Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Details Unfolding on Microsoft's Origami

As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company's Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers.

Geekcorps: A Peace Corps for techies

How do you bring the Internet to countries like Mali, where more than 70 percent of the population is illiterate and the telecommunications infrastructure barely exists?

Friday, February 24, 2006

Navigating the aftermath of the customer revolution

"Tiering doesn't work anymore!" a friend and Chief Marketing Officer for a cell phone manufacturer told me the other day, summing up what he experienced in the market.

Uberfuze...Email Profiles

Uberfuze is a free service that lets you and your friends keep in touch better, through personalized buddy profiles in email, private buddy lists, and more!

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Update on MashupCamp

Here's additional information on MashupCamp and a link to it's web site.

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Techies converge to talk mashups

Hundreds of technologists, reporters and investors are expected Monday morning in Mountain View, Calif., for MashupCamp, the first conference devoted to discussions about the custom programs that come from merging multiple application program interfaces.

Additional Mashup informatin:

Google Maps Mania
Mashup (web apllication hybrid)

The Population Hourglass

Your future is older, browner, and more feminine than you might have realized. That will make for some major lifestyle changes ("Welcome home, Mom!") and lots of huge opportunities for business.

Sunday, February 05, 2006


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