Paul Jacobson

Tag: Companies

  • Mashable's Pete Cashmore seen through Lisa Bettany's eyes

    I think I am on a Lisa Bettany kick this afternoon. I just watched this brief video profile of Pete Cashmore when he was in San Francisco recently for a Mashable event around the time of Google I/O. Interesting perspective of a man I have only encountered through Twitter and the occasional podcast:

  • feelgood with Jacaranda 94.2 this winter

    Jacaranda 94.2 has come up with an easy way for people to come together and promote a cause they believe it. It is called feelgood and it is a community platform that allows communities of interest to collaborate on a charity or similar cause and it is beginning to show real results. Natasha Ramasray, the…

  • Apple's HTML 5 doesn't seem so open to me

    I just picked up on this link to Apple’s HTML 5 demos on Twitter. I browsed to the site in Firefox 3.6.4 and Chrome and was met with the following message when I tried to view one of the demos: I’m sorry, I thought HTML 5 was supposed to be an open standard accessible to…

  • Digg.com to become more social and more useful

    I just found out about some of the changes planned for Digg in the coming weeks and months. TechCrunch broke the story last week with an unlisted video Kevin Rose published for the benefit of publishers and influencers Digg wanted to give a preview of the next iteration of the site to. Although the video…

  • You should be spending more time on Google Buzz

    If you were following Google I/O this year, you may be a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of updates, reveals and announcements that came out of that conference. There are two Google products that I have been taking a really good look at again after not paying too much attention to them for a…

  • Google Chrome is faster than a speeding potato

    I just came across this hilarious video demonstrating how fast Google Chrome is in an innovative way: And this is how they made the video: I love these Google videos! If you are interested in what makes the latest beta (v5.0.375.38 as I write this) so fast, take a look at this post on the…

  • MTN has really impressed me today

    This is a re-post from my personal blog. MTN did a good job with me today and I want to share that. My MTN experience started off at a real low this morning with an inability to get any information about the HTC Desire’s availability in MTN stores. I was so frustrated I posted my…

  • Still have dodgy ADSL – are your line tests like mine?

    I still seem to have a dodgy connection to the Internet days after Seacom repaired its line. Gian Visser told me that there are associated issues on Internet Solutions’ side which are being ironed out and which may contribute to any problems I am still experiencing. My line is supposed to be a 4MB/sec line…