Jun 26 2008 3:11PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Video
- Just wanted to share this one…I love it.
Jun 23 2008 5:01PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Telecom,
Open source
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Less than two weeks after the blogosphere and press erupted with stories that the cable TV set-top faced extinction as a result of Sony signing onto a major interactive TV initiative by cable operators called Tru2Way, folks close to Tru2Way say the first certification test of the technology is a “disaster of spectacular proportions.”
Cynthia Brumfield, Terrible Troubles with Cable’s Tru2Way Initiative? |
Cynthia got slammed for this blog post, but even James McQuivey (Forrester) has said “So here’s where I stand on tru2way: I’ll believe it when I see it.” As close as I can figure it, here’s what the big deal is:
1. Cable companies would like to get rid of set-top boxes. They cost them money.
2. TV manufacturers are getting extra press by announcing they are getting behind Tru2way as the standard for allowing the TV itself perform the functions of the set-top box. (True2way is open source.)
3. A lot of industry experts don’t see how the business model for this change is going to work — consumers worry that putting the interface in the TV means it’s one more thing that can break on their TV — vendors remember a former effort to get rid of the set-top box (called CableCard) that just confused everyone and went belly up.
Jun 10 2008 7:29PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Mobile,
Telecom,
iPhone,
Apple
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We have had nearly 24 hours to jump out Steve Jobs’ reality distortion field and put common sense behind the announcements made yesterday – especially the company’s iPhone 3G.
Christian Zibreg, WWDC 2008: Will the iPhone 3G kill the iPhone?
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Christian Zibreg thinks the money iPhone users shell out to AT&T each month is the deal killer. It is for my family.
Just as I was posting this, Verizon called and offered my whole family free phone upgrades and extra minutes. Coincidence? LOL!
May 2 2008 12:47PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Video,
CERN
The Large Hadron Collider is supposed to be turned on sometime this May. (The turn-on date has been delayed many times.)
May 2 2008 12:39PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Video,
CERN
Cern in 3 minutes — virtual tour
Apr 23 2008 12:20PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Social networking,
instant messaging,
presence technology
The report says that retail and distribution companies were most likely to block instant messaging, while financial companies were most likely to allow instant messaging ( but they monitor its use).
Ironically, I read the article above the very same day there were blogswarms about Apple adding an instant messaging application to the iPhone — and Microsoft announcing that their Windows Live Messenger campaign has raised $1.3 million so far.
Tom Newton from Smoothwall (they commissioned the report) says that as time goes on, business will have to change. He points out that while today’s network administrators didn’t grow up with instant messaging, today’s kids are skipping right over email and using a combo of instant messaging and MySpace or Facebook to communicate with friends. I can’t argue with that. It’s that way in our house.
So here’s my question: With a whole generation (think consumers) growing up using instant messaging, how come it’s the only major communication service that isn’t interoperable? And might that have something to do with business not “getting it?”