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...they are frustrated that carriers erase old messages and tightly cap your inbox. With data storage costs dropping, why can't you keep your messages, or download them to your computer? Imagine if Yahoo! let you keep just 30 or 40 email messages at a time. (Instead they offer unlimited, free email storage). "People treat voice mail like toxic waste," says Craig Walker, CEO and founder of GrandCentral, a startup that offers unlimited voice-mail storage. "They feel like they have to delete every single message. But what if they want to save something?" says Walker. "I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The iPhone's Carrier Problem | 6/27/2007 | See Source »

THREE: WALLED GARDENS The carriers continue to block access to their networks by mobile startups even as these innovators offer new ways to watch and share video, trade pictures, and use phones in new ways. "They control the industry but strangle innovation," says mobile industry consultant Chetan Sharma. They limit the things you can do with your phone. They want you to pay them for picture messaging, so they restrict independent providers of that type of service. They want you to buy ringtones from them, so they cut off growth and innovation in that mini-industry. They would prefer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The iPhone's Carrier Problem | 6/27/2007 | See Source »

...departing premier promises he won't offer unwanted advice to his successor. Blair's friends aver that he'll also refrain from criticizing or passing comment on Brown, despite the bitterness engendered by their ruptured friendship and long rivalry. But Blair is unlikely to opt for a quiet retirement. On Tuesday, after assent came from Moscow, Blair was cleared to be appointed to the role of Middle East peace envoy for the quartet of the U.S., E.U., U.N. and Russia in the quest for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Blair also hopes to launch an inter-faith initiative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downing Street Shuffle | 6/26/2007 | See Source »

...most rewarding aspect of this experience is meeting other Connecticut Republicans, who actually exist outside of my cubicle. On a trip to the State Capitol, I met Representative John Harkins, who fumed over Democrats’ attempt to offer instate college tuition to illegal immigrants; but not to their legal counterparts. At a brunch in Waterbury, I heard Congressman Murphy’s challenger, State Senator David Cappiello, slam a Democratic State Senator’s naive remark that the only reason businesses were leaving Connecticut was because they wanted to make money. In my native Manchester, I helped...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Confessions of a Connecticut Republican | 6/25/2007 | See Source »

...planning our East Asian summer vacation, it was no surprise that culinary aspects took center stage. We quickly established one guiding principle: our hotels could be low budget, but under no circumstances would we skimp on the food. No less than the best dishes China and Japan had to offer would suffice...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks | Title: Street Food | 6/25/2007 | See Source »

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