Irish tech start-up Cubic Telecom wowed participants at the recent TechCrunch 40 conference in San Francisco with their MAXRoam SIM card for mobile phones. The company claims it's the world's first universal SIM card offering favourable roaming and call rates anywhere in the world. Cubic is now poised to launch Cubic Mobile in October, a dual mode GSM/WiFi phone which uses the MAXRoam SIM card to enable users to roam anywhere in the world at low mobile rates as well as make free calls in … [Read more...] about FIR Interview – Conor O’Neill, LouderVoice: September 29, 2007
Archives for September 2007
Heading to Ireland
This is where I'll be this weekend. Checking Gmail now and again. Phone on. More Twitter than blog. Hope to see you there! … [Read more...] about Heading to Ireland
Cut from FIR #279
Overflow from today's FIR #279: How GM handled the UAW strike on its Fastlane blog. If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they're published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?) … [Read more...] about Cut from FIR #279
The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #279: September 27, 2007
Content summary: Shel's in Chicago; Neville's getting ready for PodCamp Ireland, Shel for PME and UK trip; update on FIR Geek Dinner plans; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Shel reports on the Ragan unconference; Armani opens store in Second Life; new global corporate climate change reports from the Carbon Disclosure Project; Nintendo fires employee for blogging; Yahoo to close podcasting site; Carefree Dan York reports from the AstriCon conference; listeners' comments discussion; … [Read more...] about The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #279: September 27, 2007
Manchester City goes green
The City of Manchester football stadium - home to Manchester City FC - will soon be the first football ground in the world to be powered by sustainable energy when an 85-metre-high 3-megawatt wind turbine comes online next year. When it's fully operational, it will supply enough energy to meet the stadium's power needs as well as thousands of nearby homes. According to Pete Bradshaw, Social Responsibility Manager for Manchester City FC, the wind turbine is one of many steps the football club is … [Read more...] about Manchester City goes green
Fun with Dreamscene
If you have Windows Vista Ultimate, one of the cool features is Ultimate Extras and in particular, Dreamscene: Windows Ultimate Extras are add-ons that extend certain capabilities of your operating system or just make using your PC more fun. Windows Ultimate Extras currently available include: Windows DreamScene, an Extra that enables you to use looped, full-motion video as your desktop wallpaper instead of a static image. Well, since I installed Vista Ultimate in April, I've never seen any … [Read more...] about Fun with Dreamscene
Internet cat and mouse in Burma
With a fast-moving current event such as what's happening in Burma at the moment, real-time media such as TV and radio are the best way to keep up with events. Yet what's happening as seen through the eyes of mainstream TV and the voice of radio isn't likely to reflect the whole picture. Burma (or Myanmar as it's now known) is a country whose military government routinely censors all media and rigidly (and violently) restricts freedom of speech. Foreign journalists are not permitted into the … [Read more...] about Internet cat and mouse in Burma
WordPress 2.3 released
The latest version of the WordPress blogging platform was released late yesterday. New version 2.3 offers a wide range of enhancements and new features, including: Tagging Automatic notification of updated plugins Automatic notification when new WP versions are released Much better management of posts and draft posts Improvements to the built-in text editor Automatic site addressing (if your address has 'www' in it or not, WP will let people find your site) A number of technical changes such as … [Read more...] about WordPress 2.3 released