4 posts and columns on Web access

Survey Finds Consumers Chop Cellphone Use to Cut Costs

in News on March 19, 2009 at 4:37 pm PT

Consumers have begun reducing their cellphone use to save money in the face of the sharp economic downturn, according to a new survey. Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for the New Millennium Research Council, the survey of 2,005 Americans found that 39 percent of those with contract-based cellphones are likely to cut back their service to save money if the economy gets worse over the next six months.

An Apple Netbook at Macworld 2009?

in News on December 16, 2008 at 7:47 am PT

Perhaps Macworld Expo 2009 will have its “one more thing” after all. In a note to clients this morning, Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research speculates that Apple will indeed launch a new product category at Macworld in early January. A netbook.

O3b. That's Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.

O3b. That’s Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.