Category: Business

  • Early-warning alarm bell for Swisscom

    Swisscom’s reputation is being dragged through the online mud this weekend and I wonder where this story will go over the next few days. It probably wouldn’t get a lot of attention if it weren’t for a combination of irresistible…

  • The bailout pictured

    (Click the image to see the larger original.) How do you react when you see some of the numbers that talk about how much various government bailouts will cost in the global recession that we’re surely heading into? I tend…

  • Less email spam with OtherInbox

    For the past few months, I’ve been using an email service in private beta called OtherInbox as a way to manage email from companies whose services I sign up for. This is especially useful when you sign up for something…

  • Keeping tabs on LeWeb08

    What is arguably the most influential technology conference in Europe kicks off in Paris today when LeWeb08 welcomes over 1,600 participants to the City of Lights. From relatively simple beginnings in early 2005 – when the event was known as…

  • Tech TV with attitude

    A shoutout for Hermione Way who I met at a Scobleizer dinner in London last night. Hermione is founder of the Newspepper (“hot news made by you”) citizen journalism start-up and is the front talent for Techfluff.tv (“the hottest entrepreneurs,…