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It’s About Place (Part 3)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author Location is fundamental to our personal and business lives – yet it is a concept that is easily and often misunderstood. The Oxford Dictionary defines this word as “the point or extent of space that is occupied by a person, place or thing”. So a place is not a location
Portaga’s TripSync: Simplifying Business Travel (Part 1)
Continuing on our coverage of the Online Travel industry, I bring you Portaga, a small private company that is working on simplifying the challenges of booking and changing travel plans from within your calendar, desktop or mobile. Here, we speak with Portaga’s CEO Robert Kost. SM: Please describe your business value proposition and your product.
More on iPhone & the Future of AT&T
As we approach the iPhone launch, more interesting data comes out to add flesh to our iPhone and the Future framework. WSJ reports: :: AT&T Inc. stands a good chance of stealing customers away from other wireless operators by carrying Apple Inc.’s highly-anticipated iPhone, two new consumer surveys show. Two-thirds of mobile-phone users who are
iPhone and the Future of Infineon
One of my readers, points out that I have not discussed Infineon in my iPhone and the Future series. True. I somehow missed, even though it very much featured on the list of component vendors. In fact, looks like some analysts are predicting, that Infineon’s iPhone design win will result in over $100 Million in
Palm’s Fate
With the mobile world awaiting the arrival of the iPhone, which I believe is positioned as a laptop replacement convergence device, Palm has just released its own laptop replacement product. Key points of the Foleo: [With my comments] * Positioning : ProSumer Mobile Companion, that works with a smartphone and keeps it synched. [Not a
Web 3.0 & Photobucket
We have discussed an overview of the photo sharing industry and Flickr and here we will take a look at Photobucket’s offering from a Web 3.0 perspective. Photobucket, founded in 2003, by Alex Welch and Darren Crystal is an image hosting, video hosting, slideshow creation and photo-sharing site. VCs including Insight Venture Partners and Trinity
iPhone and the Future of Qualcomm: Addendum
I wrote iPhone and the Future of Qualcomm last week, and it generated a huge amount of controversy. My main point in the iPhone series is that if iPhone succeeds in becoming the industry galvanizing event that I think it will be (even if the product itself is a limited success for Apple), it will
iPhone and the Future of Qualcomm
Qualcomm (QCOM) has been reaping the benefits of the worldwide mobile industry boom for a while. Qualcomm engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, key competitor to GSM, the other standard. In fact, while most of the world
