http://www.redherring.com/companies/2000/1205/com-rim120500.html Blackberry picked to be the American I-mode By Om Malik Redherring.com, December 05, 2000 Michael Dell has one, Marc Andreessen does not leave home without it, and it is a must-have accessory for every...
[ahem] It seems like there are fewer pure Internet Crazes these days.. probably because of the decline of the dot coms and a co-incident growing general disinterest in the internet in North America, where it’s no longer “new”. Last year we had Mahir,...
Those of you who know me well know that I’m not much for melodrama, but somewhere here there’s a lesson to all of us, so I thought I’d share it. It’s also a bit of catharsis because I’m feeling blue. Two days ago, a friend of mine named...
http://www.fuckedcompany.com/extras/1stup.cfm Dear My-FreeNet customer, As we communicated earlier this week, the My-FreeNet service provider, 1stUp.com, will be shutting down their business by the end of next week. We are in the final stages of making arrangements to...
I was talking to Tottle the other night. He says that the sequel to “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” is out — it’s called “Snatch”. http://www.snatch-themovie.com/ http://us.imdb.com/Title?0208092 The predecessor, if you...
Apparently, while SONY’s PSX2 hardware platform is vastly superior to most of the other 3rd Generation platforms, the development environment leaves a little to be desired. As a result, many developers who are porting games to the platform are not taking...
So does that come with a color-matched keyboard and mouse? If not, forget it bub. Actually, EJW found a company that makes cooler ones, and they can array them in any layout you want. -Ian . At 9:28 AM -0800 11/16/00, Mark Winder wrote:>...
OK… so that now makes a ratio of one award per customer. -Ian. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001116/wildfire.html Thursday November 16, 11:42 am Eastern Time Press Release Wildfire Wins World Communication Award Wildfire’s Voice-Activated Personal Assistant...
Apparently Universal is taking $25M from the settlement with MP3.com and distributing it among their artists. By the time anyone gets anything it’ll be about $5 per artist. MP3.com has settled but they still suck. They have no business plan… they have a...
If there ever was a stupid business model, it’s the Free ISP. Now, that being said.. the Free ISP model is rather successful in the UK, but only because of reciprocal revenues paid by BT and the Local telcos to the ISPs. Even then, the pay-per-minute model for...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
