Monthly Archives: August 2008

What Does Mozilla Do With Its Dough?

By Mark Evans | Published: August 27, 2008
I went to a Microsoft event last night, and one of the things we talked about during drinks afterwards was what Mozilla does with all of the money it makes from driving search traffic to Google. The little search box in the upper right-hand side of Firefox is Mozilla’s cash-cow because Google pays Mozilla a [...]
Posted in Browsers | 3 Comments

Buzz About Data but Voice Still Rules

By Mark Evans | Published: August 26, 2008
For all the talk about the iPhone, ringtones, the wireless Web and mobile e-mail, here’s the reality few people want to admit: the vast majority of wireless revenue comes from voice services because the vast majority of wireless subscribers mostly use their devices to talk. Talking on your cell phone is no where near as sexy [...]
Posted in Wireless | 4 Comments

The iPod Touch is Sublime But…

By Mark Evans | Published: August 25, 2008
After pining for an iPod Touch for months, I finally pulled the trigger recently – and now wonder why I waited so long. In short, the Touch is sublime. It is a wonderfully designed and multi-functional product that probably doesn’t get the attention it deserves because of the obsession with the iPhone. Sure, it doesn’t have [...]
Posted in Apple/iPod, Wireless | 18 Comments

Buying Quality vs. Buying Crap

By Mark Evans | Published: August 24, 2008
Yesterday, I spent far more money than I could ever imagine on a new vacuum cleaner. The purchase of a German-made Miele came after years of buying $100 at big-box stores that promised “Hurricane Suction” only to lose most of performance after a year or so. So while buying a Miele put a quick end to [...]
Posted in Main Page | 7 Comments

Google’s Swings and Misses

By Mark Evans | Published: August 22, 2008
The Economist has an article looking at how Lively, Google’s attempt to establish a foothold in the virtual world market, has flopped. To be fair, it’s far too early to determine whether Lively is a failure given it was only launched last month but it did get me thinking about how some projects rolled out [...]
Posted in Google | 10 Comments

Anyone Care About the Palm?

By Mark Evans | Published: August 21, 2008
Amid the excitement about the iPhone (despite its software woes) and the recently-launched Blackberry Bold, you sometimes forget that Palm is still alive (if not well!). Lest you forget, it wasn’t that long ago that the Palm was the hottest smartphone around. People loved the Treo. I can remember being invited to a REM concert by [...]
Posted in Wireless | 2 Comments
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