Carl Weinschenk

Ten Free Android Apps to Organize Your Life The mobile app story is fascinating, at least according to comScore. However, the percentages indicate a high level of contradiction: The number of apps and their use is growing, but the number of people involved is surprisingly limited. At the Quartz, the story begins with the positive […]

How to Ease the Pain of Slow Wi-Fi The number of gigabit networks that have been announced in recent months is startling. A very comprehensive look at the landscape is available in the third annual report from Gig.U. Stacey Higginbotham at Gigaom posts a particularly interesting graphic illustrating that a great majority of cities that […]

Five Considerations When Selecting Voice and Data Plans for Business The common wisdom is that wireless networks have exploded while the wireline world has followed way behind or even contracted. Undoubtedly, the first part of the statement is true. By any measure, the amount of wireless traffic is accelerating and the networks designed to carry […]

Five Tips for Overcoming Mobile Security Challenges Wearable technology raises a host of important security and privacy issues. The good news is that people seem aware of the issues and are starting to think seriously about them. Last week, Datamation posted a story about a survey by Accenture digital marketing division Acquity Group. The results […]

Five Tips for Executing a Winning Mobile Strategy The buildup to fall is in full swing. The next step is Labor Day parades and barbeques and, then, the school busses will begin to roll. IT and telecommunications never had a real summer slowdown this year, though. Much was done and lots of news was made, […]

Mobility: How It’s Changing Our Lives Nowhere are the changes that the growth of telecommunications brings more significant than in medicine and health care. Indeed, the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to make that impact even greater as time passes. In addition to the common concerns around telecommunications, telemedicine adds worries […]

How to Ease the Pain of Slow Wi-Fi News stories appear on a day-to-day basis describing higher broadband speed, usually gigabit-per-second (Gbps) services. That’s good news for consumers and businesses that now often have a choice of high-speed networks. This trend is generating a renewed discussion of what is fast enough and how our networks […]

Agile Federal Data Centers: The Drive to Thrive The top-line item from news stories on Cisco’s fourth quarter results was that the company will cut 6,000 jobs during the next year. Cisco employs 74,000 people, so this represents about 8 percent of its workforce. The reality for the firm isn’t quite as dire, though it […]

How to Ease the Pain of Slow Wi-Fi This week, summer has turned toward autumn with mild temperatures outside, which seems to be reflected in the general calm that has hit the technology and telecommunications news fronts. Despite the lack of hot headlines, we can still find plenty of interesting news and commentary. Check out […]

Cybersecurity Grades Released for Key Industries The general assumption is that the Internet of Things (IoT) will present some pretty heavy security challenges. The short version: If telecommunications is woven so deeply into the fabric of everyday life, it stands to reason that if its security is compromised, that fabric will be torn a bit, […]

It’s been apparent for many years that cable operators have moved from being purveyors of traditional video services to being a one-stop shop consisting of that product along with telephony, high-speed data and IPTV. Those products are delivered to a variety of legacy and emerging devices. That’s well known. It’s interesting, though, to step back […]

Eight Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers Gartner is perhaps the most influential analysis organization in the technology and communications sectors. Its seal of approval is worth a lot in this industry. So of course, an organization such as this lives and dies by its reputation. Any aspersions on its fairness and basic honesty are serious […]