Hi! I'm PhoneBoy. Who am I? Glad you asked!
Long ago, when I didn't work for Check Point Software, this site used to be a well-visited FAQ site on the Check Point firewall products. Nowadays, I sit in my virtual office and write about what I'm interested in, which includes: computers, telecom, Voipo, VoIP Service, mobile phones, and many other forms of shiny gadgets.
Some other projects I'm doing include: PhoneBoy's Security Theater, where I discuss computer and network security-related topics, and PhoneBoy Speaks, a daily podcast where I discuss whatever technology and security issues are on my mind.
While Nokia’s been “experimenting” with Windows Phone, they’ve been working on their Asha line of phones that is geared towards developing nations with much more restricted mobile networks. Personally, I find these more intriguing. And I wonder, like Mister Mobility does, is Asha OS the first world smartphone for a third world mobile network?
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As The Verge points out, Google has not yet combined all of their various communication services into the new Hangouts app for iOS and Android. We’re still missing large chunks of Google Voice.
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It’s one thing for a guy like Tomi Ahonen to say that Nokia is not on the right track. And he’s been saying that for at least 2 years now. It’s quite another when your investors tell you “the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Please switch to another road.”
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I don’t think it’s dead like this article from The Street suggests, but it’s definitely getting cheaper thanks to companies like Truphone and Maxroam.
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At Google I/O, they announced that the Samsung Galaxy S4 would be getting the Nexus treatment, i.e. stock Android. It would be a special version they sell on the Google Play store for $649 starting June 28th.
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Homomorphic Encryption will allow you to store data in the cloud, yet still work with it without requiring the data to be decrypted first. It was a theory that was proved possible, now a working implementation exists thanks to IBM!
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Google unifies their storage across services. Not sure what this means for people like me with a legacy storage plan, though.
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