This morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage of the Moscone West convention center facility in San Francisco and will likely hold aloft a new model of the …
‘Telecommunications’ Archive
Will Palm pilot HP to smartphone success?
by Jeff Dorsch, May 3, 2010, 1:15 pmHewlett-Packard’s $1B-plus deal to buy Palm is viewed positively by many parties. Both companies are also-rans in the smartphone market, which is dominated by Apple, Nokia, and …
When screens go dark: Brinksmanship in the digital age
by Jeff Dorsch, March 11, 2010, 1:39 pmWhen big media corporations can’t reach agreements on their business arrangements, with the result that popular channels go blank on cable television systems, cutting off millions of subscribers, what’s to be done?
The remedy may or may …
Semiconductors in 2009: Better than expected
by Jeff Dorsch, February 9, 2010, 12:06 pmThanks to a surge in sales late in the year, the worldwide semiconductor industry was able to finish 2009 with a total of $226.3 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported last week. That …
The Google phone finally lands; Tablets brought down from the mountaintop
by Jeff Dorsch, January 8, 2010, 4:48 pmWhen the G1 wireless phone arrived in 2008, it was hailed as the vanguard of smartphones, taking advantage of Google’s Android mobile device software. The promise of Android was more fully realized …
Going mobile with Microsoft
by Jeff Dorsch, October 26, 2009, 2:49 pmMicrosoft is such a constant source of news and a rich subject of speculation. The world’s largest software company garnered headlines earlier this month with the launch of Windows 7 and …
Lost in the cloud: Microsoft, T-Mobile embarrassed in service outage
by Jeff Dorsch, October 16, 2009, 2:32 pmUsers of the Sidekick mobile device are closing out a couple weeks of anxiety, conflicting information, and possibly reassurance. It’s an episode in the Information Age that proves something, or proves nothing; it matters a great deal, or it …
OMG. That movie wasn’t very good. LOL.
by Adam Anderson, October 1, 2009, 11:10 amHow do you hear about movies? See a preview on TV that piques your interest? Annoyed by that online movie banner ad eclipsing your entire monitor? Maybe you overheard that annoying “movie dude” at work talking up his latest …
