To be fair, ATT will continue rolling out LTE to more major cities as the year goes on. But it has a long way to go before it catches up to Verizon. But right now ATT’s LTE network only supports a few 4G modems and HTC’s overpriced Jetstream tablet. We’ll have to wait a...
Everywhere I go in Silicon Valley, people are talking about social media and big data, but rarely do I hear real-world success stories about social media data in a business-to-business context. We all know about the innovations of the consumer Web over the past ten years, including the amazing experiences that companies like Amazon,...
Many breeds of professional have been mighty busy coping with digitally-driven changes over the last decade or two: journalists, musicians, travel agents, PR practitioners, job recruiters… Let me suggest one more group of people who must be learning to live their lives in constant flux: ethicists. Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/DDyA0zow4x0/cartoon_a_clear-cut_case_of_ambiguity.php
If you own or know somebody that has an iPhone, the chances are you will have heard of the phrase “Jailbreaking”. Put simply, jailbreaking is a process used to remove restrictions within Apple’s iOS software, providing opportunities for casual smartphone users and developers to perform functions and run apps outside of Apple’s walled garden....
First, Paul Carr (above, at left) posts an article in which he quits in a huff, vowing to take his revenge on Arianna Huffington by depriving her of his pointless once-a-week columns. Then Erick Schonfeld (above right) accepts the resignation but calls Paul Carr some names and tells him to get stuffed. Then M.G....
Two stories out of the regional elections in Berlin, Germany. The first is that Angela Merkel’s coalition lost big. While her own Christian Democratic party came in second, her ally in government, the Free Democrats fell below the 5% threshold, making them ineligible to pick up any seats in the election. The other big...
Since day one, bloggers, social media experts, and just about anyone with an opinion has been very quick to pass judgement over Google+’s future. The social network hasn’t even closed in on 3 months and already many are more than happy to predict its early demise. A recent conversation I had on Twitter about...
“Failure is success if we learn from it.” Malcolm Forbes once said. But how can we learn from something no one wants to talk about? This is one of the key problems the Brazilian startup community needs to tackle. So why is startup failure still a taboo in Brazil? Failure, an unspoken reality The...
The fact that we all have technology at our fingertips has caused a disintermediation within traditional commerce, and significant disruption for retailers big and small. Consider the impact of Netflix on Blockbuster and local video stores, or how Amazon upended book buying. What we know for sure is that innovation, and the speed at...
A supposed leaked image of ATT’s internal inventory shows a listing for a white iPhone 4S. The spy shot was leaked to Engadget yesterday. One of the most persistent rumors surrounding the iPhone refresh is that there will be a cheaper “4S” model launching along with a completely redesigned iPhone 5. The listing appears...