8:41 PM
Northrop-built police robot helped peacefully end a standoff between police and 2 potentially dangerous suspects:
http://www.policeone.com/news/3057594-Police-robot-shines-in-Wisc-standoff/
It is sad to read that Yahoo is laying off 5% of their workforce right before Christmas...those 650 people who are going to lose their jobs will be starting their Holiday Season on a really bad note:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47054&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
The BlackBerry Torch is really selling well on AT&T--it appears that RIM sold about the same number of BlackBerrys last quarter as Apple sold iPhones!
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BC4VG20101213
Article speculating about whether or not Android's success will result in the death of the BlackBerry platform. A year ago BlackBerry had 90% of Verizon's smartphones and now Android has 80% of Verizon's smartphones. With Android and iOS dominating what consumers say they plan to get for their next smartphone, the BlackBerry platform is getting squeezed:
http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/does-androids-growth-spell-end-blackberry/2010-12-14
Report says that Verizon is stockpiling iPhones that will be available for sale right after Christmas--AT&T apparently asked for iPhone exclusivity through Christmas to maximize AT&T's sales. The shocking thing to me is that the report says that the Verizon iPhone is an *LTE* phone and that they will market it as the only "LTE iPhone", exclusive to Verizon. All I can confirm is that the 4 Verizon stores I went into recently all had a lot more employees than usual and that type of staffing up and training really does indicate the iPHone is coming soon to Verizon. However, I doubt the LTE part of the rumor:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/13/rumor-verizon-stockpiling-iphones-for-post-christmas-launch/
Sprint said that it has no plans to buy Clearwire. Sprint also announced that they have an agreement to reduce their voting rights below 50% without reducing their economic stake in Clearwire...so, Sprint avoids any liquidity risk if Clearwire defaults on its debt:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-we-have-no-plans-buy-out-clearwire/2010-12-14
I was on the ESPN NBA home page today--Larry Coon twittered that we were having lunch today ("Having lunch today with Dr. Garret Okamoto -- who was hugely influential & helpful in getting the first version of my FAQ off the ground."):
http://espn.go.com/nba/
http://www.policeone.com/news/3057594-Police-robot-shines-in-Wisc-standoff/
It is sad to read that Yahoo is laying off 5% of their workforce right before Christmas...those 650 people who are going to lose their jobs will be starting their Holiday Season on a really bad note:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47054&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
The BlackBerry Torch is really selling well on AT&T--it appears that RIM sold about the same number of BlackBerrys last quarter as Apple sold iPhones!
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BC4VG20101213
Article speculating about whether or not Android's success will result in the death of the BlackBerry platform. A year ago BlackBerry had 90% of Verizon's smartphones and now Android has 80% of Verizon's smartphones. With Android and iOS dominating what consumers say they plan to get for their next smartphone, the BlackBerry platform is getting squeezed:
http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/does-androids-growth-spell-end-blackberry/2010-12-14
Report says that Verizon is stockpiling iPhones that will be available for sale right after Christmas--AT&T apparently asked for iPhone exclusivity through Christmas to maximize AT&T's sales. The shocking thing to me is that the report says that the Verizon iPhone is an *LTE* phone and that they will market it as the only "LTE iPhone", exclusive to Verizon. All I can confirm is that the 4 Verizon stores I went into recently all had a lot more employees than usual and that type of staffing up and training really does indicate the iPHone is coming soon to Verizon. However, I doubt the LTE part of the rumor:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/13/rumor-verizon-stockpiling-iphones-for-post-christmas-launch/
Sprint said that it has no plans to buy Clearwire. Sprint also announced that they have an agreement to reduce their voting rights below 50% without reducing their economic stake in Clearwire...so, Sprint avoids any liquidity risk if Clearwire defaults on its debt:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-we-have-no-plans-buy-out-clearwire/2010-12-14
I was on the ESPN NBA home page today--Larry Coon twittered that we were having lunch today ("Having lunch today with Dr. Garret Okamoto -- who was hugely influential & helpful in getting the first version of my FAQ off the ground."):
http://espn.go.com/nba/