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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPhone

I’m starting to think this subject warrants its own WordPress Category. As I previously disclosed, despite the fact that Apple is at war with its users on the iPhone and other platforms, iBought. I seriously love the thing. It has a great user interface, the...

Never Trust a Geek

None of us really knows how our cars work, which means that every trip to the auto mechanic is an act of faith. Even when we’re suspicious of the repairs or dubious diagnosis provided by the corner mechanic we often roll over anyway, throw open our wallets, and...

Cubic Telecom: Your Phone has No Home

Cubic launched its service, MaxRoam, at TechCrunch40 last week. The crux of their offering is that you can take a secondary phone with you when you travel, forward your existing number to it, and roam wherever you are at local calling rates. David Pogue wrote it up...

Why is Apple Charging Canadians More?

Last week the Canadian Dollar reached parity with the US dollar. In fact, it’s been within 5% of the value of the US greenback for about 3 months now. Today, it’s actually worth more than $1 USD. Which brings to mind the obvious question for any...

Palm Kills the FOLEO

As Om reported yesterday, Palm killed the FOLEO.  Great!  It was a still-born project from the start, as I pointed out (among a long list of others) in May when it launched at D3.  Fundamentally it speaks to the ability of companies to be overrun by rock star...