Category Archives: mobile

Cellphones in Timbuktu

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Oliver

It’s easy to think of people from the underdeveloped world as quite different from ourselves. After all, there’s little to convince us otherwise. National Geographic Specials, video clips on the Nightly News, photos in every major newspaper – all depicting … Continue reading →

Posted in Humanity, mobile, Pearltrees, Third World | 3 Comments

iPhone Phones Home, Tells Everything

Posted on December 20, 2008 by admin

Caveat: I am not a developer so what I am about to reveal may or may not be news to the developer community.  Nevertheless, this is not something that I was aware of previously and I have not seen any … Continue reading →

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Just In from the “More Apple BS Dept” – Your iPhone has a Kill Switch

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Oliver

Yahoo is reporting that Steve Jobs has admitted to the fact that Apple has installed a “kill switch” on the new iPhone that allows the company to take action to remotely remove an application from the device. According to the … Continue reading →

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AlwaysOn Stanford Summit: a discussion on “open mobile”

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Oliver

I’m sitting in on a panel right now discussing what “Open” means in the context of mobile.  We’ve got representatives from Frog Design (Mark Rolston), Verizon (Anthony Lewis), Kleiner Perkins (Matt Murphy), Nokia (David Rivas) and Google (Rich Miner). Listening … Continue reading →

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Want a Limited Edition Nokia N96? Now’s Your Chance!

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Oliver

Nokia just launched this new site announcing the very limited availability of their newest multi-media computer, the amazing N96.  We’ve been hearing about this phone since 3GSM…the specifications are basically mind-blowing.  It’s the N95 on steroids, growth hormone, speed and … Continue reading →

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Joikuspot Launches New Mapspot Service.

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Oliver

The folks at Joiku, the company that has developed the revolutionary Joikuspot software that lets you turn your Symbian Series 60 device into a mobile wi-fi hotspot have done it again. This time they’ve built on their Joikuspot platform by … Continue reading →

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Got Gadgets?

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Oliver

Recently, several people have inquired about the extent of my “toy” collection. Mostly it consists of Nokia phones (although there’s also a Treo, an iPhone, a Helio Drift, and a Samsung SCH-i830, and a few others hardly worth mentioning), various … Continue reading →

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TwitterFone Goes Live

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Oliver

TwitterFone, a new service that allows you to post to Twitter via voice by calling a number on your mobile phone has just been lit up. The application is currently in an invite-only beta so if you want to use … Continue reading →

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VoIP Phishing Fraud Alert: learn how to defend yourself

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Oliver

I just received an invitation from my friend Alec Saunders , CEO of Iotum to join in on a free conference call to discuss AT$T and AMEX’s deployment of auto-dialing technology that, according to Alec, has the potential to desensitize … Continue reading →

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