Nov 4, 2007 | blog
A post by Mathew Ingram got me thinking. All these social networks. All these separate services that we willingly give our personal data too. Why?
Why can’t they license this data just like they license marketing research data? Why can’t they pay me royalties for my data? Instead we all give them this valuable information.
Hmmm.
There has just got to be a way to do this opposite than the way we have been – giving free information away in a trade for a Facebook applet of questionable value. Our personal info is worth money – is your vampire chump?
Technorati Tags: social network, Mathew Ingram, marketing data, personal information
Feb 14, 2006 | blog
Today Spb Software House released Spb Backup, a new Pocket PC backup utility. A utility category for the Pocket PC that, until recently, has been a little light on products.
Spb Software House Releases Spb Backup – the Ultimate Tool for Saving Your Data
February 14, 2006 – Spb Software House, a leading Pocket PC software developer, releases Spb Backup – a new Pocket PC utility for backing up all of your Pocket PC content to a storage card.
Spb Backup is based on the proven technology used in Spb Clone. Thousands of enterprise users rely upon Spb Clone to create exact copies of their “master” PDA devices. This tested technology was used to create a backup program that would benefit Pocket PC consumers at all levels.
Spb Backup creates a self-restoring image file that can be restored with or without installing the main Spb Backup application. The backup file can be compressed and password protected with strong 128-bit AES algorithm. The scheduled backup features will help users to have regular, mistake-free backups.
Spb Backup features include:
- Scheduled backups
- Self restoring backup files
- Options to separately backup PIM data, emails, “My Documents” folder, and system data
- Backup file compression and encryption
- Today plug-in with previous and next backup date notification
- Desktop PC utility for extracting information from backup files
Pricing and Availability
Spb Backup is currently available in Czech, English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Traditional Chinese. A free 5-backups limited trial can be downloaded, or Spb Backup can be purchased for $19.95 USD, from www.spbsoftwarehouse.com.
Spb Software House has produced many other great software products including Pocket Plus, GPRS Monitor, Full Screen Keyboard, Diary, Weather, and Finance.
Feb 13, 2006 | blog
Cingular is planning on launching new data plans next month that will include different levels of roaming data coverage. Check out Phone Scoop’s article for more details.
via: PhoneScoop.com
Feb 2, 2006 | blog
Apparently, Verizon Wireless is changing its policy on tethering laptops & PDAs to mobile phones for data connectivity! Users of high-end, high-speed data capable phones will be able to use their mobile phone as a modem for their laptop. This is good news for those on Verizon!
Kudos to Verizon for making this policy change – I would be surprised if they did not see an increase in subscribers of data plans. This is one of the reasons that I would never consider Verizon in the past, with this change Verizon is becoming a viable alternative if I leave T-Mobile.
Now we just need to work on their pricing! 🙂
via: PC Magazine
Dec 30, 2005 | blog
Here is one that I’ll be making use of once the T-Mobile MDA (their US variant of the Wizard) is out! I’ve always thought a Pocket PC should have a cradle available for charging, syncing and simply someplace to set the device where you always know where its at. This one is made by Boxwave and can be found here. The cradle works with the following versions of the HTS Wizard: O2 XDA Mini, Orange SPV M3000, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Qtek 9100 and iMate KJAM.
Thanks to Cool Smart Phone for the tip!
