Once upon a time, let us say in 2004, Robbie Vann-Adibé, CEO of Ecast, a “digital jukebox” company, asked Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine, the following question: what percentage of the 10,000 music albums available on the Ecast jukebox were sold at least one track per quarter. The “analog” normal answer would […]
Digital TV, Telecoms, and the push for the end of Net Neutrality
On May 30th 2010 we wrote about the alliance of Sony, Google, Intel and Logitec and their effort to control out TV sets by putting at out disposal the wealth of video, both user generated and commercial, floating in the Web. Well, the days when streaming television displace traditional TV viewing may not be far. […]
Java – A Speed Bump for Android?
Right as Android is taking one of the dominant roles in the smartphone market, Oracle (which acquired Java owner Sun recently for over $5 billion) is suing Google over the use of Java code in its Android mobile OS. Android has recently edged past the iPhone in market-share, and it has the 3rd largest share […]
Google Travel, may I help you?
This may be the answer you get when you call the travel agent that helped you book your flights and find a budget hotel in Reykjavik. Is that possible? Well, wait for a while. In a presentation of Bing’s virtues, the search engine by Microsoft, Mark Johnson, a senior Program Manager at Bing described the concept of […]