by Tony Poulos | Jan 31, 2012 | Blog
Olive – The first cinematic-quality feature film to be shot entirely on a smartphone. First-time director Hooman Khalili used a Nokia N8 cellphone, with a high-resolution camera adapted with a 35-mm lens to give added depth of field to the film. The film cost around... by Tony Poulos | Jan 31, 2012 | Blog
Google sent me an email last week. It read: “Dear Google user, We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers multiple products and features,... by Tony Poulos | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog
The millions of cafe loyalty cards used by Australians each month – which if stacked flat on top of one another would extend about 2.5 times the height of Sydney Tower – are heading for extinction. And it’s all courtesy of the smartphone revolution.... by Tony Poulos | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
If you think I was hard on RIM and it’s new CEO in my last blog you should read what PaidContent.org has to say. Here are some snippets: There is a business-school case study waiting to be written about this era of RIM, from 2007 through the next few years. It’s... by Tony Poulos | Jan 23, 2012 | Videos
Here is a man brimming with confidence and excited to be filling the shoes (all four of them) of his predecessors. He also talks a lot about how innovative his company is, presumably it is RIM he is referring to. Something isn’t gelling here and one can only... by Tony Poulos | Jan 23, 2012 | Blog
I’ve just finished reading the New York Times report on the departure of the twin CEOs at BlackBerry HQ, RIM. If the situation were not so critical for RIM shareholders it would actually make hilarious reading, something akin to a black comedy. For a start, how many... by Tony Poulos | Jan 22, 2012 | Blog
Brazil passed a law last month that allowed workers to ask for overtime if they answered emails outside of working hours. Could this be the last nail in the coffin for BlackBerry, after all, what self-respecting boss would willingly supply a BlackBerry to someone who... by Tony Poulos | Nov 29, 2011 | Videos
Ovum’s Nicole McCormick outlines why mobile operators are having to use pricing to protect their data revenues. by Tony Poulos | Nov 28, 2011 | Videos
CSL Hong Kong CTO Christian Daigneault is forthcoming about the challenges faced in rolling out a world-beating LTE/DC-HSPA hybrid network in this interview with Tony Poulos. by Tony Poulos | Nov 23, 2011 | Blog
From the country that brought us philosophy, democracy, ouzo and language (all the previous words are Greek), comes some economic theory to bring Greece and Europe out of the economic doldrums. It’s doing the rounds via email but it is so brilliant in its simplicity I...