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Verizon Wireless and Skype Got It Done!

By Don Holloway ⋅ February 16, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Verizon Wireless and Skype announced at Mobile World Congress that they would be teaming together to offer Skype on many Verizon Wireless smart phones. I use both Verizon Wireless and Skype.  Verizon Wireless has a very reliable network.  Skype is a great application. Starting in March, I will be able to run Skype on my [...]

Help Start a Dialog around Innovation

By Don Holloway ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m going to be part of an Innovation Jam at the Verizon Developer Community Conference in San Jose, CA next week.  The conference is for mobile application development, which is an incredibly dynamic environment.  The innovation jam has been put together by WIP, the Wireless Industry Partnership to stimulate a dialog around innovating to face [...]

A Massive Platform for Innovation and Collaboration

By Don Holloway ⋅ April 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I thought that the biggest announcement of the2009 CTIA show was Verizon’s announcement to join the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL).  JIL will provide developers with a platform and access to more than a billion customers around the world in more than 70 countries.  This is a fundamental shift in how mobile applications are going to [...]

Frankenstein’s Line Extension vs. The Innovator

By Don Holloway ⋅ February 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Consumer Electronics Show is an extremely big show and runs the gamut from cables, accessories, and video games, to cutting edge industrial technology.  It is really fun, especially if you can just walk around and look at things.  This year, I was lucky and got to spend half a day just wandering around. 
I [...]

Opening Networks Up

By Don Holloway ⋅ November 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I was delighted to see that Kevin Werbach has been picked to co-lead the FCC Review for the Obama transition project.  I cannot think of a better person for the job.  I met Kevin sometime back in 2001 when he first came to Philadelphia.  Kevin had been editing Release 1.0 and had taken a [...]

Strategic Alliances Driving Innovation

By Don Holloway ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I attended a meeting for the Innovation special interest group of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) up at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.  As you might guess, the session focused on ways that alliances and partnerships can improve innovation.  The session had a very nice mix of folks from the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, [...]

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