Category: business

23 December 2008

Coverage of Check Point Acquisition of Nokia’s Security Appliance Business

Filed under: business, security, software - 23 Dec 2008

As I write this, I am still a Nokia employee. Yesterday’s announcement did not change that, at least until the deal closes sometime in the next three months. Meanwhile, here are a few of the …

22 December 2008

And The Buyer Was…

Filed under: blogging, business, nokia, phoneboy, software - 22 Dec 2008

After nearly 3 months of uncertainty about who I will be working for, the question has now been answered. Once the deal closes, which they are expecting to happen sometime in Q1 of 2009, I will become an …

5 December 2008

More Inbox Cleaning

Yes, I need to do some cleaning out.

Tagggit: This is for people who have high-end Nokia phones, like tagging stuff around their city, and, um, want another social network. They supposedly can get a location fix in as little …

24 November 2008

Verizon Wireless: No Excuse For Data Security Issue

Filed under: business, mobile network operators, security, telecom - 24 Nov 2008
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I’ve been thinking about the compromise of President-Elect Barack Obama’s mobile phone records …

27 October 2008

Bloggers: Apply Critical Thinking Skills

Filed under: blogging, business, marketing, mobile phones, pr, telecom - 27 Oct 2008

Back in May, I wanted to write about Hop-On and their $10 mobile phone. However, one of my blogmates on the blog I was writing …

9 October 2008

EQO an Echo Of Their Former Self

Filed under: business, mobile network operators, software - 09 Oct 2008
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I got word from a source that EQO, …

24 September 2008

Knowledge Management and Social Media

Filed under: business, people - 24 Sep 2008
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="120" caption="Image via Wikipedia"]A cover of Journal of Knowledge Management[/caption]

The job that is taking a large chunk of …

13 September 2008

Publishers: Don’t Make Your Editors Write Advertorial

Filed under: blogging, business - 13 Sep 2008

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One of the things I learned early on writing for Voxilla was that editorial and advertising shouldn’t mix. Not at all. Of course, it …

23 August 2008

Fonolo Exposes Deep Dialing APIs, Adds SIP Support

Filed under: business, voip - 23 Aug 2008

Fonolo, the company that allows you to cut through the interactive voice respones mazes companies put up, has exposed this “deep dialing” functionality in an …

22 August 2008

Aircell Isn’t Blocking all Forms of VoIP

Filed under: Services, business, connectivity, travel, wifi - 22 Aug 2008

Andy made a big splash on Twitter (and throughout the blogosphere) when he announced that he had a call on an airplane thanks to Phweet. I, of course, don’t deny it happened, but …

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