After Two Millennia, the End of the Paper Era

Computers have been promising the demise of paper for decades. but have either failed to deliver or increased the use of paper because of wasteful printing.  The concept of eliminating…

August 26, 2011 1

iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 Available to Sprint

Apple’s iPhone 5 will not become a dual mode “world phone” that supports GSM and CDMA and will no longer be exclusive to the two biggest wireless carriers in the US….

August 24, 2011 1

Trouble at HP and a Little Redemption

Updated 8/25/2011 – Last week HP announced an abrupt and uncertain end to their PC division while scrapping their WebOS “TouchPad” tablet product.  Abrupt wouldn’t be so bad if it…

August 24, 2011 0

Summer 2011 Merger Overview

The summer months are usually uneventful in tech news, but the summer of 2011 has shaped up to be a major inflection point in the technology world.  Several high profile…

August 19, 2011 2

A Kick to the Head

I’ve written before about “cage match competition” in the broadband space – “space” seems like a better word than “industry” – in which the companies that deliver some part of the…

August 18, 2011 0

Stranger than Fiction

Jean Louis Gassée is one of the more intriguing former Apple managers. During Steve Jobs’ exile in the 1980s, Gassée served as head of Macintosh development, Steve’s old job. John…

August 15, 2011 0

Google Buys Motorola Phone Patents and Hardware

Since losing their exclusive bid for Nortel’s patent portfolio (after refusing to enter a joint bid with group of companies including Apple and Microsoft), Google managed to acquire Motorola’s mobility…

August 15, 2011 0

AT&T T-Mobile Merger can Bring LTE to Rural America

In a redacted letter posted to the FCC website, AT&T explain how a merger with T-Mobile would bring LTE to rural America.  Specifically, the increased economies of scale would allow AT&T’s upcoming…

August 12, 2011 4

Having it Both Ways with the Telco Carriers

The Media and Democracy Coalition is objecting to the fact that AT&T and Verizon are streamlining their operations.  The opponents of the Telco carriers always seem to want it both…

August 11, 2011 2

Reacting to the Broadband Speed Data

Over on the Innovation Policy Blog I take a look at the FCC’s broadband speeds report and some of the reactions to it: The results are surprising to some because…

August 8, 2011 1