BLOGGER: SHAI SHAMIR 30 million downloads. 15 million people use it each day. It’s kicked Angry Birds right off their Number 1 perch. And it’s made its developer OMGPOP very, very rich indeed – according to TechCrunch’s Josh Constine, rich to the tune of the $200 million (give or take a few) that Zynga has [...]
BLOGGER: GAYLE RINOT Did you know that “naughty” texting (also known as “sexting”) has changed the way we flirt? Or that the idea of instant messaging was invented while eating a pizza? These are two of ten astounding facts about the humble SMS whose technology has remained pretty much the same for the past 20 [...]
BLOGGER: RAFI KRETCHMER At last count, my family had seven data-hungry devices connected to my service provider’s network. Yet I have four data plans. To me, it would make perfect sense to have one, understandable family data plan, which would even enable me to save some money. But it’s not that easy; service providers aren’t [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK It didn’t take long for Apple to follow Amazon’s launch of its Cloud Player with the announcement of its new iCloud service, which sparked more than normal interest thanks in part to Steve Jobs emerging briefly from his medical leave. Given the emergence and popularity of connected devices such as iPads and [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK A few months ago, a friend of mine finally gave in to temptation by purchasing her first (and much-debated) smartphone, and in doing so, entered the unknown world of data tariffs. Would 0.5Gb be enough? 1Gb? In the end, she decided on 2Gb, “just to be on the safe side” but she [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK We’re already getting used to data caps on our mobile Internet usage, so AT&T’s decision to put a cap on data usage for its DSL and U-verse broadband services should not come as too much of a surprise. In fact, Comcast capped its broadband service way back in 2008. As in the [...]
BLOGGER: ANAT BEN YAACOV I’ve been in the telecommunication industry for almost 13 years and one of the terms I was exposed to in my early days was “convergence”. It was spoken about hesitantly by a few people who realized that voice and IP/data can be managed and billed in a single system. Since then, [...]
BLOGGER: URI GUREVITZ I’m an educated, reasonably well-informed member of Generation X. So why is it that I still have no idea what my 2GB data plan on my BlackBerry actually means in practical terms when I’m traveling abroad? Is 2GBb considered to be a lot or very little? Every time I synchronize my Outlook [...]
BLOGGER: RAFI KRETCHMER Google’s announcement that every Chrome OS netbook will ship with free data access from Verizon does not mean consumers can look forward to downloading huge amounts of data for free once the netbooks hit US stores in the first half of next year. Under its partnership with Verizon, every Chrome OS netbook [...]
BLOGGER: SHAHAR YARDEN At the same time that the Super Bowl 2010 was taking place, I was boarding a flight from the US. As the plane left the gate, the pilot announced “Please turn off all your electronic devices … and that includes your NFL (National Football League) iPhone application!” Looking around me, I watched [...]
BLOGGER: GUY HILTON Verizon’s hints that it may charge LTE customers in tiers that are based on their data speeds as well as their data consumption is another indication that service providers are looking to move away from all-you-can-eat plans and instead offer a much more tailored approach to data plans. With its LTE network, [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK With all the public concern over bill shock and the FCC’s meeting today to propose rules requiring mobile phone companies to alert customers when they are have reached monthly usage limits, what many people are forgetting is that it’s actually in the service providers’ interest to avoid bill shock. Given the intense [...]
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