If you check out Apple’s webpages on Safari (http://www.apple.com/safari/download/), then you’ll see that they state Safari is “the fastest web browser on any platform”. I have to say, I disagree…. My quandary begins with porting away from IE a number of years ago – it had become some terrible bloatware, that was slow, and…
eXpansys Friday deal – smartphones, modems, printers…!
Yep you gotta love eXpansys – they be bringing the deals, each and every week! This week it’s the turn of a Windows Mobile Smartphone, a Toshiba Broadband Modem, and some other niiiiice kit! I’ve tried the G450 modem and if you are looking for a great modem, that is also capable of calls and…
SpinVox goes from strength to strength…
2008 saw a series of great achievements for SpinVox. Conversion numbers and revenues continued to climb as we completed 25 deals. Highlights included launching on our fifth continent – Latin America – with Movistar Chile and entering the Unified Communications market with Avaya. We launched SpinVox Messenger with Vodafone Spain, secured a $100m funding round…
Lionsgate and Webalo sign Mobile Application Partnership
LIONSGATE the leading next generation studio, and Webalo, Inc. today announced an agreement that will enable the studio’s executives to be the first to receive smartphone access to up-to-the-minute figures about box office receipts and other performance data. This unique mobile access to time-critical performance metrics was accomplished in a nearly turn-key fashion by utilizing…
Sexy peripherals #147: SanDisk USB 2.0 ImageMate ALL-IN-ONE Card Reader
Picstop.co.uk, that quality online purveyor on memory, accessories, and other Mobile shenanigans, has emailed me to let me know about the SanDisk ImageMate Card Reader – check out it’s fine lines, and then bow to it’s superior performance – up to 34MB/s with the right (fast) memory cards! Checka-de-specs: The Sandisk All-in-One Reader works with…
O2 launches O2 Academies with big name acts
Completing my trio of O2-related stories this fine day: O2 are having a launch party for the O2 academies, in support of the War Child Brits after Party. I’ll let them explain: Brixton Academy. Islington Academy. Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Now we’re part of it. To launch the O2 Academies, we’re supporting the War Child Brits…
O2UK creates childrens’ story book for safe InterWeb use
O2 has team up with Childnet International to publish a new book called ‘who wnts 2 no?’ It’s fun, it’s educational and it’s written by two best selling children’s authors. The book, created by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore, is about three school friends known as the Cybernuts, Dud, Zip and Mouse. Dud thinks he…
UK: O2 go live with laptop + mobile broadband offers
Yep, we all know and love O2 with their many broadband offerings (I use two of ’em myself) – and now they’ve pulled the trigger on letting approved laptops out of the door, in conjunction with Mobile broadband access. The laptops are all Samsung, here are the specs: Oh, you probably wanna know what they…
Quickplay Media stats show ongoing consumer interest in Mobile TV and Video
QuickPlay Media has revealed the fings from it’s latest (Q4 08) consumption analysis – aggregating the results from 15 representative services it runs – and simply put, mobile consumers are continuing to show interest in streaming and downloading Mobile TV and video. Video Streams Total live TV and video streams viewed grew 118% from Q3…
Qualcomm Abertis Telecom delivering MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV during MWC 2009!
Qualcomm and Abertis Telecom have announced that they will collaborate to bring a live MediaFLO (that’s broadcast Mobile TV to you and me) demo to Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2009. The broadcast will actually stretch through Barcelona, where MWC is now hosted annually. Abertis Telecom is collaborating with Qualcomm to promote mobile broadcast services at…