There’s a big campaign going on right now to “Move Your Money” from the huge national banks to local/regional banks, the logic being that the big guys caused the financial crisis and, if we take our money out off their balance sheets, they’ll be forced to change their ways. You’ll also, on average, get better [...]
At last, it’s happening. This is all over the Internet today, a message from Google to the world: In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. [...]
In case you’ve been out of the loop or not really caring about technology news, Microsoft has made a $44 billion hostile takeover bid for Yahoo. This is a huge, huge deal. I’ve blogged about PR-speak before and how awful it can be. I wasn’t nearly as witty as this post from Daring Fireball. CEO [...]
From the mouth of Comcast’s CFO, Michael Angelakis (pictured), talking about Comcast’s lowered growth expectations for 2008: We will fight in the streets and do everything we can for retention but I think the expectation that I have is we will lose some share in the video side. My paraphrase of his words: We were [...]
Ok, in light of my last 2 posts, I just have to post this. Verizon Wireless has announced they are opening up their network (I’m not sure if this means they’re withdrawing their lawsuit against open access from 2 months ago). Something everyone else except for AT&T has already agreed to and T-Mobile and others [...]
I just switched the local coffeeshop from their Verizon DSL to their new One Communications (a regional telco that cares more about their customers and provides great service) DSL, which is faster, cheaper, and better. And they have a new router with 802.11N, if that means something to you, congrats, you’re an early-adopter-nerd.
As of today, RedPost World Headquarters is officially treat-you-like-crap-take-our-expensive-crappy-services-and-like-it free. As in, we no longer have Comcast internet service. We’re now using locally grown, locally sourced MapleNet Wireless‘ internet, which is conveniently coming from a tower on the building behind us, about 200′ away. I’ll post a picture tomorrow when it’s light. Same price as [...]
According to Slashdot: “Indiana regulators exempted BP from state environmental laws to clear the way for a $3.8 billion expansion that will allow the company to refine heavier Canadian crude oil. They justified the move in part by noting the project will create 80 new jobs. The company will now be allowed to dump an [...]
If you don’t read RedHerring, you should. They’ve got a great anti-establisment attitude and report on the up and coming companies who are trying to change the world (cough cough RedPost cough cough). Anyways, Alexandra posted on Universal’s recent “threat” to Apple — Universal’s gone from a yearly iTunes contract to a month-to-month, apparently to [...]
There’s an interesting article on Creative Destruction on BusinessWeek today (that’s Joe’s fetching photo to the right): In economics, creative destruction is the process by which entrepreneurs introduce innovations that force established businesses to adapt or die. The phrase was coined by the eminent economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950), who believed that long-term economic growth is [...]
