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Technorati Tags: Verizon, Obopay, Mobile App, Brew App, GetItNow, Mobile Tools
September 17th, 2008
Our very own CEO Carol Realini will be speaking at the CTIA show in San Francisco, CA this week. The session is scheduled for September 11, 2008 from 1:00pm to 1:55pm in meeting room 2008. The topic is mCommerce: Device, Application, or Technology? The entire ecosystem is interested in monetizing the transaction capability of the mobile phone. For more information check this out.
Technorati Tags: CTIA, Technology, Event, mCommerce, Device, Application, App, mobile, phone
September 9th, 2008
United Bank of Africa announced today that they are going to issue a dual currency debit card. The card is going to work in “both Naira and in US dollars at domestic and international locations”. Read the whole article here .
“This is the best thing that has happened to customers in recent times as they do not need to carry multiple cards for different purposes especially when they travel out of the country arises”, Executive Director, Global Products and Segment Banking, Mrs. Angela Nwabuoku was quoted to have said.
This is actually pretty cool if you think about it. You don’t have to worry about changing currencies when you travel anymore. Just bring the card with you everywhere you go. AND it’s actually a Visa card, so you get all the Visa protection as well!
Technorati Tags: money, africa, transfer, money transfer, visa, debit card, card
June 4th, 2008
It’s official. Just like everything else, once it gets on The Wall Street Journal, it gotta be real! Here’s a part of the article from The Wall Street Journal:
Research In Motion Ltd. plans to introduce a touch-screen version of its BlackBerry device, according to people familiar with the matter, answering the challenge posed by the popularity of Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Read the article on The Wall Street Journal.
The bottom line? Just wait everyone, the Blackberry 9500, aka the Blackberry 9500, aka Verizon Thunder (I guess it could be Vodafone Thunder too, since they are getting that in Europe) is on its way! Just to recap, the Blackberry Thunder is supposed to have a touchscreen, just like the iPhone. For more info on the phone as well as the potential picture, you can read our old entries.
Technorati Tags: verizon, blackberry, RIM, research in montion, iphone, blackberry thunder, blackberry touchscreen, blackberry 9500, wall street, verizon thunder, cell phone, news, phones
May 16th, 2008
Most people don’t buy Blackberrys for music. That’s what an iPod is for. But now since Apple is integrating everything with the iPhone, Blackberry is now introducing Media Sync. With Media Sync, you’ll be able to import all your iTunes songs to your Blackberry! I swear this Blackberry Bold is sounding cooler by the minute.
Article posted on CNET.
Technorati Tags: blackberry, blackberry bold, itunes, ipod, apple, sync, music
May 15th, 2008
I know I am a little late on this one, but this will give anyone more incentive to help jump onto the Android bandwagon. According to the official Google blog, Google is offering a $10 million reward for developers that create the best Android applications.
Just to clarify, the $10 million is the total amount that Google has allocated into this project, not like a lottery lump sum. This is the prize breakdown listed on the Android site:
In the Android Developer Challenge I, the 50 most promising entries received by April 14 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further development. Those selected will then be eligible for even greater recognition via ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards.
The Android Developers Blog has the first round results already. That’s a lot of money if you ask me. Too bad I don’t know how to program…
Technorati Tags: blog, google, android, google android, mobile, open source, money, prize, lottery
May 12th, 2008
According to Jay Zagorsky’s study published in the journal Intelligence, it’s not likely.
Not only was there a little-to-insignificant correlation between higher earning and a higher I.Q, but there appears to be an increase in debt and bankruptcy among those with above average intelligence quotients. The finding comes as an interesting surprise in a culture where bespectacled Bill Gates is the supreme beacon of cash, and college = success.
The study is by no means conclusive, and my main beef with the outcome is the fact that all statistics were formed based on the use of Intelligence Quotient numbers (I.Q). More and more people are realizing that standardized tests fail to capture the true intelligence of many people who harbor smarts other than the bookish variety. Even the founder of the test, frenchman Alfred Binet , protests that the quiz does not adequately and permanently determine a person’s intelligence:
“The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of intelligence, because intellectual qualities are not superposable, and therefore cannot be measured as linear surfaces are measured”
While the I.Q test attempts to fix a number to a thing that we have not yet been able to concretely measure, and may be perhaps the best resource for a study of this kind, it’s my suspicion that the I.Q test is outdated and in many cases unfair, as well as a poor reflection of actual intelligence in all people.
Maybe the measure of intelligence is the reason for the lack of correlation, not the actual smarts themselves? I wouldn’t doubt it.
Technorati Tags: bill gates, intelligence, wealth, money, IQ test, IQ, college, success
May 6th, 2008
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