The wireless industry is meeting again at the CTIA Wireless 2007 in Orlando, Florida. From March 27th CEOs, COOs and former US presidents beat a path to the doorstep as keynote speakers. On Tuesday, at the first day of the conference and fair, Randall L. Stephenson, COO AT&T, gave his keynote. He presented the high-tech-gadget iPhone, again. His statement “One million people have asked us to call when this phone is available” pricked up the analyst’s ears and shows how perfect Apple’s viral marketing succeeds.

Source: yahoo.reuters.com, source & picture: ctia.org

How to reduce the paper chaos is one of the things nearly everyone is coping with. Especially if your work is creative, if you are searching for innovation, if you have to manage projects, meetings and contacts you really get lost. Great ideas, solutions and approaches just disappear. A variety of software tools assist the Mac users to get store, find and manage this information and knowledge. More …

It looks like Google is not settling with it’s current role as a small Google-Maps software supplier for mobile phones like the Apple iPhone. According to The Guardian, Google held talks with several companies like Telefonica/O2 to find a European partner for rolling out a "Phone", optimized for Google’s core competences: Search, find, locate, advertise. Samsung shall be the hardware and mobile OS software partner for Google. But until now, non of these aspects are officially acknowledged.

Sources: Guardian.co.uk, ftd.de

From June 11 to 15 it’s all about the Mac developer community in San Francisco under the warm sun of California: At the Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference the whole hardware and software developer community is gathering to get and exchange Mac first-hand insights.
The company is running a scholarship program for students developing for the Mac – 500 students will get scholarships to enter the conference for free (a US $ 1,559 $ value). But coming to California has to be arranged by the student him- or herself.
Application deadline is March 19, 2007 – so, if you are a student and want to join the conference, apply now.

Source: development.apple.com

The 27 European telecommunication ministers held a meeting today at the CeBit in Hanover, Germany. They informally agreed on mandatory caps on mobile phone roaming charges within Europe.
Last year, European Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding started the discussion roaming charges being too dear within Europe. But he following volunteer price reductions by some of the mobile operators are not enough in the eyes of the EU telecommunication ministers. More …