Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bank of America seeks to evaluate mobile payments user experience

Technology isn't the issue; user experience is.

http://blogs.forrester.com/emmett_higdon/10-09-02-bank_america_seeks_evaluate_user_experience_not_technology_mobile_payments_pilot?cm_mmc=RSS-_-MS-_-1709-_-blog_1879

Something New from Google?

http://www.jatinmahindra.com/2010/09/08/is-google-about-to-give-results-while-you-type-your-query/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JatinMahindraDotCom+%28jatiN+mahindrA+doT+coM%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

iTunes app total downloads to overtake songs this year « asymco

http://www.asymco.com/2010/09/08/itunes-app-total-downloads-to-overtake-songs-this-year/

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.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Why Apple And iPhone Have Already Won The Mobile Payment War

In a survey of 982 iPhone users, 756 users spent between $6 and $25 a month on apps, while 89 users spent over $26 a month on apps – which is the equivalent to buying one $0.99 app a day.

Close to 77 percent of all participants purchased content.

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 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:

Will Generative AI Follow Development Path of the Internet?

In many ways, the development of the internet provides a model for understanding how artificial intelligence will develop and create value. ...