15 Months

PhoneFusion Brings Visual Voicemail to Android OS — Ever since Apple introduced visual voicemail with the launch of the iPhone, envious customers of competing carriers have requested it as a feature for their own phones. Thanks to the new version of their visual voice mail application, PhoneFusion looks like it's the first company to take the Android plunge into voicemail efficiency. It might not be enough at this point to compete with the top phone (especially considering the G1's substantial flaws), but it appears to be a good, useful app. Several companies have also come out with their own versions of the app in the last 15 months.... [Tags: 15 months, beta version, better graphics, first voice, fugly]

PROOF: Nicole Kidman’s Baby Is Real and Exists — Remember about a year ago, when it seemed that Nicole Kidman was pregnant with a ghost bump for somewhere around 13 to 15 months? Well, when we heard she "delivered" the "baby", it's safe to say we were skeptical. But if these photos are to be believed, Nicole Kidman really and truly had a baby! A little girl named Sunday Rose. Aww. Here's Nicole struggling through layers of face poison to kiss her child: Is it sad to say she has more wrinkles than her mother? Not only isn't it sad, it's joyous. It goes without saying, Team Suri 4VR.... [Tags: 15 months, bump, ghost, little girl, nicole kidman]

Chitika - A Good Way To Make Money With Your Blog? — I recently got an email from the folks at Chitika which informed me that I could make referral commissions on anybody I refer to Chitika for a full 15 months. They even provided me a shortcut link to send my referral link out to Twitter. But, is Chitika really any good? I have been using Chitika for some time over on PCMech.com. I do not put very much into the program and it has been very much one of my minority income streams. But, even without putting much into it, I have been making a couple hundred dollars per... [Tags: 15 months, adsense, auditing, chitika, couple hundred]

Fuel cells increase talk time — Earlier this year, Medis Technologies unveiled a small fuel cell that acts as a portable power source for personal electronics like cellphones, laptops and MP3 players. It is a power solution that promises to keep gadgets running after the batteries have run out, meaning you don't have to hunt for wall sockets after your normal battery's charge is lost. The Medis 24-7 Powerpack uses tiny amounts of fuel (liquid borohydride) that generate electricity to power devices through a USB port. Unfortunately though, once a Powerpack runs out, it has to be recycled. Companies are working towards creating fuel cell... [Tags: 15 months, butane, cell charger, digital cameras, fruition]

The government crash — The amazing thing about crashes is that you can see them coming. They’re not surprises like earthquakes or meteor impacts. A sure sign of their approach is too much speculative lending, which contributes to the boom that sets up the bust. We saw it in housing in the 70s and 80s, which led to the S&L crisis, and again in the 00s. We’ve seen it over and over in tech, most famously with the dot-com crash. Now we’re about to see the government crash, for the same reason. According to Bloomberg (which ought to know),   The U.S. government is... [Tags: 15 months, 1930s, american taxpayers, bloomberg, citigroup]

Shannon Matthews 'kidnapper' was charged with abducting own daughter — Michael Donovan was charged with abducting his own daughter 15 months before he allegedly kidnapped Shannon Matthews and held her captive in his flat, a court heard today.... [Tags: 15 months, kidnapper, michael donovan, shannon]

The Big Double-Down — I'm sorry but this scares the crap out of me:The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago...The money that’s been pledged is equivalent to $24,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. It’s nine times what the U.S. has spent so far on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Congressional Budget Office figures. It could pay off more than half the country’s mortgages.(Hat... [Tags: 15 months, afghanistan, american taxpayers, congressional budget office, crap]

Bailout Cost: Government Prepared To Lend More Than $7.4 Trillion To Ease Credit — The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago. The unprecedented pledge of funds includes $2.8 trillion already tapped by financial institutions in the biggest response to an economic emergency since the New Deal of the 1930s, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The commitment dwarfs the only plan approved by lawmakers, the Treasury Department's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. Federal Reserve lending last week was... [Tags: 15 months, 1930s, american taxpayers, bailout, credit markets]

India sees slowdown in IT, call center hires — India's IT services and call center industry is likely to hire tens of thousands fewer workers for the Indian fiscal year running from April 2008 through March 2009.The industry is likely to only hire about 200,000 people rather than a projected 276,000, said Ganesh Natarajan, chairman of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) on Tuesday.[ For tips on landing an IT job in Brazil and beyond, see InfoWorld's guide to offshoring yourself. | See why Brazil may be a better choice for outsourcing than India. ]The revised figure represents a significant decrease from the 250,000 new hires... [Tags: 15 months, application development, bench, business process outsourcing, call centers]

The iPhone beats BlackBerry when it comes to reliability — A study of new mobile phones from an online warranty supplier has suggested that Apple's iPhone has substantially fewer failures than handsets from BlackBerry and Palm.San Francisco-based SquareTrade sells extended warranties for electronic goods in the United States. At the weekend, it published a report that looked at the failure rates from more than 15,000 new phones within 12 months of ownership.[ Stay ahead of advances in technology with InfoWorld's Ahead of the Curve blog and newsletter. ]After the first year of handset use, it found a 5.6 percent malfunction rate reported on the iPhone, which was "significantly lower" than... [Tags: 12 months, 15 months, advances in technology, battery life, battery problem]

Report: Crackberry Addiction More Prevalent Than iPhonia Nervosa Among Handset Users [Digital Daily] — Apple beat RIM. In their most recent quarter, Research in Motion, or RIM, reported selling 6.1 million BlackBerry devices. Compared to our most recent quarter sales of 6.9 million iPhones, Apple outsold RIM last quarter and this is a milestone for us. RIM is a good company that makes good products and so it is surprising that after only 15 months in the market, we could outsell them in any quarter. But even more remarkable is this–measured by revenues, Apple has become the world’s third largest mobile phone supplier. I know this sounds crazy, but it’s true–as measured in... [Tags: 15 months, apple ceo, good company, handset market, handset users]

