The sales numbers for the new Google Nexus One smartphone were widely reported and debated last week. 20,000 units sold in the first week. Not good, compared to the Motorola Droid (250,000) and iPhone 3Gs (1.6M). It demonstrates the power of brand, and the complexity of retail. Motorola and...

Recently, I attended Broadway San Jose's "Avenue Q" a production featuring puppets that sing, dance and prance around; hitting on humorous, taboo topics. On this particular evening, I rushed out the door with my purse brimming full of gadgets including my iPhone, Flip video camera and something less common,...

New social networking fads are popping up almost every day now. The latest to gain momentum is Foursquare, a location-based game that lets you "check-in" to a venue. Or as they describe it, "helping you find new ways to explore the city." The app (available on iPhone, Android, BlackBerry) lets you...

It's been almost a month since I took the leap from the Blackberry to the iPhone, catalyzed by a broken trackball and tremendous peer pressure. I didn't think so many days of indecision would pass as I waffled between one iPhone case design to another. In the meantime, my...

There has been several reports today of a security hole in the Motorola Droid phone. I was surprised that, at least according to some reports, the pattern lock which protects the phone much like a computer password, could be breached. Apparently, during an incoming call a thief could break...

Here I can see that Joe Thornton is projected to score 1 point (a safe prediction) and that the teams are evenly matched (50/50).

Alltop, founded by Silicon Valley marketing legend Guy Kawasaki, is gaining momentum. At least based on the number of sites it is indexing, and the number of mentions it is getting across the Web (also: see Alexa chart below). Now, you can find StarkSilverCreek on there too. But first,...

Sitting across from S.A. in a dimly lit lobby, I still could discern that when I mentioned my new iPhone, her eyes lit up with animation. Before I knew it, our conversation had taken a sharp right turn and now with her iPhone in hand S.A. was showing me all...

It was 7 am this morning. For a second I imagined myself a secret agent, surveying the hotel room for wiretaps before I settled in on my secret mission. Then reality set in. No, I was not a secret agent...merely the owner of an iPhone scoping out a hotel room...