I call bullshit. But if it helps the industry to get off the stick and start building compelling services, it might do us some good to puff up these numbers for a while. I think their interpretation of what constitutes a “user” is fairly liberal. -Ian....
A network in your car? ——- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020828/wr_nm/ autos_toyota_internet_dc_1 Toyota Unveils New Car Internet Network Wed Aug 28, 5:46 AM ET By Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp unveiled...
Interesting discussion from a not-very-reliable source. The question of whether 60 passengers could be subdued by four men with plastic knives and box-cutters for more than two minutes does linger doubtfully in my mind.. -Ian. —-...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidR8&e=1&cidR8&u=/ap/ 20020827/ap_on_hi_te/japan_betamax_2 Sony Pulls Plug on Betamax VCRs Tue Aug 27, 1:22 PM ET TOKYO (AP) – Sony closed the final chapter of its legendary battle with Victor Co....
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/19/technology/19APPL.html Apple’s Chief in the Risky Land of the Handhelds By JOHN MARKOFF AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 — It has long been Silicon Valley’s favorite guessing game: What is Steven P. Jobs going to do next? The...
—— http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20020825/ ap_on_hi_te/telecom_phone_directories_2 Struggling Telecoms Sell Phone Books Sun Aug 25, 1:52 PM ET By CATHERINE TSAI, AP Business Writer DENVER (AP) – The latest savior for a...
http://slate.msn.com/?id 69732 Hit Charade The music industry’s self-inflicted wounds. By Mark Jenkins Posted Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 8:19 AM PT 2001 may not be the year the music died, but the pop biz did develop a nagging headache, and it’s not...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidX1&e=1&cidX1&u=/nm/20020822/ tc_nm/health_mobilephone_dc_5 Some Early Mobiles Reportedly Pose Brain Tumor Risk Thu Aug 22, 1:09 PM ET By Anna Peltola STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Long-term users of...
Can anyone decode what this really is for the rest of us? -Ian. —- http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020822/222386_1.html Thursday August 22, 6:15 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Akamai Technologies Court Awards Akamai Broad Permanent Injunction Against Cable &...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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