 2) Due-diligence process, and 3) Core-IP…

Reminder: Next Carnival of the Mobilists – Submit your Entries!

First, let me acknowledge the last 3 Carnival of the Mobilists: Carnival #189 (Peggy Anne Salz at MSearch Groove), Carnival #190 (Caroline Lewko at WIP JAM) and Carnival # 191 (Phil Barrett at BurningTheBacon.com) for hosting great editions of the Carnival, and for…

SIM Card Overview

I put together a SIM Card Overview. It provides quick introduction to SIM Cards, standards, some industry numbers, Java Card, and the Smartcard Web Server, and links to Gemalto tools. SIM Card Overview View more documents from C. Enrique Ortiz. ceo

The Google App Market – An Analysis

I’ve written a quick analysis on the Google App Market situation… Looking forward to your feedback/opinions! You can download this article in PDF format. Download The Google App Market – An Analysis (PDF). The Google App Market – An Analysis September 6, 2009…

Startups in mobile: Join the PICNIC 2009 Mobile Bites!

My buddy Rudy De Waele (m-trends.org, dotOpen, Mobile 2.0 guru) sent me an email about the upcoming PICNIC 2009 event in Amsterdam. PICNIC is a very cool event and Rudy (dotOpen) is organizing the mobile bits of the event. So any startups that…

The Austin Entrepreneur Network and The Idea Finishing School

A quick announcement about two great resources that are available to Central Texas entrepreneurs who are starting or who had started a business (a start-up) and need some help or direction. First my friend Hall Martin who runs the Austin Entrepreneur Network (http://austinentrepreneurnetwork.org)…

Time to Vote – SXSW Interactive 2010 (and great Mobililty Presence)

It is once again that time of the year; it is time to vote for next year’s SXSW (2010) panel sessions! To vote, go to the SXSW 2010 Panel Picker. ==> Note that voting closes September 4th! An incubator of cutting-edge technologies, SXSW…

About Apple vs. the Developer Community

First and foremost, my apologies to all the readers of my blog, as I haven’t been able to write much at all lately… I’ve been so busy at work, literally ->0 time to write/blog. (well, I’ve been busy writing other kinds of stuff…

Operator strategies for mobile broadband in emerging markets (Ovum)

From: Ovum’s report on Operator strategies for mobile broadband in emerging markets (August 7, 2009) Mobile broadband in emerging markets is a very different proposition to that seen in mature markets. Low fixed-line penetration means that there are opportunities for a myriad of…

On AR, Hype and other things

On ReadWriteWeb, Sarah Perez writes Prepare Yourselves: Augmented Reality Hype on the Rise. You know, I really like the RWW, but this particular article was pure complaining about the “Hype” with respect to Augmentated Reality (AR) to the point of bringing up the…