Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Enrique Dans, one of the most influential bloggers in Spain, posted some interesting data about the Broadcast Mobile TV trials run by Abertis in Spain with each of the main mobile operators. Here is the translation:
"There has been three trials in Spain, run by Abertis, using Nokia 7710 handsets:
Telefónica in ...
Posted in Spain, Telecom | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The European Union has selected DVB-H as the standard for Mobile TV in Europe. Although the decision is not binding for EU countries, it aims at stimulating the technology adoption, by avoiding a standards war where end-user pays the casualties - ask anyone that invested on a HD DVD ...
Posted in Telecom | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Apple is reinforcing its iconic iPhone (even more) to grab the business segment, now owned by Blackberry. Apple announced support for Microsoft Exchange, putting iPhone in a position to swap the professional Blackberry handsets with the stylish iPhone for email access.
Even more important was the announcement of the iPhone SDK. ...
Posted in Digital Lifestyle | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of Internet and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, delivered a keynote in San Francisco a few days ago. If you have never heard Mr. Cerf, do not miss this video.
In his keynote Vint Cerf covers a bit of Internet History and some of the ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Another brilliant example of Google phenomenal applications. And another example of how Internet players can build mobile applications bypassing the Mobile Operators. Not long ago, Location was one of the unique capabilities mobile operators could leverage to provide Location-based Services. Now Google demonstrates how easily the operator is bypassed even ...
Posted in Internet, Telecom | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
AT&T launched recently its U-verse Voice service to complement its Quadruple-Play offering: TV, Internet, Voice and Wireless.
U-verse Voice is a high-quality digital voice service. The service is delivered over AT&T managed IP network, which guarantees a secure and reliable service. Among other features, the user can manage calls and services ...
Posted in Telecom | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
The music industry is lobbying the European authorities to extend the current 50 years of copyright protection on sound recordings.
If you are European, visit http://www.soundcopyright.eu/ and sign the petition if you agree that this copyright term should not be extended past 50 years.
From soundcopyright.eu :
"The labels lobby for change, but ...
Posted in New Economy | No Comments »
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Convergence is a term widely used in technology with different meanings:
- Device Convergence: mobile phone, digital camera, PDA, GPS, media player, email, data modem, e-wallet, etc. all into a single device
- Fixed / Mobile Convergence. Fixed and Mobile operators offering similar services across networks.
- Prepaid/Postpaid Convergent rating. Mobile operators looking for a single ...
Posted in Internet, New Economy, Telecom | No Comments »
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
New economy is a term that became popular during the years of the Internet bubble. Although the term is now less used, there has never been before a better understanding of the disruptive forces transforming our economies and some industries.
Chris Anderson and his book The Long Tail provide excellent insight ...
Posted in Biz Books, New Economy | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Marissa Mayer, VP Search & User Products at Google, announced in their official blog that Google is launching an initiative to put the Internet at the service of our most important asset, our health. Google is reaching agreements with universities and other medical institutions to upload the medical records of ...
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