Jonathan Stark

Mobile strategy, training, and development.

Tag: Technology

iBrick 5 beta 7

Tonight I was Googling for some random thing in Mobile Safari when my iPhone 4 abruptly rebooted. Hard crash, no warning. A boot screen appeared after a few seconds, which was quickly replaced with a message that “my iPhone had successfully been restored.” The next step presented to me was to activate my phone, which [...]

Broadcasting Mobile Currency

For the past few weeks, I’ve been paying for things at Starbucks with my iPhone. I love the convenience of paying with my phone and I’m anxious for mobile payments to become more widespread. Just the fact that I can easily view my account balance is a huge improvement over traditional debit, credit, and gift [...]

SDK.Download != Developer

According to Apple, there are currently 600,000 Mac developers. If that’s true, then why are there only 250,000 active apps in the iTunes Store?

Eric Schmidt on the Mobile Web

Eric Schmidt (and others) talking to Charlie Rose about the future of the internet and its effect on society. You should watch the whole thing, but my favorite quote is about mobile:

The Heartbreak of MiFi

Why I was so excited about MiFi, and how it broke my heart.