Blog » September, 2006

82ASK at the European Rails Conference 2006

 

Paul Butcher, CTO of 82ASK, is delivering a talk at the European Rails Conference 2006, which will be held in the TUC Congress Centre on September 14 and 15. 82ASK is one of the very first companies in Europe with a large high-traffic business critical system to migrate to Rails from PHP. Read the rest of this entry »

The Guardian: The answer is just a text message away

 

Vic Keegan “road tests” 82ASK in this article about SMS text answer services in The Guardian. The article also raises some important points about the limits of Google and traditional desktop searching, and the way certain information becomes more valuable on the go.

Guardian Unlimited Technology, 07 September 2006: The answer is just a text message away

The Guardian profiles 82ASK

 

I was thrilled by Vic Keegan’s article about SMS text answer services in The Guardian today. Mr. Keegan “road-tested” 82ASK and other mobile information services and he noted our great response times and high quality information. The article also raised some important points about the limits of Google and traditional desktop searching, and the way certain information becomes more valuable on the go. Read the rest of this entry »

Personalities in the mobile/wireless sector

 

It’s always been a fast-paced world in the mobile/wireless sector, jam-packed with interesting folks navigating their way through what are often untested waters. Today, I thought I’d step back from the hectic workflow and take some time to identify some of the people I’ve met up with recently who make this industry so exciting.

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