Mobilog

Friday, June 27, 2003

Vivato's Latest News. Vivato to introduce "filler/relay" access point: I spoke with Phil Belanger, the marketing VP at Vivato this morning about the latest news from the company, which just closed its third round of funding for nearly $50 million last week. [Wi-Fi Networking News]
3:49:50 PM

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McDonald's to Launch in Three Cities with Three Providers. McDonald's on branding panel at 802.11 Planet says three markets will launch next week: New York, SF Bay (along Highway 101), and Chicago: Their brand will be the at-sign with a "m" in it, and they will put three-foot tall round signs with this brand on store signs that offer this service.
3:48:29 PM

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Sun buys mobile content distribution software. Company buys Pixo to boost Java on mobile devices [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:47:28 PM

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UN pushes Wi-Fi to bridge digital divide. A UN-sponsored conference is holding out the promise that Wi-Fi and other unregulated wireless technologies can help developing nations bridge the digital divide. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:45:47 PM

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NY Times: Video Chat Software Reviewed. Even in their preliminary incarnations, these programs illustrate two important points. First, the addition of voice and video changes the experience so profoundly, it's not really chat any more. Second, Apple and Microsoft may as well have come from different planets. [Tomalak's Realm]
3:45:22 PM

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Good Experience: Customer Experience and Hotels. Customer experience is a long-term investment, and it needs to be applied consistently across the experience. It simply makes no sense to make lots of long-term investments (brass fixtures, downtown real estate, valet parking) and then throw in a short-term shaft (killing visitors on toll-free calls). [Tomalak's Realm]
3:45:05 PM

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Virtual Cards Earn Tangible Cash. Topps has made a splash by creating an online market, complete with IPOs, for sports cards that their owners never actually see or touch. Collectors are eating it up and are thinking of new ways to expand. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
3:44:32 PM

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Harvesting Hydrogen Fuel from Plants Gets Cheaper [Scientific American]
3:44:13 PM

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Developing Countries Conservative on Spectrum. Problem with developing nations and wireless? Too much regulation of spectrum: Earlier today, I posted remarks from Phil Belanger of Vivato based on his participation at a UN conference on wireless in developing nations, and he said that spectrum is widely underused in developing lands. However, this article notes, the conference seems to show that developing countries are hoarding or overregulating the use of this abundant spectrum, making it harder for innovation to provide those services that could be useful.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
3:41:07 PM

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