September 2009

The truth about Canadian Health Care

September 11, 2009

This morning I’ve been reflecting on the debate about health care that’s happening south of the border. Like many Canadians I’ve been in disbelief watching the rhetoric escalate. The outright lies, and Orwellian double-speak by special interest groups in the US have me wondering how my American friends will ever achieve a resolution. What caused [...]

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The Progress Project: Nokia and Lonely Planet document mobile innoviation around the globe

September 3, 2009

The Progress Project is a joint venture between Nokia and Lonely Planet designed to highlight the amazing and diverse ways that mobile technology can impact ordinary people’s lives. It’s a grand vision of mobility, ranging from the ways that mobile devices can be used in urban settings to predict traffic flows or environmental impact, to [...]

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Skype sold: it’s all about risk mitigation.

September 1, 2009

The rumours have been flying for a week or so that Skype was to be sold. Yesterday the rumour became fact, as eBay unloaded a 65% stake in Skype to a consortium of investors, including some of the original Skype investors like Index Ventures. eBay gets to keep a 35% stake in Skype, and gets [...]

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OpenSource Meets GSM at the Burning Man

September 1, 2009

What would the world look like if cellular networks were open-sourced? That’s the question that the OpenBTS project is attempting to answer by building a GSM base station from open source components like Asterisk. To highlight how the OpenBTS team believes that this technology will be used, this week they’ve set up a pilot with [...]

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