I think the blog title alone gives you a good hint on what I am talking about. Yes, that Mac commercial (hilarious, by the way) where the PC's body-guard prompts for a "Cancel or Allow" on literally everyting PC does. (If you have not seen this commercial before, then click the "Play" button on the image below)  While I do think the commercial is very funny (These Mac marketing folks are good, darn good!), I must admit that it goes too far. Just to set some context, the commercial pokes fun of the new Windows Vista operating system, which hosts a new and imp... [More]

Not too many of the people I have had the pleasure of meeting during the last 9 years know that I have lived in Africa for the better part of 25 years. As a matter of fact a big portion of my family still lives and work in West-Africa, in Nigeria to be exact. My father was born in Lagos, the capital city of Nigeria in 1943. To be exact, he was born on Broad Street in downtown Lagos, a street that is now the large artery that goes through the city. My brother and sister were also born in Lagos, in 1970 and 1977 respectively. I was my parent's only child born outside... [More]

This sums it up pretty well… need I say more?

BT Tradespace Beta Now Available British Telecom and SMBLive yesterday released the public beta of BT Tradespace (www.bttradespace.com). With BT Tradespace, small businesses can use the power of social media to promote themselves online, and can communicate with prospects and customers through blogging, podcasting, click-to-call, and text messaging. The Latest Example of SaaS Innovation for Broadband Service Providers... BT Tradespace is the latest example of how SMBLive continues to develop channel-ready Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tools designed to help millions ... [More]

Recently some Google users lost all the emails and contacts! Yep, one fine day, they logged in their GMail account only to find out that all their stuff was, puff, gone! While the loss was contained to only a few people it does make me wander whether I (or anyone else for that matter) should rely on Web services to store data. A slew of Web 2.0 storage services such as Box.net and StreamLoad are making their debut and are quickly gaining large user bases. You may argue that these service providers are backing up your data, but Google did too; yet the loss was irreco... [More]

Google will now attempt to personalize searches for authenticated users.  If you’re logged into gmail, adwords, or some other Google product, Google will track your searches and try to see what your interests are, and then serve results based on that. This is undoubtedly going to raise the importance of PPC (Pay-Per-Click) since SEO-related efforts will grow increasingly harder to attract a mass audience. At least with PPC, you’ll be able to have your ad run for everyone (for now).  Ultimately, that too would logically change.  Microsoft h... [More]