Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
There is a lot of buzz about mobile advertisement, but the truth is that the current Mobile Marketing campaigns based on SMS are closer to spam than to a valuable service for the customer.
Here is a new technology that makes mobile ads a richer experience: Augmented Reality for Mobile
From ink ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Nokia must be getting more and more worried.
Apple, a new entrant in the market, has stolen from Nokia the top position for high-end phones in consumers minds. The revolutionary iPhone might not have yet a market share comparable to Nokia, but it is definitively the phone we all dream of. ...
Posted in Digital Lifestyle | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
As can be seen in the demo video from SoftKinetic, 3D motion-sensing software is becoming quite powerful. Similar to EyeToy in PS2, I would not be surprised if Sony soon brings this technology to PS3 to counter-attack Wii's revolutionary game controller.
3D motion-sensing, or gesture recognition, could change the way we ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Cloud Computing is a fancy term these days that applies to many different things. Concepts such as Software as a Service (SaaS), On-demand Computing, Utility Computing, Managed Services or even older ones as Hosting or Outsourcing, seem to all fall under the Cloud buzzword.
The basic concept is that the Cloud ...
Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
After ten months of travel, spacecraft Phoenix Mars Lander will reach Mars tonight to explore the Artic Plain in search of water. It will take seven minutes to slow down from 20.000 km/h, entering Mars atmosphere, to 8 km/h when touching ground.
You can follow the live webcast of the landing ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I just discovered this interesting graph in Brough Turner's post 3G's biggest success is as a dumb pipe.
The graph highlights two main points: 1) 3G data trafffic has increased more than 10 times in Finland, and 2) 92% of that traffic is Internet Access from PCs. UMTS modems and Data Cards in ...
Posted in Internet, Telecom | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The improvement in chip manufacturing and new low-power wireless standards is enabling what are called Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). These networks consist of tiny nodes, equipped with a microprocessor and sensors, wirelessly connected in a mesh network to exchange information and trigger actions.
WSNs can enable a wide range of applications related with supervision, control ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
I have nothing against Microsoft, although many posts in tech-talk.biz could seem to be against them. I admire Microsoft and Bill Gates for what they have done from the computer industry to change our lives.
Still I can not be happy when I just had to reboot Vista twice after one of these ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Videocalls are available in UMTS networks and supported by most 3G handsets in the market. Still, how many people do actually use it? Have you tried it yourself?
Among the factors that prevent people from video calling, the privacy issue is one of the main concerns. You do not want ...
Posted in TOP Popular Posts, Telecom | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
For effective human interaction, nothing beats a face to face meeting, but we are getting closer. As you can see in the amateur clip below Telepresence is already available. Three 65-inch plasma screens set around a meeting table display other location participants in full size, with the closest to physical ...
Posted in Internet, Telecom | 3 Comments »
