It’s that time of year again when PEW / Internet reports on the not-so-distant future via its predictions for our internet-enabled lives. Here’s my take.
Here are the key findings on the survey of experts by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that asked respondents to assess predictions about technology and its roles in the [...]
Thoughts on ‘The Future of the Internet III’
Corporatocracy wins again, but there is hope
If you’ve been following my tweets, one of the central concerns I had in November was the lack of concern around deflation, amidst worries of inflation. The financial media has turned around as has the mainstream. What’s still troubling is the complete radio silence around how the $7.8 Trillion in total bail-outs are being appropriated [...]
Internet erodes middlemen: Why is Scoble Surprised?
Das Scoble recently discussed what he thought was a trend in which Chinese manufacturers are creating new avenues of direct sales via internet commerce. I personally have been using DealExtreme to snatch up my favorite Canal Street goodies since 2005. A pioneer in this revolution, we’ll see more and more manufacturers and wholesalers cut out [...]
The worst of the economic crisis has not yet passed
After what many would assume would be the lowest point we’d expect to hit in the Dow, hitting the 7,000 mark for the first time in ages, I’d beg to differ.
Long time bell-weather of economic resilience, consumer and retail spending in the holiday season is in jeopardy. With BestBuy in anguish, Circuit City filing for [...]
BoA impresses online
Wow. I actually closed a deprecated savings account via a simple, secure mail message I sent a week ago. I notified them in the email I didn’t need any confirmation at all. 2 days later, the account was closed. God bless the fact that customer support is finally embracing the internet. Just think how long [...]
AppleTV gets something right: YouTube
Besides almost hitting $120 in intraday trading thanks to the news, AppleTV now has some features that would bring it (barely) on par with a modded old-school Xbox: it can play YouTube videos! Sorry Apple, I’m all tough love. It just means I care.
Kudos and Boodos for Apple’s Outlook
Amen to this article on the market segmentation of smartphone users into discreet pools of consumer and business demographics. I posted way back that BlackBerry wouldn’t make a consumer friendly phone, and although they did in the Pearl, which has a camera and MP3 player, there’s no way it could touch the iPhone on the [...]
iPhone: Redemption with a Splash of Doubt
Yes. Yes. YES, the iPhone is finally out. Nearly the entire IT industry came to a grinding halt as Steve Jobs announced the iPhone officially. Alongside some of the moust highly receptive praise from the analysts, comes the near certain barrage of doubts. We all know that fame begets criticism, and I’d like to share with [...]
Redemption: Where art thou iPhone (Part III)
Interesting how just weeks ago, before the fed rate pause, analysts were hammering Apple’s price target down to 60. Some even had worse sentiment not mentioning, becuase it simply shows how narrowminded analysts can be. In fact, I love playing against the analysts advice. I love gaming analysts. Opportunity is found in what the market is not paying [...]
KMWorld Magazine Names Hummingbird and RedDot “Trend-Setting Products of 2006″
Ok, more flag waiving, I know. I’ll stop eventually, but for now, I have to admit that we’re all really proud about the accolades RedDot has been receiving. RedDot’s first appearance on the KMWorld list was back in 2000 when the industry-rocking WYSIWYG editing environment was dropped on the scene.
Red dots to edit the web [...]
