Last week I penned a column for GigaOm which has been picked up by BusinessWeek. Here’s an excerpt: “VoIP is dead,†Skype General Manager of Voice and Video Jonathan Christensen declared at an industry conference a few weeks ago. He spoke...
File this item under the “triumph of compromise and the death of innovation” category, dear readers. Here is a car I would be delighted to buy, unveiled in January 2007 — The Chevy Volt concept car: It’s a car so popular that it was requested...
As some of you know, I have experienced some recent [ahem] frustration while trying to build a technology business in Vancouver. I experienced some catharsis last night reading Kevin Curry’s (is he a real person?) comments on the Vancouver startup scene over at...
Even after the stores opened and the customers have packed home with their lawn chairs, the disaster that has been the iPhone’s launch in Canada continues to ring (pardon the pun) in the ears of consumers. I took a spin around Vancouver on my motorcycle (sorry,...
Apparently trying to steal the thunder of customer ire from Rogers Wireless’ ill-considered iPhone launch, Bell and Telus are trying to slip out the back door with an announcement that they’re going to be charging users extra for text messaging. To be...
In a week, when Apple FanBoys are lined up outside the Rogers and Fido stores to purchase their iPhones and get locked into Rogers’ draconian service plan for the next three years, yours truly wil be cooling his heels waiting for a shipment from the UK to arrive...
