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Will you make the commitment today to leave AT&T if Verizon get’s the iPhone. Two show appearance here in Hawaii and then 2 shows on the East Coast. I am once again on the move which will ultimately end up being a very busy August. If you have been following on Twitter you know I [...]

I was listening to an audio post by Robert Scoble on Cinch about how increasingly sites are either not using external links at all or are hiding them. This is done in an effort to keep the reader within the website, and increase page hits. As he said this is how the internet was prior [...]

In the world of blogging, podcasting and social networking, much has been said about the so-called “long tail.” The concept of the “long tail” revolves around the idea that available content living on the Internet gets a lot of extra audience over a long period of time, as opposed to traditional print and broadcast content [...]

Today’s location is undisclosed due to reasons beyond my control. I had a lot of fun on this show and you have a chance as a listener to participate in a new initiative. Details are in today’s show I hope to have a lot of listeners participate. Very Special GoDaddy Promo Code Tonight for new [...]

Research in Motion has put out it’s own FREE podcast app for the Blackberry Smartphone. This is an exciting new development from RIM as this app is free where as the other blackberry podcast listening apps are pay or lousy (in my humble opinion). The new app that is just called “Blackberry Podcast App” is [...]

The smartphone’s in many consumer hands today are as powerful as the desktop computers we were using five years ago. They may be as powerful from a hardware standpoint, yet the smaller interface demands different methods of interaction. The smaller interface also places different demands on the software that runs on it. Smartphone software apps [...]

It’s the cost of doing business – advertising pays the bills. However, when you have a live show where someone clicks on – and is ready to move on when they don’t get instant gratification, 30 second ad might make them move on before they even see the show. Is 30 too long and what [...]

A lot of people are saying RSS Readers are dead – or on life-support, but I certainly don’t think so.  In fact I use one more now than I ever did.  Sure, breaking news may be easier to find on Twitter, but that does not cover most of what we are all interested in.  You [...]

In the UK, Conservative MP (Member of Parliament) Dominic Raab has complained that he’s getting too much email from from a campaigning website called 38 Degrees and has asked them to remove his email address from the their mailing system.  The 38 Degrees site didn’t actually publish his email address, but rather passed on campaign email to [...]

Your going to love what I have lined up for you here on Show 600 putting it together was as fun as the very first one. I spend 30 minutes looking back. Plus I jam a full load of a tech at you in the remaining time. Some remarkable stats to share. New Sponsor in [...]