September 2011
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Are Mobile Apps A Passing Fancy?
The mobile applications market represents a great outpouring of creativity thanks to the inventiveness of developers and the inspiration that the Apple iPhone and Android smartphones engendered. But I wonder if we’ll still be buying mobile applications 10 years from now. Will web services, cloud computing and faster wireless connections render mobile apps obsolete? Compare your smart phone...
Sep 8th
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August 2011
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History...(and the DOJ) Repeats Itself
The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit today against AT&T in it’s $39 billion bid to acquire competing wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. Today’s DOJ press release states: “AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low-priced rival would remove a significant competitive force from the market.” The DOJ’s action and reasoning is hardly surprising...
Aug 31st