Monthly Archives: August 2006

Lainey’s new Slippers – Austrian!

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Rob

Lainey’s new Slippers – Austrian! Originally uploaded by Rob Evans.

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Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt Joins Apple

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Rob

Following on from my previous post, does Google know something we don’t?. First it’s an agreement with eBay and then today Eric joins Apple. [via] Technorati Tags: google

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GigaOm launched Telco jobs board

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Rob

On Friday, GigaOm, the blogging network started by former Business 2.0 writer Om Malik, launched its own job board. The board, which charges $200 per listing, plans to make itself the destination for job listings from telecommunications, broadband, and networking … Continue reading →

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Google and eBay signs..

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Rob

..sign multi year agreement to connect users etc..[via] what amazes me here is the sheer speed at which these decisions are being made is just amazing. The interop between gtalk and skype is great news too, as I’m currently using … Continue reading →

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Internet Backbone Consolidation Continues…

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Rob

GigaOm has a post on the continued consolidation within the telco space.

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Vodafone will try to acquire BT

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Rob

It’s with these thoughts in mind and the changing competitive lanscape that I am going to predict here that BT and Vodafone will look to either merge or Vodafone will try to acquire BT in 2007 in order to create … Continue reading →

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TechCrunch comes to the UK

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Rob

I though TechCrunch had a global focus as it’s featured AllPeers, but maybe I was wrong. TechCrunch UK is interesting and will be worth reading. It’ll also be interesting to see just how much innovation takes place in the UK. … Continue reading →

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No plans for mNotes for Symbian Series 60 v3

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Rob

I wrote to Commontime a few days back about if/when they intend to launch mNotes for Symbian Series 60 V8, in my case the N70. The response was no. Here’s the mail. Hello Rob Thank you for your message. Towards … Continue reading →

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IBM + ISS = Consolidation?

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Rob

This is a strategic move. I heard a romour the other day that IBM was looking to push more into Security. I think this signals a real intent to do that on a big scale $1.3bn is a lot of … Continue reading →

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Nokia launches firmware update site

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Rob

Finally, Nokia have decided to let the masses upgrade it’s phones firmware by themselves. I had to give my N70 to my local Nokia shop who charged me 17.50 for doing it. It’s not hard, as the post says, I’ve … Continue reading →

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How to Sync Google Calendar with Outlook and Smartphones Automatically

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Rob

Haven’t tried this yet, but I’m hoping it’ll allow me to use a cut down calendar sync to my N70, don’t need all the details for the day just the general, I’m in london, I’m in Paris view to share … Continue reading →

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Scobleizer on song with Google Calendar comments

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Rob

Robert has posted why he prefers outlook to Google Calendar, it’s the same reasons I’m sticking to Notes right now. GCalendar just isn’t interegrated into the enterprise email fabric.

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speedtest.net one cool speed test

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Rob

You’ve probably used the ADSLguide speed test which works but it a little dull. Check this one out it’s a little cooler. [via digg]

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Techmeme front page

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Rob

just noticed a blip in my traffic stats, checked out the referers, it’s traffic coming from Techmeme

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Writely so

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Rob

TechCrunch, is it me or is the Crunch empire growing way too big? Anyway, Writely has launched and I’m going to check it out asap. It means that another peice of the computing software world moves to the web 2.0 … Continue reading →

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