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- Is poverty the cause of low broadband penetration?
- In his DSL Prime newsletter, Dave Burstein takes a view that FCC Chair Kevin Martin's focus on improving broadband penetration by focusing on rural areas is not necessarily the quickest way to get there."There are not enough unservable rural homes to be the major explanation," Dave wisely writes. "Martin's...
- Tags: trends, predictions and observations
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Moto's Zander talks up RAZR's forthcoming live video capture
- Next up at NXTcomm is Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola.Major takeaway from Zander's address is the evolution in the way content is created and then distributed. "It is changing from tv channels to spontaneous generation," he said.Ed then explained Motorola's belief that this spontaneous generation will be enabled in the...
- Tags: trends, nxtcomm, news
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Cisco's Chambers: collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes
- John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, is now onstage, keynoting at NXTComm.Main takeaway: collaboration will speed up enterprise innovation initiatives that had been held back by "command and control" protocols.Chambers said that a collaboration/teamwork approach, enabled by ubiquitous broadband, acquisitions (such as webex, which was specifically cited by Chambers) and video on any device has...
- Tags: trends, predictions and observations, mobile, general, cisco
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- VoIP on way to UK Sony PSP
- Some of the UK's estimated 8 million Sony PlayStation Portable PSP handhelds will soon support wireless Internet connection voice and video calls.These calls will be facilitated by a soon-to-be released microphone and camera for these devices.Initially at least, these calls will be limited to other PSP owners as well as...
- Tags: trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Why ABC's time-shifting of Charlie Gibson Webcast is a seminal development
- We learn from a report in Broadcasting & Cable magazine that ABC is moving its World News Webcast from 3 p.m. to 12:30 p.m Eastern Time.Interesting backstory on the move. As B&C's John Eggerton notes, the Charlie Gibson-anchored newscast was originally launched in Januaryk 2006 as a preview of that...
- Tags: trends, streaming media, predictions and observations
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Massive Hollywood talent strike could be boon for digital content creators, sites
- As explained in the Wall Street Journal today by prominent entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris, there could be a strike called for by the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.Before I get to the point of this post, please don't think most who...
- Tags: predictions and observations, streaming media, trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Poll: did you "VoIP" your Mom on Mother's Day?
- Yesterday was Mothers Day in the United States.Mothers Day is the heaviest calling day of the year.Since we write a lot about VoIP around here, I thought Id ask:, if you have VoIP or even a voice-capable solution through your IM program, did you use it to call your Mom?[poll=69]
- Tags: general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- When it comes to most tech, The Long Tail is a myth
- In Chris Andersons massively over-hyped book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (2006) he maintains that products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds...
- Tags: predictions and observations, trends, general
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Sorry, no VoIP over WiFi from your plane-unless
- In all the excitement about WiFi coming to aircraft within the next year or so they say, a key fact is being overlooked.Buried in a Wall Street Journal story about the deal is that airplane WiFi contractor AirCell will block voice calls over the Internet. Thats just for those...
- Tags: general, wifi, trends
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Report: triple-play cable VoIP slowing growth of IM-based VoIP
- To me, the most interesting part of research firm In-Stats newly published findings that more than 10 million U.S. homes now have at least one active VoIP user is not that round number.Its the fact that the growth in VoIP subscriptions from cable companies- many of which offer these...
- Tags: yahoo, trends, general, aol
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Porn again: adult content's big broadband problem you never hear about
- Thats porn star Stormy Daniels.So whats an image of her doing on this blog? Ill tell you.An article on the ABC News website broaches this rather imagistic subject: are high-def cameras just a bit too, well, high-def for porn videos?After reading this article, I started to think the question...
- Tags: trends, streaming media, general
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Anna Nicole Smith: enthusiastic Internet user
- Yes, I am serious, and there is a sociological lesson to be learned here.But first, some supportive information. There are plenty of accounts that would seem to point to Anna Nicole Smith in that Getty images photo as an enthusiastic Internet user and e-mailer.Take for instance "BIG MO,"...
- Tags: general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-02-24
- Four reasons why every Realtor needs to video podcast
- David Krug notes that in a recent survey done by real estate blogging setup and management service Blogging Systems, a leading real estate blogging service 68% of real estate agents said they would be focusing on blogs as a marketing tool in 2007!Scoble - astute podcaster and...
- Tags: general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- Toys Aren't Us
- Whats wrong with the toy industry? Im not the only one wondering. From the Toy Fair at New York Citys Javits Convention Center, my colleague Caroline McCarthy asks, Has The Toy Industry Screeched To A Halt?Sure, many of the exhibitors were familiar, but Caroline decries an overarching lack of...
- Tags: general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- The three big disconnects in Wal-Mart's digital download plans
- Today Wal-Mart Stores introduces a digitally downloadable library of 3,000 titles from the six major movie distributors. The significant majority of these titles are available for $14.88, but are tied to discounted pricing available to those who go to their Wal-Mart store and purchase the actual, physical DVD.Others...
- Tags: general, trends, wal-mart stores inc.
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- "Huh, Wah?" alert: High-Def VoIP
- The VoIP Girl kicks off a rapidly morphing discussion about HD VoIP. "HD," as in High-Def.""Is HD VOIP something that consumers should consider when choosing a VOIP service, or is it more marketing lingo to work through?," she writes. "As I understand it, HD, high definition, or wideband VOIP refers...
- Tags: general, khz, research, trends, voip
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Hey Michael Dell, bring customer service home
- One of the reasons given for Michael Dell re-claiming the CEO mantle at Dell last week was the realization that customer service standards had slipped, and need to be restored.In our ZDNet neighborhood, as well as in the blogosphere and among friends and neighbors, this perception has taken on...
- Tags: customer service, dell computer corp., general, michael dell, trends
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Are VCs not sensitive enough to VoIP app marketing needs?
- Interesting thought piece from fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson about what he sees as a lack of sensitivity on the part of venture capitalists toward the specific resources needed to market of products and services they are evaluating for possible investments in.That concept seems to be especially sticking in Andys...
- Tags: andy, case studies, general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Don't give up on NetFlix
- NetFlix new Watch Now service will let a select view of the DVD distributors six million customers watch movies over the Internet.Select view, meaning 250,000 or so additional subs per week, until a June target date for complete subscriber base enablement.Since this content will not be downloaded but will live...
- Tags: general, trends, streaming media, netflix inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- IP solutions provider: when you upgrade, don't just duplicate
- One of the most astute observations I heard at the IP Telephony Expo in Fort Lauderdale this week came from the personable and visionary rare combo Brett Shockley, Founder, CEO and chairman of integrated IP communications and solutions provider Spanlink Communications.One of those industry thought-leaders able to take a ground...
- Tags: general, trends
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
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