Giuseppe Taibi’s Techlog

I am delighted to report that yours truly has been included in the “Who’s Who: Boston’s Mobile Industry Heavy Hitters”. Congratulations to all the list members and special thanks to Jonathan Kardos of BostInnovation for compiling the list. OK, I have to admit that I am very proud of being the first face in the iPhone [...]

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Shopkick, a Silicon Valley startup that “bridges the mobile and retail worlds“, has been awarded $15M of the smartest money that entrepreneurs can ever dream to get (WSJ, TechCrunch, VentureBeat). It is practically a “Grand Slam” of fund raising, starting with angel money from visionary LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, followed by an A-series from [...]

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.
Located at the site www.broadband.gov, the test is aimed at allowing consumers to compare their actual speeds with the speeds advertised by their providers.

Source: http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1124202020100312
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Apple closed at $226.6, up 1.1 points (.49%) for yet another all-time high. It’s market cap is now $205.48 billion, $309 million more above Wal-Mart, which closed down .07 points (.13%) for the day.

Source: http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/12/apple-overtakes-wal-mart/
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My favorite giutar is the one that says “Keep Austin Weird”.

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The CEO of Flurry Analytics (who merged with Pinch Media), discusses the market landscape for technology developers who create add-on applications for devices like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Droid system. Interview by MarketWatch’s Rex Crum in San Francisco.

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This is my favorite.

I still cannot believe how so many people (read Verizon users) accept the fact that they cannot make phone calls while surfing the web or checking email. This to me would be a good reason to switch away from Verizon and get an iPhone TODAY on AT&T. Verizon customers, wake up! Nobody [...]

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The iPad will grab significant market share from longtime Windows users. There is a large pool of Windows XP and Vista users that are just tired of Windows and have considered switching to an Apple computer but have not switched yet because of the price point of the entry level MacBook ($999). Those users are [...]

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I am pleased to report that major Italian newspaper and news website La Repubblica has published Gabriele Isman’s new interview with me:

È un cervello siciliano in fuga a Boston il re delle applicazioni
Originario di Montaperto laureato a Palermo vende olio doc su Internet Col software sullo skateboard ha scalato le classifiche. “Mi fa pensare che [...]

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