Fox Interactive Media Q3 Revs Up 17%; Net Ads Not Dead — Internet advertising isn’t entirely dead yet. News Corp. (NWS) said on its earnings call this afternoon that revenue in its Fox Interactive Media unit, which includes MySpace, was up 17%. The company said display advertising for the unit was up 16%, while search advertising was up 10%. Meanwhile, asked whether the company was holding talks with Yahoo (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT) or anyone else in the Internet sector about potential acquisitions, the company said: “No.” One other note that is relevant mostly to me: On the call, the company said it plans over the next 12-15 months to close 10 of... [Tags: 15 months, display advertising, dow jones, fox interactive, interactive media]

BBC rapped over Brand a year ago — Media regulator Ofcom warned BBC bosses about lax editorial procedures on Russell Brand's BBC 6 Music show over a year ago, it emerged last night. In a ruling published 15 months ago, it criticised the corporation for failing to follow its own editorial procedures and allowing Brand to broadcast a quiz won by a member of his production team posing as a listener to the digital radio station. As director-general Mark Thompson today says that the corporation will not 'overreact' to the events of the past week, the revelation that Ofcom highlighted the failure of the BBC's programming rules in... [Tags: 15 months, bbc, digital radio station, director general, editorial controls]

Gaming Apple’s Next Quarter — Who knows what the future will be, given the worldwide economic slowdown. But we ranked as the third largest mobile phone supplier in revenues. Not bad for being in the market for only 15 months.” – Apple CEO Steve Jobs, during a rare appearance on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call With the holiday consumer binge nearly upon us and lower-income households reportedly turning to Apple’s iPhone 3G as a means of saving money they might otherwise spend on a separate broadband connection and cellphone service, one would think that the company would be headed for another blowout quarter. Apple... [Tags: 15 months, aapl, apple ceo, apple investors, binge]

Goodbye from David Zinger — Bye, by David Zinger I enjoyed writing 1/2 of Slacker Manager for the past 15 months. I wrote close to 200 posts at this site. If you want to stay in touch you can receive my monthly newsletter: Zingers - Inspire Inform Ignite Extend Engage in 25 Seconds   Sign up for David Zinger’s Take-5 Monthly Newsletter Email:   For Email Marketing you can trust Thank you to Phil Gerbyshak for being my partner through thick, thin, and numerous behind the scene quirks, glitches, and changes. I wish Phil all the best with this site and know he can continue... [Tags: 15 months, blog, busy days, channel editors, connelly]

Cost Of The Crash: $2.2 Trillion — Autumn's market mayhem has left the world's financial institutions nursing losses of $2.8tn, the Bank of England said today, as it called for fundamental reform of the global banking system to prevent a repeat of turmoil "arguably" unprecedented since the outbreak of the first world war. In its half-yearly health check of the City, the Bank said tougher regulation and constraints on lending would be needed as policymakers sought to learn lessons from the mistakes that have led to a systemic crisis unfolding over the past 15 months.... [Tags: 15 months, autumn, bank of england, banking system, constraints]

World's Largest Lite Brite Has Over 300,000 Pegs, Is Real Effing Brite [Lite Brite] — Shoe-maker ASICS commissioned a gigantic Lite Brite in NYC in celebration of something or other (probably a shoe launch) this month that takes the Guinness World Record for largest Lite Brite painting. You know, those things you played with when you were six? At 300,000+ pieces and 11x15 feet, it demolishes the previous record of 125,000+ pieces by PA artist Mark Beekman that took him over 15 months to complete. Mark's was a recreation of The Last Supper, which while classy, just doesn't quite have the same je ne sais quoi as a ginormous shoe advertisement. Sorry about that year... [Tags: 15 months, advertisement, artist mark, beekman, celebration]

Soon-To-Be Retirees Reconsider Their Plans — In October, the Labor Committee found that workplace retirement plans — including pensions and 401ks — have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months. Has the new economic landscape affected your plan to retire?» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: 15 months, 401ks, e mail, economic landscape, labor committee]

Though he typically shies away from company earnings calls, Steve Jobs took the mic on Tuesday to announce that Apple is now the third largest mobile phone supplier in the world thanks to the iPhone. When measured in revenues, at $4.6 billion the iPhone positions Apple behind mobile phone giants Nokia ($12.7 billion) and Samsung ($5.9 billion), according to Jobs. This puts Apple ahead of Sony Ericcson ($4.2 billion), LG ($3.4 billion), Motorola ($3.2 billion) and RIM ($2.1 billion). Calling the revolutionary handset "stunning," Jobs was also excited to share that Apple sold more handsets in the fourth quarter... [Tags: 10 million, 15 months, 3g, apple enthusiasts, company earnings]

Ron Galloway: Apple's iPhone as Leviathan — In the card game Magic: The Gathering, the largest card in the game was a creature called Leviathan. Apple's earnings call yesterday proved that in the realm of handheld devices, the iPhone is the largest card in that game, and in fact, it is the Leviathan of its product line. In the last quarter Apple sold 6.9 million iPhones. Their goal for the year was 10 million units. Apple sold as many iPhones last quarter as the four previous quarters combined. Notably, more iPhones were sold last quarter than Blackberrys. Apple accounts for iPhone revenue over a 24 month period,... [Tags: 15 months, apple stores, banking system, bear market, card game magic]