Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39M

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Another MVNO “bites the dust”; not exactly for Helio as it is being rescued by Virgin Mobile. At $39M it is a bargain for Virgin Mobile, compared to all the cash SK Telecom et al. have put into it… It is SO hard and expensive to run an MVNO. Helio was/is a very innovative group … Read more

Towards free location on all devices (with OpenCellId)

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Nice interview of Thomas Landspurg, founder of 8Motions, and a friend from France, on the importance and use of Cell-IDs for location-based mobile applications. Thomas is the creator of the OpenCellId project: This project is an open source project, aiming to create a complete database of CellID worlwide, with their locations. The project provides free … Read more

MobileMonday Austin – Oracle on mobile applications and databases (July 14th)

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A very interesting topic, come see Nikunj Mehta, tech lead for Oracle’s AtomDB project, talk about an emergent approach to mobile applications and browser-embedded databases, involving the use of the Atom publishing protocol for application programming as well as data synchronization, and areas of future work in off-line data for Web applications. This event is … Read more

Mobile & Embedded Community

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I’ve joined (invited to join) the governance body (Board of Directors) of the Mobile & Embedded Community. As a board member, some of my responsibilities will include: Ensure all contributions represent the values of the majority of the community and not simply the views of a small group. Ensure collaboration and peer review across the … Read more

On my visit to the Tecnológico of Monterrey, Santa Fe

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Before the new week begins, I’ll write down my thoughts and experiences on my visit to Santa Fe, Mexico City. I spent last week at the Tecnológico of Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, teaching 11 professors of Engineering on the topic of mobile technologies and applications. The course was part of a program called CADI, a … Read more

Iker Casillas saves the game

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Casillas! What a great photo shot/moment, isn’t it — click to enlarge Iker Casillas blocks Daniele De Rossi penalty kick for the win — Spain 0 – Italy 0; Spain beats Italy on the shoot out…

Successful STS-124 Space Shuttle mission

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What a great photo, isn’t it? Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg looking out the space station window… If I had $20MM to spare, I would be right up there, as a space tourist. Discovery and her crew landed safely earlier today… after a successful mission installing the Japanese lab on the International Space Station. …and it … Read more