February 2010
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Should you take someone’s content and deal with the consequences later?
I started thinking about all the hot water Google got into with regards to the launching their different services, such as Google Street View, Google Books, and Google News. Google worked on each project, appropriated content that may or may not have been theirs to take, and then released the project, only to receive responses, … Continue Reading
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Google employees’ convicted in Italy. Watch out phone company, you’re next.
Here in the U.S. ISPs and phone companies are not liable for content transmitted over its networks. Meaning, they don’t have to monitor every single thing that comes through and make sure it goes through an approval process. If someone brings legally objectionable content (e.g. violated intellectual property rights) to their attention, then they’re required … Continue Reading
The continuing lure of free phone calls
Verizon just made an announcement that they’re going to be offering free Skype-to-Skype phone calling on its 3G phones starting March, 2010. Even my lame Curve 8330 will be able to make those calls. Similarly, AT&T/iPhone has backed down in its argument against Google Voice and they’ve even opened up the platform for the SlingPlayer … Continue Reading
Mobile application platform: Can two dozen work better than one?
News just came out today from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that 24 mobile carriers from around the world are going to unite together to produce an international application store called the “Wholesale Applications Community.” It’s an obvious reaction to Apple’s iTunes application store which has a stringent review policy before any application will … Continue Reading
iPad competitors need to focus on the experience of using their tablet PCs
I remember attending a computer trade show years ago in Vegas (I believe it was Comdex. Gives you an idea how long ago) and seeing an endless array of portable video players. At the time, the Apple iPod had come out, but it had yet to release a video version of its digital player. I … Continue Reading
The future of interstitial advertising in an ever encroaching social media world
I made the claim in a previous article (If everybody loves Super Bowl ads, then why don’t advertisers always make Super Bowl-quality ads? on Spark Minute) that all ads during the Super Bowl should have pointed people to a website or some type of social media interaction. In a single 30-second advertisement, I argued that … Continue Reading
