What’s Next: Digital Comics, Tablets and eReaders
The comic business is estimated to be a $1 billion business annually but it’s one of the few media forms that hasn’t yet fully transitioned to the digital world. That may change with the…
Mobile News: Juniper Getting Stronger In Mobile – Research Validates The Market
By John Furrier
News was broke by the Wall Street Journal yesterday that Juniper is announcing will begin selling new wireless products for mobile carriers, responding to bigger rival Cisco Systems recent acquisition of Starent – of…
Citrix CTO Simon Crosby: “VMWare Had Nothing To Do With The Cloud Trend. Their Strategy is Flawed”
By John Furrier
Simon Crosby CTO of Citrix Interview on Cloud and VMWare. Simon Crosby talked with me recently about the cloud and his views on VMWare. Specifically I asked him his views on VMWare. Simon knows…
What Does the Mobclix-Nielsen Deal Really Mean? [Reading Between the Lines]
The big mobile news today is that Mobclix has entered an exclusive deal with Nielsen to help with their analytics. What does that mean? The story has been long on extensive product details, which…
Exclusive: magicJack CEO Dan Borislow Interview, Part II
By Mike Coop
Each year at CES, queues for taxis, coffee, and lunch always seem to take a month, particularly during the first two days of the show. Pretend it’s still CES…it’s been a long month. As…
Do I Owe Apple and HTML5 an Apology?
Leo Laporte mentioned that anyone can test HTML5 video at http://youtube.com/html5 . I gave it a try and even though it didn’t load any quicker, it played better. Right now it’s in tests or…
It Takes Two Men to Replace SAP CEO Léo Apotheker
By Tom Foremski
SAP, the world’s largest business software company, said Léo Apotheker has been replaced as CEO. The SAP Executive Board, in agreement with the SAP Supervisory Board, has appointed two Co-CEOs: Bill McDermott, head of…
Mobile Rumor: The wPhone Coming? Microsoft Launching Windows Phone in Barcelona
By John Furrier
There is some exclusive rumor going around according to PPC Geeks Blog. PPCGeeks is reporting that the a Windows Phone 7 is coming – I call it the wPhone. Note: according to PPCGeeks all…
Are Mobile Networks Melting? Growth Puts Massive Pressure on Carriers
By John Furrier
The recent growth of the iPhone, Android (smartphones in general), and now the iPad has put enormous pressure on carriers and bandwidth – the networks. As the world has come to experience, the mobile…
Foremski’s Angle: Brusilovsky Situation a Result of Low (or No) Wages
By Tom Foremski
[Editor’s Note: Tom Foremski has a great deal of experience, having worked at the Financial Times as a news reporter and columnist. While John and I have a combination of strong editorial and business…