Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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On the last day of the 2009 – Y2K+10 Eve – it is appropriate to look back at the massive communications transformation that occurred during the first decade of the 21st century. Ten years ago today, ... More >
Get ready to hear a lot about speech and voice recognition. As applications multiply and the goings-on on the typical mobile device grows more complex, the most direct, and in many cases safest, way ... More >
The quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s was unsettled – at least to a certain extent – by the news that Karsten Nohl, a German hacker, led a group that claims to have defeated the encryption ... More >
One of the drivers of the Internet explosion during the past few years is that it is cheap. “All you can eat” data plans encourage people to spend their time browsing, downloading and generally using... More >
RIM better watch out. The company – more formally known as Research in Motion – and its BlackBerry device have long led the corporate mobile e-mail category. Its crown seems secure for now, but serio... More >
Today crackers -- malevolent hackers -- almost always take a page from Willie Sutton's book and go where the money is. This wasn't the case a few years ago. At that time, many folks tried to breach s... More >
The potential of smart grids is breathtaking. They are ambitious, spanning many miles, and many technologies, from the core of plants and reactors all the way into the homes and businesses they ultim... More >
There are a variety of interesting questions to consider concerning Nexus One, the Google smartphone that reportedly is being manufactured by HTC for online sale as early as next month. It’s... More >
The first awards under the broadband element of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – aka the stimulus package – were made today by Vice President Biden at a metal fabrication plan in Dawsonvi... More >
Mobile industry observers are keenly aware of the huge growth in smartphones, laptops and a long list of other mobile devices. This growth is rightly thought to be largely responsible for the pressur... More >
Two news items that hit during the past two weeks, one today and one on December 9, will lead to a lot more unified communications in the near future. Last week, BT and Cisco said they “have deepene... More >
The safest prediction for 2010 is that the cellular sector will become even more interesting than it is this year. That’s quite a statement, since it’s been a-thrill-a-minute in 2009. The cert... More >
The sense in the industry is that adjustments have to be made as the amount of wireless data – mostly headed to and from smartphones – continues to grow. One school of thought holds that the ... More >
It’s always dangerous to take numbers out of context. In different situations, 100 can be a small number (a weekly salary) or a big number (a golf score). That being said, it is hard to argue... More >
The cable industry's lineage is bringing video to television sets. Perhaps for that reason, it traditionally has lacked a credible mobile voice play. Simply, entertainment video transport did little ... More >
Details are emerging on Verizon Wireless’s LTE rollout. Softpedia reports that the carrier , in one configuration, will offer per-user data speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps). The system, ... More >
One of the trickiest parts of security and management policy-making is to fairly and effectively oversee employees who are using their own gear. This is an issue whether the equipment is a des... More >
Over the past two decades, a steadily larger segment of the population automatically put on its seatbelts when getting into a car. The crowds of people at outside smoking areas are thinning (though n... More >
The carping about the broadband stimulus package that has become common – that awards are slow and cumbersome and that the system is being abused – is both predictable and right on the mark. T... More >
White space is a promising dark horse in efforts to bring broadband connectivity to rural areas. That initiative got a boost this week, as the Federal Communications Commission took several st... More >
One of the most important and interesting areas in mobility is powering. It’s also refreshingly straightforward: Devices are demanding more juice, but the science of providing it is struggling to kee... More >
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