Twitter : Getting New Management?

The rumor mill of possible suitors for Twitter blogs, buzzes and Tweets with different theories. The largest speculation, at least in terms of media attention, has Twitter pairing up with either Google or Apple. While these reports are officially unsubstantiated – they did get me to think about what Twitter would be [...]

Open Letter to Madison Avenue

This past week the New York Times had an article about the convergence of contextual advertising and Smart phones. The potential for highly targeted advertising including the use of GPS is a trend I have been discussing in this blog for over a year.
 
The interesting angle in the NY Times piece , “Is [...]

Cheers and Jeers for Mobile without Numbers

My article “The Future of Mobile – without numbers” created a large reaction.  I received a full inbox worth of cheers and jeers.  For those who cheered, I say “thanks.”
For those who jeered, I say, “Thank you very much!”  I have always believed that when people challenge your thinking and your logic, you have the [...]

The Future of Mobile – Without Phone Numbers

The most striking exchange at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was the give and take of jabs between Sol Trujillo , CEO of Telestra and Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype.
Sol represents the mobile business of the present and the past.   Josh is the future.
The rate of innovation and fundamental change in [...]

America 2.0

In a historic sense, we have officially begun the era of America 2.0. Many political pundits and Presidential historians will make a living for the next generation with analysis of what the Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama will mean for our collective futures.
My angle is simple and parallels the major technological force that is [...]

The Technological Political Battlefield of 2012

 

As I read Jose Antonio Vargas‘ report in the Washington Post   titled “Republicans Seek to Fix Short-Sightedness” on my Blackberry, I realized that this story is an excellent bookend to my previous blog about the Obama Internet machine.
In his well thought out piece he links the Republican election disaster to their lack of technological savvy.  [...]

Presidential Blackberry!

On Sunday morning I was in my car waiting to pick up my kids at Sunday school and I was reading the NY Times on my Blackberry.  One of the feature stories was about President-Elect Obama and his Blackberry.  It seems that Obama, like many executives of our generation relies on mobile access to news, [...]

Would you have invested in this start-up? Its made over $500M!

The World’s most successful E-Commerce Start-Up is planning a successful exit after just 24 months.
Imagine you are an Investor listening to this company’s pitch.
The date is early 2007. Decide if you would invest.
The business plan shows projections of almost $500M in revenue by 3Q2008.   They estimate in excess of 40M registered users with average revenue [...]

A ray of sunshine in the gloom?

The economic news is gloomy, even frightful.  The near term impact on the mobile services market will be predictable.  After all, is that $10/month ringtone subscription really essential? Do I really need to download a $7 game?  What about those Internet services for my phone? 
 
 There is one key tsunami trend that will buck the [...]

Open Network Debates at CTIA Show

Open Network Debates at CTIA Show
Oct 26 By mobileman
This was the week of the annual CTIA Wireless IT show. I have been attending, and speaking at this show since its inception in the late 1990’s. This show was different from past events in a way that may not be fully appreciated for some time. The conference promotes wireless [...]