Our computers are shrinking again, even as they become incredibly more powerful. Ultra portable laptops, sometimes called 'netbooks', are sitting on boardroom tables all across America, and smartphones are in the hands of teenagers, the college crowd. and (shudder) even our CEOs. As these devices move from the techno-elite early [...]
Continuing on my theme of what to look for in marketing, let’s take a look at proximity based marketing. The concept is that as you travel through the world, vendors, stores, and consumer products companies will recognize that you are at a specific place and send you various types of [...]
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 [...]
I like knowing stuff. I kind of make it my job to know stuff, I mean we all do in a way, that is why people pay us, to know stuff; but I take it to the extreme. I read a lot; magazines, books, blogs, sites, whatever, just reading... My [...]
I keep thinking about the Internet being in the palm of my hand. It's resting here in my Blackberry, slumbering and groggy; waiting for me to wake it up somehow. I want to use the Internet like I use the television or phone; I turn them on and they are [...]
Cisco Grows Offerings in 2007 Last month Cisco acquired Navini Networks, a company that had made its name in the WiMax field with installs on 6 continents according to their old site. (I guess there is no commercial need for WiMax on Antarctica?) Cisco has been quietly buying and re-branding [...]