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March 13, 2008

[eComm] The Apple iPhone Has a Lot of Restrictions, claims Google Android Chief (video)

It's only Day 2 of eComm and I'm already exhausted! As Dryburgh promised, this is a really fast paced event: 15-mns sessions, followed by 5-mns lightning talks and a few 30-mns keynotes... and this all day long! This afternoon...

March 12, 2008

[eComm] Chat with Twitter's lead architect: SMS sucks! (video)

During the lunch break at eComm, I sat down with Blaine Cook, the lead architect at micro-blogging site Twitter for a quick chat. Twitter has now about 6 developers in-house for a service that supposedly serves millions of users...

[eComm] Tuesday was Biggest Day for Twitter, Lead Architect Blaine Cook says (video)

Twitter's lead architect Blaine Cook (pictured, copyright James Duncan Davidson) didn't have much luck during his presentation: no WiFi and no electrical power! His session was interrupted several times, switching back and forth from impromptu Q&As and back to...

[eComm] Emerging Communications: It's All About Openess... Open Phones, Networks, etc...

I'm today at the eComm conference (main hall pictured, copyright James Duncan Davidson) being held in Mountain View's Computer History Museum. The show is focused on emerging communications and promise to give attendees an eye on the future of...

March 11, 2008

Chat with HP Labs director: Will Give Technology Away If Nobody Licensed It (video)

Last week, after the formal part of HP Labs event, I sat down with Labs' director Prith Banerjee (pictured, courtesy Raija Rapo) and talked in more details about the latest changes inside HP's corporate research arm. I actually met...

An Insider Look at the Emerging Communications Conference 2008 (video)

I recently caught up with Lee Dryburgh, the organiser and chairperson of the upcoming Emerging Communications (eComm) conference that starts tomorrow, to talk more in depth about the event. Like why he decided to organise an event centered on...

March 10, 2008

Apple Totally Controls iPhone Fate, Not Carriers! (video)

After last week's iPhone announcement, It seems quite clear now who's in control in the Apple-AT&T relationship. Not only Apple perceives a cut off the carrier's iPhone subscribers bill (that's why Apple is accounting the iPhone revenues differently from...