Remember when the iPod was introduced. The click wheel was surprisingly easy to use, and mobile phone manufacturers quickly caught on, introducing mobile phones such as the LG Chocolate VX8500, Samsung X838, and the Nokia 7380Now Apple with the iPhone and Microsoft with the Surface will spark a new wave of user interface technology, primarily [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2007
Find iPhone Apps easily with AddFone
Just over a month ago, the iPhone didn’t have much 3rd party application support: Other issues that may limit uptake: iPhone is on a new operating system and has yet to form a developer community that can optimize the vast store of games, content and apps for the iPhone. Well, things have changed quickly. So [...]
TV Advertising will grow, but who will eat the cake?
According to the USA Today, a recent report published by PWC is forecasting that traditional TV advertising sales will grow 4.5% a year to $46.3 billion in 2011. When you consider product placement revenue and fees that cable, satellite and phone services pay to carry a channel, network TV revenues could grow of 6.5% a [...]
AT&T Video Share is calling! Will Users Answer?
AT&T debuted the first wireless videophone service in the United States. Don’t get too excited because this is not a full-blown video calling – the live streaming video feed is just one-way, and callers have to manually switch feed directions. Both users can see the Video Share while participating in a two-way voice conversation. Currently, [...]
YouTube inspired Adult sites
It’s interesting how a good deed goes unpunished, or rather a good site goes un-copied. Here are some Adult Video sites that I was recently alerted to that bear very close resemblance to YouTube. Below is the YouTube logo for comparison They say imitation is the best form of flattery, but I’m not sure if [...]
HTTP Takes back the Web
After more than four years of taking a backseat to peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, HTTP (Web) traffic has finally become the bandwidth hog of the Internet, according to data released by Ellacoya Networks, a leading provider of Deep Packet Inspection networking equipment. This study was based on usage data from about a million North American broadband [...]
Blockbuster Goes Blu-ray
The battle for dominance in DVD formats made a big turn towards Blu-ray when Blockbuster, the leading US video rental chain, today chose the Blu-ray format over the HD DVD format. Based on results from carrying DVDs with both the Blu-ray and the HD DVD formats at 250 retail stores, where demand for Blu-ray was [...]
Openads to focus on much needed features with $5 million investment
Openads, which offers open source ad server software for Web sites to manage their online ad campaigns, is a 6 month old company that spun out of London based Unanimis. While Openads itself is only 6 months old, the open source ad server software its developing is based on open-source phpAdsNew, which has existed since [...]
Happy Father’s Day Y’all
Happy Fathers day to father bloggers out there! Remember to take time out from blogging to enjoy fathers day with loved ones! I myself am a first time father (with a 2.5 month old daughter), so this is my first fathers day of sorts. Enjoy!
