taxi in comment and analysis
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Today I can look back at episodes of the industry's history with real nostalgia: the start of a small company called Novell (UK) in London's Regent Street or when I shared a Boston taxi with a chap named Ray Ozzie, who had just been demonstrating... [17 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: If you want to know about Microsoft-Yahoo!...
Comment Still, I'm thinking that next time I have a producer on the phone asking for an expert comment, I might just direct her to the nearest taxi rank. It's often the case, when a big tech news story impinges on the consciousness of the broadcast media... [12 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday
Comment I dodged Nokia's signbearers - the Mighty Finn's announcement was being covered by silicon.com at an event at Nokia's Regent Street store in London - to snatch a taxi and head over to the Fira for - you guessed it - another press conference. [12 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up The worst loss of personal information since the Domesday Book author left the newly completed tome in the back of a horse-drawn taxi after a celebratory night on the mead. It's not often the Round-Up gets on its moral high horse but this week is... [23 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment I personally put £10 in a separate pocket - on a night out - so I know I have enough for a taxi. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [15 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Don't mess with mobile users
Comment In the early days, more than 20 years ago now, the concept was a phone attached to the dashboard of a vehicle - in the style of police and taxi walkie-talkies. Written in my home office just outside Woodbridge in the UK and dispatched via my home... [07 Sep 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Throw in flight time plus taxi transfer at the other end and I've found it all makes for a total travel time of more than four hours and 30 minutes door-to-door, during which you're pretty much on the move the whole time, bar 30 minutes on the... [04 Jun 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Taxi to the airport, quick check-in, breakfast in the lounge, business class seats to New York, car to the 5 star hotel? Train fares, taxi fares, lunches, dinners all require receipts and documentation if the tax man is to be satisfied at the end... [20 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 12: Searching for the next big thing
Comment I'm pretty sure that the first company to bring a helicopter taxi service would earn millions and the grateful thanks of thousands of visiting executives. Thursday 15 February - Bangalore As well as taking advantage of the cost arbitrage that India... [15 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 8: Pune or bust
Comment As I sit in my broken down taxi on the highway from Mumbai to Pune I very much hope the strike time on Indian roads is slightly longer. Sunday 11 February - Pune Once you've broken down on a UK motorway the strike time - the average time before... [11 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 5: Margaritas to Mumbai
Comment On the way from the airport to the hotel the taxi passes miles of grey slums, single story buildings with corrugated roofs. Thursday 8 February - Mumbai It's six o'clock in the morning and I'm eating a curry and drinking something that tastes very... [08 Mar 2007]
3GSM Diary, day 4: Mobile's future killer apps?
Comment Yes, you can ring a taxi. On the way to a briefing in a taxi today, some colleagues and I were held up by the confused driving of another taxi just ahead, decked out in Nokia Navigator branding. Japan is the cradle of mobile advancement and... [15 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.09.06
Round-Up If it's going to go on expenses 46 per cent of respondents said they discover a new-found generosity towards bag boys, bell hops, taxi drivers and waiters - as well as, we assume, 'exotic dancers'. Shock horror! [29 Sep 2006]
Business travel tips - readers' picks
Comment You can simply hand these to the taxi driver so even your mispronunciation of the destination address can't prejudice your arrival. silicon.com staff and contributors have weighed in with their 30 suggestions on how to make business travel bearable. [23 Jun 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 13
Comment To top things off the taxi driver decides to drive down the wrong side of the road at oncoming traffic. They're based in Shanghai so I tell the taxi driver (at least I thought I did) to go to the offices. [22 Jun 2006]
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