U.S. Economy Is (Still) A Marvel

             

For sure the U.S. economy has seen better days—really better years. However, it remains a significant machine in the world’s economic ecosystem. As a country, the U.S. is still the top economy on the planet ($14,624,184). As a whole, the countries that represent the European Union is . . . → Read More: U.S. Economy Is (Still) A Marvel

ToddCarothers.com Most Read Posts for 2010

             

I started ToddCarothers.com on my birthday this past June. It’s been over 6 months and with over 80 posts I took a quick look via Google Analytics at the site’s stats and most read posts. Here is the list in no particular order:

- Skype’s IPO Filing . . . → Read More: ToddCarothers.com Most Read Posts for 2010

Happy New Year!

             

             

Made the Burney Bark

             

My father (Doug Carothers) is an active member of the Rotary International organization. He is active with the Sunnvyale, CA chapter and is a visiting Rotarin at the Burney, CA chapter while vacationing in Fall River Mills, CA. This week we asked if I would participate in . . . → Read More: Made the Burney Bark

E-Mail is Dying… Well, Sort of…

             

One of my favorite blogs is published by Pingdom. In short Pingdom offers services to monitor the uptime and performance of websites and servers on the Internet. I enjoy their blog because they publish meaningful stats about the Internet and technology. I also really enjoy their analysis . . . → Read More: E-Mail is Dying… Well, Sort of…

Working Hard? Probably Not.

             

Came across an interesting post from The Blog Is Mine covering the amount of time Americans waste at work: 37.5%. Most are quick to blame Facebook and other Social Networking services. Many companies are starting to worry how social networking may potentially tap employee productivity. My personal . . . → Read More: Working Hard? Probably Not.

ITEXPO: Speaking, Meeting & Greeting!

             

Off to Los Angeles, CA next week to attend and speak during three separate tracks at the TMC hosted, bi-annual ITEXPO (IP Communications Conference – Internet Telephony Conference & Expo) event @ the Los Angeles Convention Center. I look forward to meeting up with other Telecom Execs . . . → Read More: ITEXPO: Speaking, Meeting & Greeting!

“Phablet”: My Predication is FAIL

             

We have the mobile phone, laptop/desktop, tablet/netbooks and now the “phablet”. Part mobile phone, part tablet–the phablet is my word (and others) (i.e., category definition) for this new type of device. I read a recent FierceWireless article (Rumor Mill: Apple working on 7-inch iPad) that talked about . . . → Read More: “Phablet”: My Predication is FAIL

Facebook’s Places: FAIL

             

One of the hottest areas in mobile is LBS (location based services). With the ability to share your presentity throughout the day enables other benefits to users. Today there are many LBS applications that typically perform specific functions. Google’s Latitude shows your current location (detailed of location . . . → Read More: Facebook’s Places: FAIL

My Vacation Find: Eye-Fi

             

I have not had time to post the last week because I was on vacation. For the past few summers my wife, kids and I have been spending the summer break with my parents in northern Michigan—specifically Torch Lake. My grandfather built a place there in the . . . → Read More: My Vacation Find: Eye-Fi