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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 [...]

U.S. mobile data service revenues jump to $10.6B in Q2

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

Mobile data service revenues in the U.S. topped $10 billion for the second straight quarter as the wireless data market grew 7 percent in Q2 to $10.6 billion, a 30 percent year-over-year increase. Research firm Chetan Sharma Consulting reports that Verizon Wireless and AT&T experienced the most quarterly growth, topping the 8 percent mark, followed [...]

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 [...]

Gracenote debuts MusicID app for iPhone

By Don Holloway ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Sony-owned content and data solutions provider Gracenote’s Gravity Mobile unit announced the launch of its MusicID application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, promising a comprehensive music discovery guide enabling consumers to identify music, search lyrics and view artist biographies as well as purchase songs via iTunes. Users can search MusicID by inputting the artist [...]

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. 
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