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Forget Typos, Watch Your Speakos
2008-05-15 19:33:36
Your computer will not spot its own speakos. Move over, small world, it’s a sound world after all. You might be surprised to see (or perhaps to hear) how much speech technology is impacting your own personal world, as compared with say 12 months ago. Clearly, this is not a silent revolution, but you could [...] ...

End Breast Cancer
2008-05-05 02:59:33
1 in 9 women end up with breast cancer Ending breast cancer is a cause we can and should all support. So many families are affected by it. It’s not surprising that a great number of people get involved in trying to help. One very powerful way is in raising donations. Many [...] ...

QuickTax From Intuit Canada Is Non-Intuitive
2008-04-29 21:39:55
Intuit Canadais a real misnomer. QuickTax is the Intuit Canada program that infuriated me into writing this blog post. I might have written a similar post some time back when Intuit Canada forced me to upgrade my version of Quicken, which I use merely to download my bank records. The upgrade was at full price [...] ...

Earth Day Tough Decisions
2008-04-22 22:08:01
Earth Day is for everyone on Earth Today is Earth Day: a day that requires us all to do some thinking. Earth Day certainly grabs attention now to an extent that Gaylord Nelson could hardly have imagined in 1969: I was satisfied that if we could tap into the environmental concerns of the general public and [...] ...

Mobile Web Dead - No, It’s Ubiquitous
2008-04-16 04:30:57
The mobile web is just around the corner. ReadWriteWeb seems to have created quite a furor in publicizing the views of start-up entrepreneur Russell Beattie. The former Yahoo! Mobile evangelist announced today that he’s calling it quits for his company Mowser because the market for mobile browsing is taking a fast turn for the worse. “I don’t actually [...] ...

We DoFollow And Remove NoFollow From Comment Links
2008-04-05 21:10:16
Good comments deserve ‘linklove’ so we dofollow. NoFollow is one of the most contentious tags around. That is because Google has suggested it be applied to all paid links from web pages. It does have a more acceptable usage in attempting to remove the incentive for spammers to add comments to blogs. That is why [...] ...

Google Moves Ahead In The Mobile Web Race
2008-02-19 19:17:17
Google leads the mobile Web race. “Yahoo Racing Ahead of Google in Asia’s Mobile Race?” was the question raised in June 2007. For its mobile search service Yahoo! oneSearch, which it then launched in seven Asian countries, including India, Yahoo! was targeting a subscriber base of 100 million through various partnerships. The article raised [...] ...

Fast Alarm For Hidden WordPress Hackers
2008-02-11 05:45:26
Many blogs are hacked ‘invisibly’ on weekends. If you have a high-traffic blog, then you certainly deserve congratulations. Unfortunately some of your admirers may be hackers who would like to ride on your success. In a way there is good news and there is bad news. The bad news is they may well try [...] ...
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My Other Wordpress Blog Was Hacked Too
2008-02-06 00:29:44
This is a short apology for the hiatus since our last post. StayGoLinks suffered a hacker intrusion some 10 days ago. Since then efforts have gone into trying to understand what happened and to improve security. Spotting the intrusion was a matter of complete luck. I was involved in creating a new page [...] ...
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Fingerless Cell Phones
2008-01-20 01:06:47
Lose the keyboard then the display. Engadget Mobile often has some intriguing glimpses of what may be in our future. On the left below is their picture of what is rumored to be the Samsung i900. In their opinion, this is a phone that takes the keypadless, finger-friendly formula that’s oh-so-popular these days and [...] ...
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Mobile Devices With Voice Control
2008-01-05 19:58:08
2008 will undoubtedly see explosive growth in the mobile Web and in the functionality of mobile devices. If you wish to envision what may be possible with your cell phone, then it’s intriguing to watch what is happening with your automobile. Miniaturization is rarely a major challenge so the transfer from automobile to [...] ...
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Mobile 2008 - Year Of The Google
2008-01-04 01:27:42
As the Chinese are reputed to say, may you live in interesting times. 2008 will undoubtedly be interesting. That’s how David Armano is seeing it. For him, 2007 Was The Year of Social Media. 2008 is the Year of Mobile Media. 2008 is a good year to think beyond Websites and start thinking [...] ...
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Speech Technology Will Be Really Big - Watch Google
2007-12-17 02:10:12
Phonemes wanted - talk to Google If you want confirmation that speech technology is the next big technical and economic opportunity, then keep an eye on Google. This year they encouraged the formation of the Open Handset Alliance. This undermines the walled gardens created by the existing telecom companies. The picture now is very [...] ...
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Cell Phone Competition Is What Canadian Consumers Need
2007-12-01 17:16:11
Let’s hope for better Canadian cell phone service The CBC headlined it as Ottawa opens up wireless industry to more competition. In the Globe and Mail it was Cellphone giants lose stranglehold. The oligopoly of Bell, Rogers and Telus are clearly most unhappy at this turn of events. However what received less attention [...] ...
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Real Competition Coming To The Canadian Cell Phone Market
2007-11-29 19:36:21
We’re No Worse Than The Other Guy. Tom Peters suggested that for many big companies the words to the right could be the company motto emblazoned in gold letters over the entrance. He was describing banks but according to a recent survey on customer service the cell phone companies are the lowest on the totem [...] ...
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Do You Want The Full Web On Your Phone?
2007-11-24 20:56:59
Preaching to the choir on cell phones One of the topics that does not receive enough attention in web design is Usability. That’s true even for web pages designed to be seen with desktop PCs. User tests just don’t get done. User experience is something of concern only to a fraction of all [...] ...
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Avoiding Blackberry Thumb
2007-11-23 00:26:17
Speak up to avoidBlackberrythumb Tom Conlon points out that your gadgets can make you sick. In particular, the diminutive keyboards on Blackberrys, Treos, Sidekicks and other QWERTY keyboarded phones can wreak havoc on one’s ability to signal approval with a good old “thumbs up.” Pain, numbness, swelling and tendonitis are all symptoms of [...] ...

