The International Herald Tribune reports that Apple is facing a rebellion over iTunes, with “[t]he Universal Music Group of Vivendi, the world's biggest music corporation, last week [notifying] Apple that it would not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes.” According to Wired, “[a] political battle is raging [...]
Washington – Today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Information Technology Division posted a new draft of its open format proposal as part of a periodic revision to its Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM). In response to the new draft, Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) president Jonathan Zuck made the following statement: [...]
Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT and avowed Apple zealot, waits relatively patiently for his pretty new iPhone at the local Cingular/AT&T Store. He's number 6 in line…let's just hope that the store has more than 5 phones to sell. I don't want to be anywhere near him if he [...]
MSNBC today has as an interesting article on how technology is empowering Chinese citizens. A recent text messaging campaign by Chinese environmentalists that resulted in the construction of a chemical plant being halted “marked a rare instance of public opinion in China rising from the streets and compelling a change [...]
Reuters points out that, according to a report by UK-based telecoms analysis company The Mobile World, “[g]lobal mobile phone use will pass the 3 billion mark -- equivalent to half the world's population -- for the first time in 2007 as cell phone demand booms in China, India and Africa. [...]