Links for 2007-06-27
- Safari 3.0 re-reviewed
- Peter-Paul Koch re-reviews Safari 3.0 on Windows, and finds a bug in how Safari handles the
Date()object. - T-Mobile USA launches home Wi-Fi calling service
- Wondering if VoIP is the future of mobile telephony.
- 4 Ways to Manage Your Personal Stack
- Four tips to help web workers be more productive.
- Report: one-third of all home networks used for entertainment
- More home networks are being used to stream media.
- NoFunc
- A repository of JavaScript functions that perform narrowly-tailored, specific tasks.
- iPhone, Nokia, Google and the web: a strategy picture
- What could the Apple/Safari-WebKit/Symbian relationship mean for Nokia, Apple and Google?
- Globalization American Style
- What’s really behind the push for H-1B visas?
“T-Mobile USA launches home Wi-Fi calling service” — we got an early invite to that service, and I was somewhat boggled, honestly, that they were charging an extra $20/month for it. Uh, no thank you.
Ars Technica has a decent overview of this UMA service.
I thought it was a dumb idea until I realized that this also gives you HotSpot access for your laptop — currently $29.95 per month. I assume this would also work with an unlocked WiFi-enabled phone (such as the Nokia N80 or N95). If you already use the unlimited Internet option, this isn’t such a bad deal.
That H-1 video is very interesting and those trying to game the system should be punished, but from where I’m sitting (web programmer in Atlanta) the programming job market is on fire and there are tons of people wanting to hire locals. My resume has been on a certain job site for six months or so and on average I get a couple of direct solicitations per week.
Heck a few weeks back I found myself in two job interviews (not interested in one, got an offer from another) and I wasn’t even job hunting! It anything, what I see in this market seems to reinforce the idea of needing to import labor.
Also, has anyone sat in on a grad or undergrad Computer Science classroom lately? You could probably throw ten water balloons in ten random spots and not get an American wet.