Earlier today I got a tip from my friend and colleague Danny Vo (one of the co-founders of Cooler Planet) that that latest version of Google Sync for Blackberry now includes Contacts. I just downloaded the new version (0.5.9) and selected the Contacts sync option, and my phone has been grinding away for the past continue…
There’s not much to go on, but early reports about the new EMC spinoff Decho offer an exciting glimpse into one possible future for personal data mining. Formed by the combination of cloud-based backup provider Mozy and another EMC acquisition called Pi, the new firm plans to offer API-based access to your cloud-based store of continue…
The current economic crisis is causing pain in nearly every sector of the global economy, with more to come. The public markets will likely continue to slide as the long-term implications for jobs and consumption are fully priced-in and additional buckets of poorly-priced risk (like unsecured consumer credit CDOs) start to topple over like the continue…