Mobile Phone

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There Should Be A Term For Corporate Schadenfreude

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ February 16, 2010 ⋅ Leave a comment

Schadenfreude is a kind of personal term. It’s what you feel when someone like Eliot Spitzer stumbles. But how do I feel when an entire industry gets what it deserves? Today the UK Guardian reported that, Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao has warned mobile phone executives about Google’s growing power in the online advertising and search market, … Continue reading →

Bandwidth? We Don’t Need Your Stinking Bandwidth

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ October 5, 2009 ⋅ 1 Comment

I’ve gotta admit to being surprised by this chart from the Economist showing that there are now 3 times more mobile phones in the developing world than the developed world. Mobile-phone subscriptions in poorer countries accounted for just a quarter of the global stock in 2000, but had risen to three-quarters of the 4 billion … Continue reading →