Archive for November, 2006

Coffee Anyone? Crashing Down…

Sprint PCS Info’s database was damaged this evening, we restored it with a backup. The cause? Some test code we were running went really, really bad.
The good news is, we test code on our blog and not our main site’s server. This means that only a couple of blog posts were lost, and [...]

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New Comments System

We’re rolling out a new comment system later tonight (hopefully). The good news is, no more Discuss In Our Forums links. You’ll be able to comment right on the news article. We’ll see how it goes with the new system, and of course, take your feedback… and tweak it some more.
Update: Everything is online [...]

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Oh No, Not Again…

We are planning to change the name of PCS Intel. This really started back when we broke Sprint’s plans for WiMax… which was just months after we started PCS Intel. PCS just doesn’t fit in anymore, and only causes confusion (much like when we broke Verizon news on Sprint PCS Info).
We know these [...]

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Offer to Sprint: Let us Handle RSS

Sprint, we know you’re trying. To compete with PCS Intel’s influence, you rolled out a blog. It failed. You rolled out a podcast… it’s pretty much failed. You rolled out RSS for your products and business offers. They haven’t been updated since April.
So, for the low price of saving your company [...]

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There’s a Million Club?

As you know, I rarely blog about other bloggers. But, the CEO of Weblogs Inc., Jason Calacanis, constantly makes a point of pointing out his blog success stories. A bellwether of his is when a Weblogs, Inc. site serves 1,000,000 pages a month or more.
PCS Intel has been in the Million Club for [...]

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Turing Blue

As you may have noticed, all those green sponsored links have been replaced with blue ones. That’s because we’re now partnering with Kontera for sponsored links. There are a few bugs, but the good news is that sponsored links will now load faster and be less apparent.
And yes, you can still disable them [...]

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