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The internet at a crossroad

August 13, 2010

This week, two dif­fer­ent views of the inter­net were unveiled: an opti­mistic one and one that could kill the inter­net as we know it.

10 Tech Deals that defined the decade — Part 1

December 8, 2009

What are the 10 tech­nol­ogy deals that define the decade between 2000 and 2010. Going in reverse count­ing order, here are num­ber 10 through 6.

Demographic Shift

May 19, 2008

Look­ing at recent events, it appears that we are at the tip­ping point of a sub­stan­tial demo­graphic shift in power. In this entry, I high­light my think­ing as to why I believe we’re there and some of the poten­tial impacts.

The iPhone is here

January 9, 2007

So it’s offi­cial: Apple now is a phone man­u­fac­turer. With the announce­ment of the Apple iPhone, we can now finally assess that new prod­uct and I have to say, color me impressed. The com­pany has man­aged to over­come a lot of the prob­lems sur­round­ing exist­ing mobile phones and cre­ated a device that is close to what geeks like myself […]

Could Apple Solidify GSM in the US?

September 26, 2006

ThinkSe­cret reports that the much-rumored-about iPhone from Apple is com­ing and will be avail­able exclu­sively through Cin­gu­lar. If true, it would mean that Apple has decided to take a posi­tion on what phone stack it is will­ing to sup­port and has come out on the side of GSM. Under­stand­ing the mobile land­scape In a lot of ways, the […]

Microsoft Lock-in?

June 3, 2003

The recent announce­ment of a part­ner­ship between AOL Time Warner and Microsoft rep­re­sents an inter­est­ing new twist in the shap­ing of the Inter­net. For the past few years, Microsoft has been try­ing to fig­ure out how to remain rel­e­vant in an era of increas­ing open­ness. The rise of HTML and of HTTP as the under­ly­ing protocol […]

Verizon and Wi-Fi

May 15, 2003

There’s been much dis­cus­sion over the past year related to the via­bil­ity of new wire­less oper­a­tors try­ing to imple­ment national net­works for Wi-Fi. The issue is one of cost and return on invest­ment. As we learned dur­ing the dot­com boom, it is easy to build new infra­struc­tures but it is much harder to build new […]