UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has reportedly inked a deal with Swedish vendor Ericsson, which will see the latter modernise mobile infrastructure for CWC’s subsidiaries...
This post discusses electronic waste (e-waste), highlights some of the health and environmental effects, and suggests what we in the Caribbean should be doing to address...
Jamaica is Blackberry country. RIM controls 70% of the smartphone market there. In the rest of the Caribbean, it’s over 50% and that’s a mixture of...
Movie and TV subscription service Netflix has announced the arrival of its service in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean in the coming week. Netflix launched...
As everyone goes back to high school and college today…it has to be asked…are our children, our students going to be relevant and viable when they...
I remember when I met Alex Morrisey at a Kingston BETA event and I was encouraging him to pitch a startup business idea soon. He smiled...
With our sponsors: Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, the next Kingston BETA will be on Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 6:30pm at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Jamaica. GUEST...
Many businesses are hesitant to offer free Wi-Fi to the public or their customers. This post highlights some of the advantages of offering that service. This...
Samsung is launching ChatON, a cross-platform mobile chat service similar to RIM’s BlackBerry BBM. The service, which is expected to launch in September, will be showcased at...
…When I saw the breaking news ticker online yesterday that Steve Jobs, Co-founder and CEO of Apple, had resigned as CEO, my heart sank. Alot of...
QR codes are all the rage in many developed countries worldwide. This post discusses why this feature has not taken off in the Caribbean, and suggests...
It remains to be seen what the impact will be of the Facebook, Blackberry Messenger, email and Twitter driven messages that is seeking to rally Jamaicans...
Facebook was used to kick start a protest that is seeking to rally Jamaicans to protest against Jamaica Public Service (JPS) the country’s sole electricity provider...
With the planned return of passenger rail to Jamaica I began to speak more and more with friends about how my brother Robert and I used...
Do you believe that tech entrepreneurship can must and become a major driver of startup businesses, job creation and innovation in Jamaica and across the Caribbean...
KIngston BETA is part of a network of initiatives that includes with us here at SiliconCaribe.com, Caribbean BETA, the annual tech conference coming in November,...
Thanks to the rise of the popular, non-business smartphone – namely any phone that supports app creation – carriers can expect to sell 420 million units...
WHAT’S APP is a godsend when you have friends flung across the various phone platforms – Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia. It’s a free mobile messaging...
Kingston BETA is the event Where Technology means Business. It’s the bimonthly event where the Caribbean Tech Community comes to connect, show off their best ideas,...
