Mobile App Store

was doing some research this morning and came across this great spreadsheet on the various mobile app stores;

http://distimo.com/uploads/mobile%20app%20store%20overview.pdf



Interesting to see the explosion in this space over the last year. Is it going to get even bigger?
I own the 4 domains http://www.mobileappstore.com/ .net .org .mobi though i've kind of been sitting on the sidelines.

Cheers,
Dean

CSIRO's Wi-Fi patent $200m and counting

http://www.crn.com.au/News/158194,csiros-wi-fi-patent-victory-earns-200m-and-counting.aspx

A lot of people dont know that WiFi came out of the CSIRO in Australia.

Great to see the royalties rolling in. Will be interesting to see what other technologies this money gets to fund.


Cheers,
Dean

What no Norman Mailer?

Came across this article this morning


5 Authors More Badass Than The Badass Character They Created
http://www.cracked.com/article/152_5-authors-more-badass-than-badass-character-they-created/


What no Norman Mailer?


Cheers,
Dean

Beer run

Guy going for a beer run...... lol at this rate he'll be sober before he gets home.

"I'm not drunk, just flip me over a give me a straw will you :)"

My kind of party animal, note the time.... it's 10am on a tuesday morning.


Cheers,
Dean

Rosetta Stone

Jodie wanted to brush up on her German as she hasn't done German language classes in at least 8 years or more since she was last in Berlin so i bought her a copy of the Rosetta Stone German Level 1, 2 & 3 that she has been using for the last month or so and loves it.

Considering I haven't studied languages since failing 8th grade French i was wary about having a go myself.

All i can say is wow.

After playing with it for just a few hours or so I've been totally hooked. The way they use audio and pictures is fantastic. I cant believe how easy it is.

If you are thinking of trying to learn a language definitely check out Rosetta Stone. It's pricey but way worth it in comparison to studying languages in a formal class.


Cheers,
Dean

User-Authentication Services

Yahoo Is A Surprising Second Among User-Authentication Services
No surprise: most chat participants opting to use a third-party authentication service go for the popular Facebook Connect. More of a surprise: signing in with a Yahoo account is the second most popular choice.


hmmm - wondering if this going to turn into a service provider war?

How much would Facebook/Yahoo/Twitter pay me as a website content provider to have my users authenticate against their services exclusively?

Surely there has to be value associated to Yahoo that you 'have' to use a Yahoo username in order to authenticate to my website.

Do you think Yahoo would pay per user per month or maybe even per user per login?


Cheers,
Dean

rhino batteries suck

Whatever you do dont buy Rhino batteries.

I used these batteries in my APC UPS and this is what they looked like after 6 months....oh and that BS from their resllers about warranties, wait until you see the fine print.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rick Flanigan wrote:


Once you pay to ship the batteries to us, they will be tested. If we determine the batteries are indeed bad we will replace your batteries less shipping costs. We cannot be held responsible if the batteries have failed because of your faulty UPS.
Great so i've paid for shipping to me originally, back to them because their crap failed in less than 6 months, and then back to me again...... plus my UPS (and therefor all the computers) have to be offline for 2 weeks at least - yeh right.
 
Rhino batteries suck.
 
 
 
Cheers,
Dean

Chile Wants Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses, Your Tech Entrepreneurs

Comprende Espanol?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/chile-wants-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-your-tech-entrepreneurs/

DOS on telephone numbers

hmmm this is unfortunately something we are going to see more of.

if you think email spam is bad imagine 20 automated phone calls a day with robots on the the end of them trying to sell you viagra.

Someone is 'cooking' something here as a test for something bigger (and racking up bills for unsuspecting people at the same time).


Citibank is or has been under a telephone calling attack latest 12 hours. Here I will explain the attack and how it was done.
Have you seen the movie “lawnmower man”, when in the end, all phones rings in the who city? This was the aim for todays attack on Citibank in UK. The attack was simple, but probably effective when it was active. Send SIP INVITE to open SIP gateways and PBXs, who then will actually use the traditional phonesystem (POTS) to call the target. Suddenly you need DoS protection on your traditional POTS lines….
The SIP INVITE looks like this.
http://www.honeynor.no/2009/09/20/citibank-uk-number-was-target-for-a-lawnmower-telephone-attack-today/



Cheers,
Dean

Time Warner NYC SUX!! - Samsung 3090

I used to have a scientific atlanta 8300 dvr in harlem for the last 2 years and it was great.

When we moved to brooklyn heights for some reason the 8300 kept having vod issues. After 3 different technician visits and even swapping out the box with another 8300 didn't solve the problem.

Eventually the technician replaced the SA 8300 with the new samsung 3090.

The VOD problem went away which is great however the new box DOESNT work with the esata drive that i purchased last year that WAS working with the SA8300.

I called the call center and both csr's i spoke with didn't even know what esata drives were let alone how to help me get this working/explain when it would be available.

Time Warner NYC sux and the CSR's are clueless.

I dont know if Fios is any better but it cant be worse.


Cheers,
Dean