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As I am sure you are aware, Apple played a dangerous game when it launched it’s new must-have device, the iPhone. Cisco, not exactly small fry, own the trademark for ‘iphone’, having launched their range of internet phones some time ago. In fact, Cisco owned the trademark since 2000.
Cisco hasn’t dropped the lawsuit […]

YouTube plan to start rewarding people that upload their own videos with a share of the revenue that video creates.  Does this model sound familiar?  Revver has been using exactly the same idea since it began.
YouTube’s system will be rolled out over coming months, using ads ahead of the clip to generate revenue for […]

Recent research shows that by 2012, revenues from online TV (legitimate, online TV) will be ten times what they were in 2006 - reaching ~$6.3bn.
The research identified that the trend towards online TV is symptomatic of wider socio-cultural changes, with a ‘new breed’ of consumers emerging that just won’t accept traditional TV. Whether there […]

Virgin Mobile has not sold even 10,000 TV-enabled Lobster handsets, despite significant advertising costs (Pamela Anderson doesn’t come cheap I am sure) and slashing the price to less than £100.
Not really surprising, given the ugly, dated, look of the handset. Sure people want to own the latest and greatest, and mobile TV is certainly […]

Plastic Logic, an organisation which spun out of Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory in 2000, has recently secured funding of $100m from investors such as Intel, BASF, Siemens, Bank of America and Oak Investment Partners.
So why have these companies funded Plastic Logic to such a high level? Because they are developing a […]

Sky, which already offers broadband, telephone and TV services, today upped its carriage fees - sparking rumours that it could be getting closer to a mobile offering.
Quad-play is the holy grail for technology companies at the moment, with NTL:Telewest the first to complete the circle with the purchase of Virgin.
Sky launched a huge marketing campaign […]

Vodafone is always one to use its sponsorship deals to the full, and it’s no big surprise that they have today unveiled a trio of handsets with the F1 team’s branding. One is a Samsung, the other two are Sharps.
The Sharp shown on the right here looks like it could be nice, though very […]

3 mobile announced today that it is cutting roaming charges in seven countries, including Italy, Ireland and Australia.  Customers will be charged the same rate whether they are in the UK or abroad, and do not need to sign-up for the service - everyone automatically gets it.
They have named the service “3 Like Home” … […]