Two important events on personal communications: 50% global cellular penetration and the beginning of the end of the pay-phone

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Two very important events have occurred that signal the shift on personal communications, and mobile/cellular adoption today and future. While these two events are totally related, it probably is coincidence that both were announced just days apart… You probably have heard that the global cellphone penetration has reached 50 percent: According to the International Programs … Read more

Google Chart API

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Very, very neat AND useful… Check out the Google Chart API. See the announcement at the Google Code Blog – Embed charts in webpages with one of our simplest APIs yet. ceo [Via Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]

The Google Effect, Part 2 — at&t

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First it was Verizon (see Verizon Open Move — the Google effect, or pure marketing push?). And now at&t is opening their networks. Starting immediately, AT&T (T) customers can ditch their AT&T phones and use any wireless phone, device and software application from any maker — think smartphones, e-mail and music downloading. And they don’t … Read more

Congrats to Lonestars 97G Blue soccer team

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Congratulations to my daughter’s team, the Lonestars 97G Blue, who had a fantastic season… (my daughter is the one standing 2nd from the left)… ACCOMPLISHMENTS Classic Elite Riverwalk National Cup — Runnerup Austin Labor Day Cup — 1st Place Dallas Texans Fall Festival — Semi-Finalist Western District 2007 Fall Championship — 1st Place Season Stats … Read more

The killer Mobile-Desktop combination

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We know that mobile is not about replacing the desktop, but it is about leveraging the desktop in ways that enhances the mobile experience. This include finding content, and sending such content to the handset (over wireless or wire). I bet this will be the preferred method to discover and load local applications on the … Read more

Best meteor shower of 2007

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Mark your calendar… the Geminid meteor shower, the best meteor shower of 2007 peaks on Friday, December 14th. For more information see the Science@NASA article Asteroid Shower. ceo