(Warning I am not sure this post is fully thought out, yet) For the folks at Twitter, SXSW must have felt like a debutante ball with all of the fuss being made over their little baby. I have been a user of Twitter since November, actually I started on the same day as Scoble, wellContinue reading “Twitter is it evil or can it be used for good”
Category Archives: Technology
ninemsn invests in Mathletics
From Ben Barren – 400K Mathletics X $99 Per Annum = 35% ninemsn It is good to see Aussie startups making it, Mathletics seems to be one of those with a recent investment by PBL’s NineMSN. This is of interest to me as a parent who’s child uses Mathletics (and Spellingdrome their other tool), IContinue reading “ninemsn invests in Mathletics”
Yahoo pipes
I have been meaning to get into Yahoo’s new tool Pipes for a while and have just not found the time because a tool like this has the ability to change the face of the web as we know it. My first reaction when it was launched was “How can I apply this to theContinue reading “Yahoo pipes”
Cisco enters the social networking market
In an interesting move last week Cisco announced that it was acquiring Five Across, a social networking “in-a-box” company designed for the corporate environment. The company will be rolled into Cisco’s Media Solutions Group headed by Dan Scheinman. On the surface this is a strange move as what does a data networking company need withContinue reading “Cisco enters the social networking market”
3GSM Conference
If you are interested in mobile communications the place to be is Barcelona at the 3GSM World Congress, all the kids on the block will be there. Of course Nortel will be there, watch for announcements on WiMAX MIMO and other 4G technologies. Some interesting things that you might not know:- You can follow allongContinue reading “3GSM Conference”
Vista security issue
Well it looks like the first of the Vista security issues are starting to surface, now I just need to wait for SP1 before deployment. I need to also review the BBspot’s Vista upgrade decision process to make my final decision :-). Oh, and in other tech news Apple and Cisco decide the only onesContinue reading “Vista security issue”
Tech news flash – Vista is available, move on
For the next few days most of the tech news will be able Vista and its assocaited products, yawn. There has been so much press for Vista in the last few months I have had enough. Let’s just skip the first couple of months to get over the security updates, compatibility issues, hardware upgrades etcContinue reading “Tech news flash – Vista is available, move on”
Nortel launches a corporate blog
Today (or yesterday depending on your timezone) Nortel launched our first external blog being written by John Roese our new CTO. The blog has all the expected features of a blog, RSS, trackbacks, comments (yes they are moderated) and is running WordPress. Great to see!
Twitter down??
It seems to me either Twitter is down or they are having some serious technical issues. This morning Twitter has been very slow when looking at profiles and I have received no updates via IM or SMS. I have just gone to look at my profile and my browser just hangs. Maybe it is becauseContinue reading “Twitter down??”
Twitter update and bots
First up I am really enjoying Twitter, can’t really explain why maybe it is the “real” social interactions going on. However I enjoyed it far more when I received SMS updates of what my friends were doing, this seemed to have died over the weekend. I feel like I have been left out in theContinue reading “Twitter update and bots”
Michael Specht 