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The value of good usability, documentation and testing
Today I had planned to go through some editing on some work I was doing for a client, but my “new” smartphone has sucked up most of my day. My son has a nice Samsung Galaxy S “Vibrant” SGH-T959 that … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Smartphones, Support nightmares, T-Mobile
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FCC 2020 Broadband Mandate and Mea Culpa
This week, the FCC unanimously approved a reform of its Universal Service Fund into the Connect America Fund. One of its stipulations is that communications carriers will be required to offer broadband access to anyone that requests it. It also … Continue reading
(Updated) Intel quits marketing Atom STB chip, fits a pattern
Update, October 28, 2011: According to reliable sources contacted after this blog entry was posted, only Intel’s Digital Home Group (the Marketing team) was dissolved and reassigned. The Atom chips themselves are alive and well. In fact, the next-generation 51xx … Continue reading
Microsoft and DISH: the value of ‘Regular TV’ within the online video equation
Microsoft today made the long-expected announcement that it is ‘transforming TV’ by bringing the TV experience to the Xbox 360 (or, said another way, adding a ‘TV portal’ to the Xbox). My first reaction was that it was the ‘inverse’ … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, DISH, Microsoft, Multi-screen, Opinion
Tagged Blockbuster, DISH Network, Microsoft, TV Everywhere, Xbox 360
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Dell loses at playing in commodities
The Wall Street Journal ran an article today about Dell’s losing its way in today’s consumer device marketplace. According to the article, one of the company’s beliefs is that slick hardware will win back the consumer. This is very dated … Continue reading
It’s modern life – get used to it!
This past week, Sen. Al Franken wanted answers! The target of his ire was the Apple iPhone and its ability to track users by location. Millions of Americans were horrified (horrified!) and went running through the streets screaming in fear … Continue reading
FCC’s Apps competition
Who’d have known that the US Federal Communications Commission is running an apps development contest! I stumbled upon it by accident Deadline is June 1st. Here’s the URL: http://challenge.gov/FCC/114-fcc-open-internet-apps-challenge People can whine and moan that the FCC is clueless and … Continue reading
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Tagged allvid, Apps, FCC, Nat'l Broadband Plan
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Thoughts about Over-the-Top TV – Part II
Pay TV providers have moved beyond the “sky is falling” thinking, that the Internet will be their doom – and indeed have also moved from the thinking stage about new service models that leverage Internet delivery. Comcast and Time Warner … Continue reading
Thoughts about Over-the-Top TV – Part 1
The 2011 OTTCON (Over the Top) conference was a good opportunity to hear some of the current thinking and see some state of the art solutions that bring video programming to consumers via the Internet. While the comment that customers … Continue reading
Leave Steve Jobs alone
Steve Jobs was seen in public this week, after another reported bout with the hospital. People can say what they will about Apple & Mr Jobs’ famous “reality distortion field,” but the technology world – not to mention the fortunes … Continue reading
