By @edent · blogging mms sms twitter vodafone · 7 comments · 350 words · read ~478 times.
A curio from the archives. Waaaaaay back in 2003, I was working at Vodafone on their graduate training scheme. One of their fancy new ideas was a crowd-sourced employee suggestion box for new business proposals. As an eager young grad I submitted dozens of ideas. Most of them were crap. But, as I looked back […]
Continue reading →By @edent · vodafone work · 20 comments · 400 words · read ~35,578 times.
I promise you this story is true. Many years ago, when I was very young and you were even younger... Work was not going well. Our recently launched product was a flop. Rumours of job cuts were swirling. Things were tense. I was sat in work, headphones on, trying to drown out the sound of […]
Continue reading →By @edent · bluecoat content control mobile vodafone vodafone live · 1 comment · 300 words · read ~721 times.
Back when I worked for them, I was (partly) responsible for some of Vodafone UK's "Content Control" systems. I didn't like the system then, and I don't like them now. I understand the need that network operators have to protect themselves from bad headlines and give people some control over what they see online. What […]
Continue reading →By @edent · finance NaBloPoMo shares vodafone · 3 comments · 700 words · read ~253 times.
As many of you know, I worked for Vodafone for nearly 7 years. I left shortly before the "entirely legal and justified tax avoidance" scandal came to light. I didn't know anything about the tax issues while I was working there - other than the fact I had some colleagues working in Luxembourg - otherwise […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android blackberry data mobile RIM vodafone · 6 comments · 1,750 words · read ~840 times.
For years I was a BlackBerry fanboy. I remember snatching a departing colleague's 6710 and lying to the IT department that I was authorised to have my email on my phone. I never looked back. Despite a brief flirtation with the Nokia N95 - I was a BlackBerry Boy through and through. Until this happened. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · adult content control o2 o2fail porn vodafone · 8 comments · 950 words · read ~7,100 times.
WARNING This article and pages it links to, contain information about pornography and sex education which may be offensive to Daily Mail readers. These are the hurried lunchtime writings of a chap with too much on his plate. So, O2 has apparently angered the Internet Gods by switching on its Adult Content Filter. This means […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android mobile rant sony ericsson vodafone x10 xperia · 3 comments · 1,050 words · read ~778 times.
(Yes, the title is link bait.) Sony Ericsson have announced that their Xperia X10 range of Android handset won't be updated to the latest version of Android. They'll be stuck on Android 2.1 with no hope for any bug fixes. As I discussed last year in "The Future of Android - And How To Stop […]
Continue reading →By @edent · reputation vodafone · 550 words
(This post appears on ReputationOnline) Vodafone has suffered a massive blow to their corporate reputation in recent days. A security error on their site allowed anyone to find customers' email addresses and phone numbers. It's still unknown if any accounts were compromised due to the flaw - nor is it known if there was any […]
Continue reading →By @edent · email mobile privacy RISKS vodafone · 3 comments · 400 words · read ~1,141 times.
(Disclaimer - I used to work for Vodafone. I don't any more.) A rather nasty flaw with Vodafone's "My Account" service was recently pointed out by Denny de la Haye. Vodafone will quite happily tell you the email address of any customer who has set up the "My Account" facility. Denny@dennyUgh. @VodafoneUK's website exposes my […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Amazon femtocell imei imsi kindle mobile msisdn suresignal vodafone · 3 comments · 500 words · read ~8,672 times.
I've got a rather neat femtocell - the Vodafone SureSignal. It extends the 3G signal into my house by way of my broadband. To stop anyone leaching my broadband, you need to register "approved" phone numbers with the SureSignal. So - given that the Kindle has a Vodafone SIM card - how do we find […]
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