Simon’s Blog

Lots of people think search is done. Google has won the war. Yahoo! And Microsoft are but a poor second. However, Microsoft’s Robert Scoble is pretty vocal about the need for continued innovation in search. And just recently, I was reminded of a category of search that simply [...]

I’ve blogged before about what handset makers and mobile operators need to do drive data use on mobile phones. Today, Nokia has announced an implementation of one of my top three priorities. That is, they have introduced a new feature-rich web browser for S60 3rd Edition (S60 is, as of yesterday, the new [...]

Reading the various reviews around the world (see Scoble’s blog as a good jump-off point), I’m thinking: either most people don’t get it; or I’ve misunderstood what Microsoft is trying to do. Most people are saying things along the lines of “Is that it? The 37Signals/Apple/Konfabulator guys are doing a much better job” [...]

So, I’m sure you’ve seen the news. Microsoft has released details of its Live offering. Strangely, given what Live is all about, they have chosen to demo things via a (not very exciting!) web-site. But it’s actually a bit more interesting than that (if I’ve read them right).
Live is Microsoft’s [...]

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has recently published a list of his Top Five Web 2.0 Venture Capitalists. As well as the top five, it contains some other “notables”. Unsurprisingly, it’s rather a US-centric list. However, if you’re interested in seeing where venture money is being spent in this area, you could do worse than [...]

The next version of Java - Java SE 6 (codenamed Mustang) - is set to address one the platform’s last remaining performance bottlenecks - application/applet start-up time. If the speed-ups achieved turn out to be significant, this can only help lead a resurgence in the popularity of Java applets, and an increase in [...]