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Email the Forgotten King

The trend these days is to have a facebook page or a twitter account that people can like or follow you, which by any reasonable measure is a good thing, or so it seems on the surface. But it had me thinking about a few questions… Who really owns your  fans, followers, or potential customers? […]

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Digicel Buys Out Claro Jamaica – What does it mean?

In an unexpected move, that has caught everyone off guard and by MEGA surprise, Digicel acquires Claro Jamaica. What could this buyout/merger mean, as it stands now it raises more questions than answers for ICT industry.  What do we stand to gain or loose. Will iPhone become available to the masses, is this the beginning of the end of […]

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Software Patents a RISK to the Jamaican and Caribbean ICT industry

If you haven’t been paying attention billionaire Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft) is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, and YouTube over patent infringements. “A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of […]