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My first fairytale… about Telstra

solwizard80.thumbnail My first fairytale... about TelstraOnce upon a time there was a big fat telco called Telstra. King Solomon ruled the villagers with an iron fist. Then, one day, the villagers heard about VoIP and were set free of the tyranny of long distance. Calls were cheap and all was well, until one day…

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Opera CEO wants widgets on mobiles

Opera's grand plan for widgets has become a bit clearer with the news that it plans to make its widgets run on mobile phones, TVs, car stereos … anything that can have a screen and a simple processor embedded.

jon s von tetzchner Opera CEO wants widgets on mobilesThis is potentially a very big leap forward in the mobile browsing space, because it's kinda obvious to everyone in the industry that web developers aren't going to convert websites for small-screen viewing en-masse any time soon. Running small web apps on a mobile phone that can be easily developed and tested on desktop PCs means much less data transfer, responsive UI and better visuals.

I got in touch with Opera in Norway to ask about it and was surprised that they offered me an interview with their CEO John S Von Tetzchner even though he was on holidays in Iceland at the time.

I talked to him about the "Opera Platform" for devices and the open standards involved. Then I asked him whether he would swim from Norway to Australia…

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Internet sync: better than sex, sliced bread

OK, I admit the headline is inflammatory: internet sync may not be better than sliced bread. But it is such a useful feature in software that supports it, the mystery is why more developers aren't doing it.

I don't believe that the next killer feature on the internet will be browser-based apps, but rather 'fat client' software that mirrors all settings (and potentially documents) online. I've blogged about it for APC here.

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