Rose Cantine

It’s been a week since the launch of the iPhone. Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) and David Pogue (New York Times) have posted their very positive reviews. A lot of people in San Francisco rushed out to buy it including my friends. At dinner the other night, I had a chance to play with the [...]

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint Nextel, a US mobile carrier, is sending letters to 1000 subscribers, terminating their contracts because they had the temerity to call customer service “too often”. They called customer service 25 times in a month, mostly on billing matters. The article did not go into detail about what “billing [...]

Research firm In-Stat reports that there’s a substantial market niche for Wi-Fi enabled mobile phones:
A recent survey of US early adopters found that almost half of those respondents plan to replace their cell phones want Wi-Fi capability. To meet the growing demand, there is an avalanche of dual-mode phones in the pipeline. By the end [...]

I have been a Mac user since 2002, when the first generation of newly designed iMacs were introduced by Apple. Before that I used Windows on a boxy Dell desktop and a heavy Dell laptop. Today I have an iBook and would never even consider going back to Windows.
First, Macs are just more stylish. People [...]

The member states of the European Union approved the cap on mobile roaming rates. The cap takes effect this summer. For enterpreneurs who travel a lot, the high roaming fees imposed by the operators when you leave your home country, have been a financial burden. Worse than that are the roaming rates for data (not [...]

I am heading back to Amsterdam from Boston after the Muniwireless New England conference. After two days of discussions about the quality of citywide WiFi services, I am confronted with Logan Airport’s absurd WiFi portal (note: Logan wins my vote for worst airport).
When I started my iBook, it detected a WiFi network and asked me [...]

As more startups use independent consultants (programmers, web developers, marketing, sales people, freelance writers) who are based in other countries, they need to find a way to pay them in various currencies without those nasty bank charges. This is where Paypal comes in.
Paypal does not charge you a fee to make a payment to a [...]