Friday, September 3, 2010
Angry Birds Lite for Android Now Available
Angry Birds Lite is now available at Android Market. It appears to require Froyo (version 2.2).
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.
Google to Launch Own Music Service
Google's Andy Rubin, the brains behind Google's Android mobile operating system, has been leading conversations with the labels about what a new Google music service would look like, Reuters reports.
Rubin, Google's vice president of engineering, hopes to have the service up and running by Christmas, two of these people said.
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.
FCC Wants More Input on Wireless, Managed Services
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline and Wireless Bureaus are seeking further public comment on issues related to specialized or ‘managed services and mobile broadband, at least partially, and perhaps largely, because Verizon and Google have reached their own agreement about how to implement network neutrality on Verizon's fixed networks, but have agreed not to apply the rules to wireless access.
The FCC wants further input on the exemption of new managed services from the "best effort only" Internet access agreement. In essence, Google and Verizon have agreed to what network neutrality advocates have asked for on the fixed networks. That virtually ends discussion about Internet access and network neutrality.
But the mobile network now emerges as the area where policy advocates will focus their energy, and many will not be happy with the exemption for managed services, though the policy foundation for prohibiting such services seems quite weak. Lots of services, such as private network services or cable TV or telco TV routinely use the same physical facilities, but represent different services from "Internet access" and in fact are regulated using entirely different rules.
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The FCC wants further input on the exemption of new managed services from the "best effort only" Internet access agreement. In essence, Google and Verizon have agreed to what network neutrality advocates have asked for on the fixed networks. That virtually ends discussion about Internet access and network neutrality.
But the mobile network now emerges as the area where policy advocates will focus their energy, and many will not be happy with the exemption for managed services, though the policy foundation for prohibiting such services seems quite weak. Lots of services, such as private network services or cable TV or telco TV routinely use the same physical facilities, but represent different services from "Internet access" and in fact are regulated using entirely different rules.
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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.
Apple Doubles iPad Production: Android is the Reason
Android tablets may be the reason. Apple wants to make sure people can walk into an Apple store looking for an iPad and walk out purchase in hand.
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.
Apple TV Deal with Disney, Fox Not Exclusive
However well the offer is received, it will not be exclusive to Apple. The same content could be offered by Google, who supply the broadcast networks with content, hate Google, Amazon, Netflix or others.
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.
YouTube Becoming an Ad Venue for Copyrighted Videos
YouTube complies with requests by video copyright owners to remove copyrighted material uploaded without permission.
Those two billion views, a 50 percent increase over last year, according to the company, are just 14 percent of the videos viewed each week on the Google-owned site. But that’s enough to turn YouTube profitable this year, and enough incremental revenue for content owners to cause the new relaxed attitude.
But more than a third of the two billion views of YouTube videos with ads each week are uploaded without the copyright owner’s permission but left up by the owner’s choice.
Advertising revenue is the explanation for the benign approach.
Those two billion views, a 50 percent increase over last year, according to the company, are just 14 percent of the videos viewed each week on the Google-owned site. But that’s enough to turn YouTube profitable this year, and enough incremental revenue for content owners to cause the new relaxed attitude.
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.
Mobile Phone Sales: Something Has to Give
Samsung, one of the five largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world, recently raised its forecast for 2010 unit sales to 25 million. The South Korean company also expects to sell 50 million handsets next year.
No one believes that the mobile phone market will double in 2011, so the Samsung statement suggests it expects to take a significant amount of market share.
If the company is right, the only real question who loses. It won't be Apple, as Samsung is stronger in the feature phone market. For similar reasons, it shouldn't be Android devices.
That leaves the other big players in feature phones, or the weaker players in smartphones. Either that, or Samsung is just wrong.
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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