It's no jungle out there for Amazon

While CSPs worldwide grapple with how to monetize their services it appears that many ‘over the top’ or OTT players continue to grow their mobile revenues. Amazon.com is the latest to announce record results with generated revenues of $1 billion from mobile purchases...

You've been a very naughty boy!

Google received little more than a slap on the wrist from Australian authorities following the furore after is was ‘caught’ and admitted capturing Wi-Fi data and personal information during its Street View image and mapping exercises. The ‘incident,’ which...

Not the seven year itch, this is the seven hour glitch.

If your bank had a systems glitch that prevented you from making any transactions over its network, and I do mean ANY transaction, how would you feel?  Let’s put this in some context. You would be unable to do any online banking via the internet or mobile, use an ATM...

Nokia Superman's sizzling start

The head of Nokia’s newly restructured Mobile Solutions unit started in his new role last week and did what every self-respecting boss should do – he wrote a blog. No ordinary blog, but one my American friends would call a ‘kick ass’ blog, presumably aimed at...

Banks ripping off merchants puts NFC at risk

A fascinating and somewhat disturbing report from Cards International confirms what most retail merchants have been saying for years – banks are ripping them off with charges! What’s even more concerning is that retailers feel that they are suffering...

Is the Microsoft ship really sinking?

April 2010 and the news from Microsoft was the unveiling of a pair of handsets sourced from Sharp known as the Kin One and Kin Two. The devices were being marketed as Windows Phones, and while they’re ultimately based on most of the same underpinnings of Windows...

Smart Meters not so smart

Don’t think for one minute that CSPs have billing and, more particularly, ‘bill shock’ issues all to themselves. The move to ‘smart metering’ for some utility companies in the USA is proving to be a minefield. According to Wikipedia, a smart meter is an advanced meter...

The ‘Why Would You Want That?’ Award goes to….

I am constantly being informed of new technologies designed to generate revenue, but sometimes I hear about something that causes me to take a deep breath and say – WHY?  This week’s ‘Why Would You Want That’ Award goes to an Irish software vendor that self...