Previous figures had suggested that the recession was slightly dampening mobile web growth. You would hardly know that from the latest Comscore data showing that the number of people accessing news and information on their mobile devices more than doubled … Continue reading
As The Economist points out for Mobile telecoms in the recession, it is Boom in the bust. Despite the recession, the mobile industry is enjoying a promising transformation. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, although many bemoaned the downturn, … Continue reading
John Markoff in his New York Times blog post, Google, iPhone and the Future of Machines That Listen, raises some important issues. He is talking about Google’s new speech recognition service for the iPhone, which was released on Monday. He … Continue reading
A story this weekend makes me wonder whether Botch your Buzz (ByB) is a new way of feeding the social media frenzy. Botch of course is a blunder, an embarrassing mistake. However we humans more often talk about others’ weaknesses … Continue reading
Finally the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. Or as Reuters informs us, T-Mobile USA introduces Google-powered phone. T-Mobile USA, a Deutsche Telekom AG unit, will sell the first phone powered by Google Inc’s Android operating system … Continue reading
Comwave owns the iPhone trademark in Canada Will the iPhone be here for Christmas? If so, what will it be called? Matthew Ingram spreads a rumour started by The Boy Genius that the Canuck version of the iPhone could be … Continue reading
Users should define the mobile experience Will the Mobile Web happen and if so what will it look like? Three recent articles address this question and come to different conclusions. That is because they look at the question from different … Continue reading
Apple versus PC brings to mind a whole series of TV ads that brilliantly compare the advantages and disadvantages of two different computers and operating systems. If you missed them, here are a few samples: Does this explain the slow … Continue reading
The iPhone makes the Mobile Web a reality. Even if the iPhone had not been brought to market, the Mobile Web would have seen an explosive growth much faster than was seen with the regular Internet. That is true despite … Continue reading