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5G will be about creating a network of networks, much as earlier voice networks were islands that eventually were federated, or as Internet Protocol essentially federates disparate networks. It is refreshing to see a phone come out that isn't trying to be a better or cheaper iPhone. I like diversity in technology because we all don't have exactly the same taste, needs, or jobs. The Blackberry Passport isn't for folks that fall into the ideal iPhone demographic but people who need a phone to get work done. This isn't to say that the Passport won't play music or games just that this isn't the product's strength. Let's walk through what the Passport is. Recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the second of what was described as auction(s) of last resort. Designed to offer up control of top-level domain names, the auction proved surprisingly brisk as three contention sets landed and were resolved at multi-million dollar prices, with Amazon landing perhaps one of the best and most relevant names: .buy. I think that it is safe to say that after last holiday season's raid on credit and debit card information from stores such as Target made everyone wonder just how secure information is. You would also expect, at least I would, that after hearing about how many people were affected that all large retail stores would have ramped up security to the point where you would want to use cash simply because it is quicker. Last week, Verizon quietly announced it had launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service. The event marks the availability of HD voice services on all four major U.S. carriers and may be the service with the most heartburn attached. Also, there's still a long way to go before HD voice is ubiquitous, with carriers yet to launch network interoperability for calls. It wasn't long ago that some wondered if maybe Apple was on the way out, so to speak. After all, each new iPhone was starting to look remarkably similar to the previous iPhone, and even the stuff that was showing up wasn't all that impressive. Some wondered just how long Apple could keep this up, and new reports out around the first weekend of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales suggest this was a record-breaking weekend even by Apple standards. It now seems a virtual certainty that new network neutrality rules will be created by the Federal Communications Commission. The only issue is how stringent and extensive those rules will be, and how far they might go. As if we all did not have enough to worry about these days, the blogosphere lit up with the news that a newly discovered bug in the widely used piece of Linux software known as Bash could pose a bigger threat to computers than the last bad boy Heartbleed. There has been a lot of hype around Apple lately, and most of it has been well, quite embarrassing to the company. From iOS updates with multiple bugs, to the iPhone 6 bending in half in people's pockets, Apple has a lot of work to do.
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