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System update led to Blackberry outage

AFP Blog

System update led to Blackberry outage: "BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said an insufficiently tested software update at the company's network data center was the cause of a service outage this week that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access.".

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10 Tips for Optimizing Mobile Email Marketing

Care2

Test mobile emails on different smartphones. While action alerts or appeals may look great on the IPhone it could look messed up on a Blackberry. Maybe, but until then, test, test, test. Have a clear call to action. Don't bury your ask and don't be wishy-washy. Be direct. Will HTML5 save the day?

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The Kinds of Things You can Do at the WEF Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Know Your Numbers PwC runs a wellness test opportunity where they take your blood and give you a cholesterol test as well as a high blood pressure test. I went two levels deeper into the science of my particular issues and learned about a special test developed by UC Berkeley (an hour away from where I live).

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A Better Way to Produce Nonprofit Annual Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The same design and the same code works on PCs, Macs and Linux desktop computers or Apple, Android, and Blackberry smart phones and tablets like iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. Not to mention Blackberry users and all these new tablet computers.”. We tested out Treesaver by telling one of our own stories. will be another $30,000.

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Searching For The World's 2012 Fittest CEO

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Each of the six stages is designed to test the CEOs - mixing strategy with endurance - and at the same time be very entertaining to watch. The entire event will be hosted at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee. The goal of the competition is to identify the World’s Fittest CEO.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide.

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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Create a custom mobile phone app for the iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, etc… using  their API ( Mobile is where the future is in case you’re trying to figure out what to invest in).    This seems like a no brainer for theatre companies or museums who want to dip their toes into FourSquare to test it.  

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