Why We Need A New Cabinet Position Over Technology I have been wanting to write this article for months so today is the day... As I follow the election campaigning and hear all the issues addressed, I am amazed that once again, we have candidates that seem to only deal [...]
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 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 [...]
I have always loved the end of a year and the fresh start for the next. Yea, I know it is an artificial construct and the rocks and trees could care less, but it means something to me, and evidently a few others as well. I love writing these posts [...]
Plastic Sheet Offers Wireless Connectivity The University of Tokyo has something promising in development; a plastic sheet that allows electronic devices to communicate wireless when placed upon it. This plastic sheet is actually fabricated on an ink jet printer in total, but the breakthrough here is in energy needed to [...]