Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Google Logo Bounces
I have no idea why Google did this for a day, but I admit to mousing around and causing the balls to fly around the screen.
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.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Why Apple And iPhone Have Already Won The Mobile Payment War
Close to 77 percent of all participants purchased content.
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.
High-Definition Voice Initiative Launched in United Kingdom
XConnect, Polycom, BroadSoft and Dialogic are working together to promote the adoption of high-definition voice by service providers in the United Kingdom.
The initiative was launched in response to U.K. service providers’ interest in HD voice services. The HD initiative is designed to raise awareness and educate service providers about the benefits of HD voice and help them resolve implementation challenges.
As part of the initiative, XConnect announced that the XConnect Global HD Voice Federation is now open to HD voice-enabled service providers globally, following its successful launch in the United States.
First to join from the U.K. are service providers Simwood, SureVoIP and thevoicefactory.
The federation enables the exchange of HD voice calls among all participants, all interconnecting through XConnect’s carrier hub and routing through phone-number lookups via its carrier ENUM registry.
The initiative was launched in response to U.K. service providers’ interest in HD voice services. The HD initiative is designed to raise awareness and educate service providers about the benefits of HD voice and help them resolve implementation challenges.
As part of the initiative, XConnect announced that the XConnect Global HD Voice Federation is now open to HD voice-enabled service providers globally, following its successful launch in the United States.
First to join from the U.K. are service providers Simwood, SureVoIP and thevoicefactory.
The federation enables the exchange of HD voice calls among all participants, all interconnecting through XConnect’s carrier hub and routing through phone-number lookups via its carrier ENUM registry.
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.
The Title II Broadband Credibility Gap: Can An Agency Trust Itself?
The problem with Title II regulation of broadband access is that it relies on a "promise" by regulators not to impose a wider range of traditional common carrier obligations on Internet service providers. This is part one of a three part series.
Here is part two:
Here is part three:
Here is part two:
Here is part three:
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 Voice Podcast
Jim Burton, Dave Michels,Samantha Kane, Jon Arnold, Michael Finneran, Art Rosenberg, Don Van Doren, and Steve Leaden talk about the implications Google Voice poses for the broader unified communications space.
listen here
listen here
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 Broadband Now 24% of All U.S. Consumer Connections
About 24 percent of all U.S. broadband consumer connections already are mobile, and in just six months in 2009, mobile broadband accounts in service grew 40 percent, the Federal Communications Commission reports.
Of 113 million broadband connections in service in the United States in mid-2009, about 35 million were mobile broadband connections, the Federal Communications Commission reports.
Compared to the beginning of 2009, when there were 25 million mobile broadband subscriptions in service, mobile broadband grew 40 percent in just six months.
There were 94 million residential connections in service at mid-year 2009, of which 71 million
were fixed-technology connections and 23 million were mobile wireless.
Mobile broadband connections are growing much faster than fixed connections are, but the ironic result is that average consumer broadband speeds might appear to be slower than they actually are, since in 2009 most mobile connections operated slower than most fixed-line connections.
That will change once fourth-generation networks become more widespread, and more consumers actually subscribe to 4G services. Right now, virtually all mobile broadband services operate at 3 Mbps or less. That should not be the case once 4G networks start to be used.
full report here
Of 113 million broadband connections in service in the United States in mid-2009, about 35 million were mobile broadband connections, the Federal Communications Commission reports.
Compared to the beginning of 2009, when there were 25 million mobile broadband subscriptions in service, mobile broadband grew 40 percent in just six months.
There were 94 million residential connections in service at mid-year 2009, of which 71 million
were fixed-technology connections and 23 million were mobile wireless.
Mobile broadband connections are growing much faster than fixed connections are, but the ironic result is that average consumer broadband speeds might appear to be slower than they actually are, since in 2009 most mobile connections operated slower than most fixed-line connections.
That will change once fourth-generation networks become more widespread, and more consumers actually subscribe to 4G services. Right now, virtually all mobile broadband services operate at 3 Mbps or less. That should not be the case once 4G networks start to be used.
full report here
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.
Analytics is Key for All Targeted Advertising
Mobile analytics are crucial for the future of mobile advertising for drop-dead-simple reasons. The whole point of targeted and location-based marketing is that companies pay to create impressions and leads at the times when such pitches are likely to have an impact, and rarely, if ever, at other times.
That old adage about "half my advertising investment being wasted; I just don't know which half" is being challenged by targeted approaches, when it is possible to eliminate the "wasted half."
The long-term repercussions on the advertising ecosystem are hard to predict, though. One might argue that new targeting techniques will drive incrementally more spending, or incrementally less.
That old adage about "half my advertising investment being wasted; I just don't know which half" is being challenged by targeted approaches, when it is possible to eliminate the "wasted half."
The long-term repercussions on the advertising ecosystem are hard to predict, though. One might argue that new targeting techniques will drive incrementally more spending, or incrementally less.
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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