Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Predicting future behavior using analytics: we haven't had the tools until now

Social networks provide rich mines of data that can be used to anticipate the future. We will all have less privacy than we now think we have.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/26/taykey/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Monday, October 25, 2010

Where privacy issues, social network analytics, marketing and user responsibility meet

Analytics can uncover more than you think.

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=864&doc_id=199028

Xfinity TV now available as a "tv everywhere" offering for Comcast subscribers

About 150,000 pieces of content are available as part of the service.

http://blog.comcast.com/2010/10/now-online-at-xfinity-tv---top-rated-tv-shows-hit-movies-rdvr-personalized-watchlists-and-150000-vid.html

Cius, PlayBook, Flare: tablets aimed at enterprises wanting mobile collaboration

Enterprise gadgets aim to build off existing apps and products in enterprise environment

http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/exploring-tablet-telepresence/2010-10-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4cc621f566358f4a,0

Best Buy offering pre orders for Samsung Galaxy

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-Buy-offering-pre-orders-for-two-tablets_id14167?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+phonearena%2FySoL+%28Phone+Arena+-+Latest+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

800 Mbps DSL?

More than a decade ago, a highly-placed technologist at Nortel told me, off the record, that "DSL wouldn't work." Of course, that proved to be incorrect.

But several decades ago, some smart technologists at what was then AT&T Bell Labs also told me it was "impossible" to load 40 discrete linear video channels on a single optical transmitter, as cable operators said they needed.

The point is that technological innovation often is possible where the smart guys who know the most are convinced a limit has been reached.

The important thing about 800 Mbps DSL demonstrated in the lab means 100 Mbps using DSL in the real world should be feasible, without a complete telco network upgrade to fiber-to-the-home.

And that, in turn, is crucial in part because it suggests there is a path forward for telco DSL and national broadband plans that call for 100 Mbps speeds, without capital investment that carriers would find difficult to justify.

AdMob Adds Video Interstitial Ads

Android is launching interactive video and interactive interstitial ad units on the Android platform. By identifying the screen resolution, size, and network connection speed, Google says it is able to serve users the optimal viewing experience.

Zoom Wants to Become a "Digital Twin Equipped With Your Institutional Knowledge"

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