The $99.99 net book, which weighs under two pounds, has a seven-inch screen and comes loaded with Windows CE, will allow users to access e-mail, surf the Internet and visit social networking and video streaming sites (although one wonders how successful streaming will be on such a basic unit). CVS will be selling the netbook for about $5 less than Amazon. a
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Get Your Netbook at the Drugstore
CVS will be offering a Sylvania netbook for $99.99 as well as Sylvania’s new LookBook e-reader for $179.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Facebook a New 800-Pound Gorilla in Location Services?
A rational observer would have to conclude that Facebook's "Places" will have repercussions on independent providers of social location solutions.
Ditto for Skype.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Facebook Places: Who Loses?
Most observers think Facebook's move into the location services space will have competitive impact on independent providers. Here's a discussion about potential losers.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Cloud Computing: When to Use it; When Not To
There's an old set of tradeoffs between buying services or "doing it yourself," where it comes to computing or communications infrastructure. Hosted VoIP virtually always makes more sense than buying systems for a smaller business. But premises-based solutions typically are more economical for large enterprises.
Something of the same argument can be when companies or people choose between cloud computing services and building their own data centers. Obviously, large enterprises often justify building their own data centers. Others might be able to justify renting space in somebody else's data center. Smaller organizations might well find that renting computing cycles is the better choice.
Google Sr. Manager, Production Network Engineering and Architecture at Google argues that the decision is highly dependent on duty cycle. Steady, predictable loads, especially at a high rate of utilization, will tip economics in favor of self-operated or co-located facilities. Highly-variable demand, and low volume, will tend to tip the economics in favor of a cloud computing solution.
"Think of it as taking a taxi vs. buying a car to make a trip between San Francisco and Palo Alto," says Gill. "If you only make the trip once a quarter, it is cheaper to take a taxi." But "if you make the trip every day, then you are better off buying a car."
"The difference is the duty cycle. If you are running infrastructure with a duty cycle of 100 percent, it may make sense to run in-house," says Gill. The detailed assumptions and analysis are here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgWfa8v6EGzjdElXQVFzU1plSXdEQmVHZ3M5YjlsNVE&hl=en&authkey=CM_RzL0E#gid=0
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Something of the same argument can be when companies or people choose between cloud computing services and building their own data centers. Obviously, large enterprises often justify building their own data centers. Others might be able to justify renting space in somebody else's data center. Smaller organizations might well find that renting computing cycles is the better choice.
Google Sr. Manager, Production Network Engineering and Architecture at Google argues that the decision is highly dependent on duty cycle. Steady, predictable loads, especially at a high rate of utilization, will tip economics in favor of self-operated or co-located facilities. Highly-variable demand, and low volume, will tend to tip the economics in favor of a cloud computing solution.
"Think of it as taking a taxi vs. buying a car to make a trip between San Francisco and Palo Alto," says Gill. "If you only make the trip once a quarter, it is cheaper to take a taxi." But "if you make the trip every day, then you are better off buying a car."
"The difference is the duty cycle. If you are running infrastructure with a duty cycle of 100 percent, it may make sense to run in-house," says Gill. The detailed assumptions and analysis are here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgWfa8v6EGzjdElXQVFzU1plSXdEQmVHZ3M5YjlsNVE&hl=en&authkey=CM_RzL0E#gid=0
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Smartphone Application Market Bigger than Mobile Ad Market?
Mobile application download numbers reached a total of 3.8 billion in only 6 months, compared to 3.1 billion in 2009.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Get Double Battery Life On Any HTC Smartphone
There are lots of practical things one can do to reduce battery demand on any smartphone, such as turning off radios that aren't being used (Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, for example) or reducing the frequency of updates and notifications for any service with update processes.
This is the most interesting tip I've run into: a cycling process that appears to condition the battery. I'm running it now and it takes 10 hours. Some say it will double battery life.
1) Turn your device on and charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone off and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn on, wait 2 minutes and turn off and charge for another hour.
This is the most interesting tip I've run into: a cycling process that appears to condition the battery. I'm running it now and it takes 10 hours. Some say it will double battery life.
1) Turn your device on and charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone off and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn on, wait 2 minutes and turn off and charge for another hour.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Top 5 Mobile Advertising Trends To Watch
For that reason, mobile marketing remains anchored by use of text messaging. The texting audience is large and still growing, and text messaging remains the "lowest common denominator." Virtually all mobile phones can receive and send text messages.
The global market for ad support of mobile messaging will reach nearly $12 billion in 2011, up from about $1.5 billion in 2006, according to eMarketer.
But it is video and rich media which is the more-glamorous of the channels at the moment.
The number of mobile video viewers in the United States will grow nearly 30 percent in 2010 to reach 23.9 million, according to eMarketer, representing a reach of about 7.7 percent of the total U.S. population and just under 10 percent of mobile phone users. Those numbers are set to double by 2013 and increase still further in 2014.
By 2013, some even believe that video will be so widely adopted that it will be a significant driver of mobile data usage, representing an estimated 66 percent of mobile traffic, Cisco forecasts.
By 2013, some even believe that video will be so widely adopted that it will be a significant driver of mobile data usage, representing an estimated 66 percent of mobile traffic, Cisco forecasts.
Marketing and advertising always follows end user engagement, so it is a safe bet video-based and rich media mobile advertising and marketing will continue to grow.
With video taking an increasingly important role in the mobile market, advertisers should keep their eyes open for opportunities to try out new advertising options.
With video taking an increasingly important role in the mobile market, advertisers should keep their eyes open for opportunities to try out new advertising options.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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