Between Brackets

As previously posted, I’m very fond of my Kindle 2. I also enjoy reading The Economist. And curiosity is my middle name, so I decided to buy the latest kindle issue, which -incidentally- covers a story on mobile money.

The digital version is not bad at all.

• There is an extra navigational bar at the bottom of the screen which makes it very easy to jump from one article to the next.
• There is an index for easy access to all covered topics
• You can search the issue for words in it

Here are some screenshots:

Unfortunately the digital version lacks the cartoons which make the print version all a bit livelier.
But once my print subscription ends, I’ll be going digital

Unfortunately the Belgian Telecom Regulator (BIPT) failed again last week: due to their slow follow-up they gave away the license renewal of the Telecom Operators (worth tens of millions).

This is unfortunate, but symptomatic of the way they regulate the Belgian Telecom market: not (very well).

Hopefully one day we’ll see a stronger BIPT that regulates the market in such a way that the operators need to start offer better products for lower prices in order to compete with each other.

To increase the safety for pedestrians and cyclists, carmakers like Nissan are going to let their hybrid and electrical cars make more noise.

They are thinking about beautiful and futuristic sounds. Why, I see a market for ‘car tones’ in the make! Connect your iPod/iPhone to the car and upload a new sound to it and … voila, pedestrians and cyclists are safe again