Will Open Source Undermine Walled Gardens?
2007-11-22 21:25:57
Open vs. Walled - let the best win. Recently in Boston, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, was pushing a theme that is dear to many of us. The Mobile Web should grow with open standards. The Walled Garden approach should be abandoned. The mobile Internet needs to be fully and completely the [...] ...
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Call Dir-Ect-Ions
2007-11-13 23:40:34
Dial(347)328-4667forDir-Ect-Ions Move over GOOG–411 or CALL-411, here comes Dir-Ect-Ions (347 328 4667). As they say, one swallow doesn’t make a summer. However the number of voice recognition applications coming on stream shows how popular these are. As K.C. Jones reports, a Free Cell Phone Direction Service Gets Voice Recognition Boost. Parent company, Dial Directions [...] ...

Minimal Handsets Can Bridge The Digital Divide
2007-11-12 23:57:48
Let your voice bridge the divide Not surprisingly Microsoft and Yahoo seemed to be somewhat cool on the Open Handset Alliance initiative being promoted by Google. However part of Google’s thinking is music to the ears of developers in the Third World. Just listen to the words of C. Mohan Ram, founder of LatticeBridge Infotech [...] ...
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Walking On The Mobile Web
2007-11-11 02:39:14
Let your feet do the walking Perhaps the title reminds you of that encouragement from Google to go Walking, Talking, Searching, Finding on the Mobile Web. However Jacqui Cheng has spotted a different way of using your feet. Apparently HP has now come out with a control device for computers that can be activated [...] ...
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Your Cell Phone Overhears All Your Conversations
2007-11-09 21:04:41
Is Your Cell Phone Chatting Really Private? By now most seasoned Internet surfers realize that wherever they go they leave their electronic footprints. They may feel much more comfortable communicating with a close friend via a cell phone. However as John Whitehead points out Big Brother Is Listening to Your Cell Phone Calls. [...] ...
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More Speech-Enabled Applications With The Open Handset Alliance
2007-11-06 03:10:47
Let’s Hear It For The Open Handset Alliance It was good news to hear that Google is making available Open-Source software for cell phones and bringing together the Open Handset Alliance. For those who believe that speech technology will be a powerful driver of the Mobile Web, it is also good to hear that Nuance [...] ...
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Canada’s Mobile Web, Once More Behind The Rogers Ball
2007-11-06 01:26:46
Will Canada lose out on Google phones too? The big news today is that Google will not have a Gphone but hopes to provide open-source software that will power cell phones around the world. That’s very exciting but apparently Canada is not included. Google will offer free software to anyone who wants it under [...] ...
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A ?phone for Christmas
2007-11-01 20:12:19
Comwave owns the iPhone trademark in Canada Will the iPhone be here for Christmas? If so, what will it be called? Matthew Ingram spreads a rumour started by The Boy Genius that the Canuck version of the iPhone could be in the shops for Christmas. Supposedly an ad will be appearing from Rogers that promotes [...] ...
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A ?phone for Christmas
2007-11-01 20:04:55
Comwave owns the iPhone trademark in Canada Will the iPhone be here for Christmas? If so, what will it be called? Matthew Ingram spreads a rumour started by The Boy Genius that the Canuck version of the iPhone could be in the shops for Christmas. Supposedly an ad will be appearing from Rogers that promotes [...] ...
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Sound Will Drive Mobile Web Growth
2007-10-28 21:28:16
Until now mobile Web growth has been slow Although cell phones are ubiquitous, only limited numbers of individuals use them to surf the mobile Web. The telecom companies have not helped mobile Web growth by often charging excessive broadband transmission costs. In addition the cell phone has limitations with a small display screen and [...] ...
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Free 411: GOOG or CALL
2007-10-23 20:15:45
Both Google and Microsoft have now introduced their voice-based local search facility for your phone. This service is only currently available in the United States. Even though I live less than 20 miles from the US border neither service works here. Last week it was a little clearer. Calling GOOG-411 ( [...] ...

Mobile Web Sound Ads
2007-10-23 01:00:46
Sound ads support mobile Web content Most websites need financial support if they are to provide services to website visitors. That is particularly tough for cell phones, which access the mobile web, since small screens do not leave much room for advertising. If you feel that a major slice of mobile Web activity will [...] ...
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How Will Advertising Influence Mobile Web Growth?
2007-10-21 00:51:31
Advertising will clearly play a major role in the growth of the mobile web, both in terms of consumer demand and in terms of who are the competitive suppliers. Some are very bullish about the likely growth. For example in an upbeat article in the Bangkok Post, Jeff Teh, a senior research analyst [...] ...
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