Monthly Archives: August 2005
RIM's Software Challenges
BusinessWeek has an interesting news analysis story on Research in Motion and the mobile e-mail market. While it touches on the Blackberry-killer angle, the story focuses more on how the market may be driven by applications that run on mobile … Continue reading
Online Advertising Hot, Hot, Hot
Jupiter Research expects the U.S. online advertising market to double to $22.3-billion by 2009 from $9.6-billion 2004, propelled by the paid-placement search business. Jupiter expects the market to see double-digit annual growth until the end of the decade, which can … Continue reading
Time to Get on the Nortel Bandwagon?
Judging by the performance of Nortel shares in the past four days, it looks like many investors have decided to let bygones be bygones. In particular, Nortel looks like it is being rewarded for the fact its second-quarter results contained … Continue reading
Bell Expands VOIP Service
Looks like Bell Canada is getting a little more aggressive with VOIP with the launch of a new service apparently aimed at small and medium size businesses. The Bell Business IP Voice plan features all the regular bells and whistles … Continue reading
What's the Hurry Skype?
As the apparent courtship of Niklas Zennstrom (Skype) by Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.) rumbles on, a growing number of people (including Om Malik) are starting to wonder what the fuss is all about. Sure, Skype has been downloaded more than … Continue reading
Google-Meetro Rumors Off Base?
Sources suggest news of a much-speculated deal between Google and Meetroduction may be inaccurate. The purchase was reported by Internet.com earlier this week but Google has declined to comment about Meetro, which makes software that combines instant messaging and social … Continue reading
