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Dear visitors and friends! Thousands apologies for interruption in the blogging service (and the site service). The blog and the site are back!
LinkedIn About USSD – Part 1
On Thursday last week I have posted the following question on LinkedIn: What stops you from using USSD services? I have gathered 10 answers by Monday. Of which two people (who were prompted to do so) said they are not familiar with USSD, although the question was posted in Telecommunications section of LinkedIn’s Q+A. It .. read more
Networking for the Wealthy
As the society (at least in the US) is getting more bi-polar, with more people getting to the bottom and the same people on the top getting richer, and middle class disappearing, the trend is reflected in social networking. Forbes finds at least five networking sites for the affluent.
The Best Startups, Internet and Technology Innovations of 2007
And the winner is… Best Mobile Start-up: Twitter Best Overall: Facebook crunchies.techcrunch.com
Twitter: Cool but Unreliable?
From the dialogue between two Norse ‘linguists’ on the language of the Bjarmaland people, Örvar-Odds Saga, ca. 13th century: ‘Skilr þú hér nokkut mál manna?’ sagði Oddr. ‘Eigi heldr en fuglaklið,’ sagði Ásmundr. ‘Do you know anything about the language of these people?’ asked Oddr. ‘No more than the twittering of birds,’ said Ásmundr. Twitter .. read more
Similarities between Web and Mobile
What is similar and different when comparing ISPs and web content providers vs. mobile operators and mobile content providers? What does the history of ISP teach us? What is different when we shift our attention to mobile operators? Please think realistically (not wishfully) and base your answer on data (and less on speculation). The questions .. read more