Archive for: September 2010

29 September 2010

Newsletters – Open Letter to Stephen Elop, Nokia’s New CEO: How to Make Nokia Great Again

Filed under: mobile network operators,mobile phones,nokia - 29 Sep 2010

From Newsletters – Open Letter to Stephen Elop, Nokia’s New CEO: How to Make Nokia Great Again:
I congratulate you on assuming leadership of one of the great mobile and wireless companies in the world.  Surely, something intrigued you enough …

The pingpin.com Challenge

Filed under: mobile phones,social networking - 29 Sep 2010

After you sign up for Jryi Engstrom’s latest project (he created Jaiku, which Google bought and killed), you get to play this cool game in your web browser. Played it on the flight from Seattle to San Francisco. It’s tough!

Of …

28 September 2010

Stop the Cap! » FCC Allows Loopholes That Mandate Cable Service for Homeowners, Renters

Filed under: business,telecom - 28 Sep 2010

From Stop the Cap! » FCC Allows Loopholes That Mandate Cable Service for Homeowners, Renters.
Marilyn Castro decided she did not need her landline phone any longer.  The Virginia Beach resident learned her provider would be happy to oblige her request …

26 September 2010

Nokia’s New Chief Faces a Culture of Complacency – NYTimes.com

Filed under: mobile phones,nokia - 26 Sep 2010

From Nokia’s New Chief Faces a Culture of Complacency – NYTimes.com:
As Nokia’s new chief executive, Stephen Elop, takes over this month, he faces a formidable task: to regain the company’s lost ground in the smartphone segment of the global phone …

10 September 2010

Why Inkjet Printers Are A Scam

Filed under: gadgets,recycling - 10 Sep 2010

It can be summed up in the following two pictures:

So let me get this straight: HP cares about recycling, but they won’t let me refill my ink cartridges …

1 September 2010

Choices in Wireless? That Depends.

Filed under: mobile network operators,mobile phones,telecom - 01 Sep 2010

My friends at the CTIA–otherwise known as the firm that represents the interests of the wireless operators in North America–have posted their 50 Wireless Quick Facts. These facts, at least on the face of them, sound impressive and …

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