As I prepare to attend Navteq’s European Developers Conference later this week, I am following Nokia’s acquisition of Navteq with great interest. Both Nokia and Navteq are “super” companies and, I am proud to say, great clients of ours. Nokia switched from a “voice calling” mobility strategy to an “internet/services” mobility strategy long [...] ...
I think that the best websites are easy to use, uncluttered, load quickly and deliver their purpose clearly and succinctly. Three companies that I think do this well are United Airlines, Gu Sports and Cervelo. Of course, my new favorite site is ours. In late July our marketing and IT departments launched their work - [...] ...
This month as a reward for participating in one of our research efforts developers will get a chance to win a Nokia N95. This is a very powerful phone with one of the best, if not the best, cameras I’ve ever had the experience to enjoy. Of course this month the iPhone hit the market [...] ...
Last week we were asked our opinion of Microsoft’s relationship with software developers. During the Iowa anti-trust hearing expert witnesses stated that Microsoft treats software developers like “pawns”. Our research, which is software developer driven, and vendor neutral, indicates that over the years Microsoft has developed one of the strongest, if not the strongest, software ...
After a treacherous commute over the hill from Santa Cruz to San Jose,
we had just five minutes to spare before my presentation to the Ajax
World attendees. The pitch, A Snapshot in Time from the “Developers
View.” I was able to cover a broad range of topics including how many
developers are [...] ...