I have wanted to write a few news-streams to discuss with you the progress being made in the online advertising market. This is a fascinating area of growth that impacts all of us because it is changing how marketers get to us, and the level of privacy we will have [...]
For months now I have been talking about virtual worlds like Second Life and Entropia Universe, and I always end the discussion by mentioning that it is only a matter of time until Google gets into the act. Last week they announced their first foray into the virtual space with Lively. Although I was [...]
Apple Goes Mobile With the recent announcement by Apple that the .Mac platform is morphing into the new MobileMe system, I think I am going to make a conscious choice to work at home from now on. MobileMe is a push technology that offers your email, calendar, contacts and files [...]
One thing that easy to forget is that we actually have the next version of the Internet in operation at the moment. It is called the Internet2, and is a very clear picture as to where the commodity Internet we all use will go. If you are not aware of the [...]
One of the hardest things for me to do as a technology guy is to be patient when a new product comes out. When the iPhone was announced, I was torn between my greed to have the latest, and my grown up awareness that the price would drop and the [...]
Back on April 11th I wrote about the future of WiMAX and how I see it changing the way we view the Internet. Since then we have seen some significant movement in the WiMAX space. Sprint's XOHM and Clearwire combined their networks to create a mobile broadband company with an [...]
Let's continue the discussion on where the Internet is headed... An important paradigm to keep in mind is the concept of the Three Screens. These being the television, the computer and the handheld. In the earliest thinking about these devices, we have known that the Internet would be delivered on [...]
It is my observation that one of the hardest things to do as a businessperson is to look into the future and be able accurately see a picture of how things are going to be. As I sit here today, I had no idea I would be paying over $4 [...]
Intel: Honey I Shrunk the Memory All of the mobile Internet devices I've been ranting about lately utilize some kind of tiny memory; whether that is a small form factor hard drive or flash RAM, depends on the maker. Devices like the iPhone, and its iPod cousins, have traditionally used [...]
Google just announced a set of gadgets and standards under the moniker "Friend Connect." I am really intrigued with what they are providing with this effort. The main concept is to provide a set of tools that can easily be dropped into any Website to add eCommunity type features. Because [...]