RIM avoids SIM in battle for control

In April 2009, RIM’s fledgling BlackBerry App World virtual storefront offered PayPal as its sole billing mechanism. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said back then, to the great relief of telcos, that it was working to introduce carrier billing options sometime in the...

Simple cell service saves lives

No-one has escaped the traumatic images of the earthquake and tsunami destruction in Japan, the latest in a string of natural disasters to hit the Asia Pacific region in recent months. Thousands have been killed and injured so far, but the loss of life has likely been...

It's official – women talk more than men

Did you know that Tuesday, March 8, was International Women’s Day? No, neither did I. Now, before you start applying those old chauvinist labels, I have no idea when International Men’s Day is, either. However, this monumental day was not missed by an enterprising...