We’ve been following Verizon’s continued delays in introducing their XV6800 smart phone, and berated them for missing the opportunity to leverage iPhone enthusiasm and outright hype into their own Windows Mobile 6 offering (see XV6800: Verizon Misses Opportunity.). Sure, the iPhone would have been a big seller either way, ...

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Every company is interested in online community and Web 2.0 functionality today, and retail giant Sears is no exception. After seeing a post by Bill Green at Make the Logo Bigger about the retailer’s first effort in this area, I can only conclude that Sears outsourced their community development ...

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The good news is that companies, even big ones, are waking up to the power of online communities, and that they are taking steps like starting their own communities for discussion, ratings, reviews, and social networking as well as participating at other sites. The bad news is that sometimes ...

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Since the early days of Internet-based communities and chat rooms, individuals found that they could invent new online personas for themselves. Unencumbered by real-world details like physical appearance, social status, and their back balance, they could “be” themselves and interact with others doing the same thing. In most ...

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As a blogger, have you ever wished that you had journalistic immunity? So that when the feds knocked on your door to find out where you got the unreleased product photos or the tip about your congressman’s freezer full of cash you could just say “no”? Well, the ...

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We’ve seen a lot of interest and commentary here about the long-delayed release of the Verizon XV6800, and now it appears that a release this month is likely. A leaked copy of the Verizon Product Roadmap was linked from a post at Brighthand by Ed Handley, Verizon Getting New ...

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The tech world is buzzing with rumors about a Google phone. The Wall Street Journal ran an article today, quoted at SearchEngineLand, that provides some details of the development process. Apparently, Google is taking a two-pronged approach: developing their own handset, but at the same time opening up ...

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Conventional wisdom is that web-based applications are the Next Big Thing. Current apps like Salesforce.com’s CRM show that critical business data and processes can be outsourced to third parties and be accessed via a Web browser. Email providers like Hotmail, Google’s Gmail, and Yahoo Mail have proven to ...

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