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Communications

OnLive to go live today!

24 March 2009

Tagged as: broadband, cloud, cloud computing, games, OnLive, Onlive Technologies, Steve Perlman

Communications

OnLive, a new company founded by Steve Perlman, will announce a new game service which makes it possible to play advanced video games on almost any PC and certain specially equipped TVs via a standard home broadband connection. This service eliminates the game console and the need for never ending PC upgrades to support the latest games. In fact, it appears OnLive may also jump into the console fray with a device called the OnLive MicroConsole.

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New broadband connection at work

4 November 2008

Tagged as: bandwidth, fiber, fios, internet, verizon

Communications

Verizon FIOS Speedtest

After almost a month after first ordering service with Verizon, our FIOS Internet connection was finally installed at work this morning.
As many of you know, FIOS is a PON or Passive Optical Network.  In laymans terms, FIOS utilizes an architecture where bandwidth is shared on the fiber for all customers on that loop. [...]

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Jason Calacanis On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company

22 August 2008

Tagged as: Jason Calacanis, pr startup, Public relations

Communications

My philosophy of PR is summed up in six words: be amazing, be everywhere, be real.
You don’t need a PR firm, you don’t need an in-house PR person and you don’t need to spend ANY money to get amazing PR. You don’t need to be connected, and you don’t need to be a “name brand.” [...]

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Verizon Embraces Google’s Android

4 December 2007

Tagged as: android, Gadgets, Google, open devices, verizon, wireless

Communications

It is premature to remove Verizon from the list of anti-tech companies, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.
In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google’s (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices. Verizon Wireless had been one of several large cellular carriers withholding support [...]

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The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America

3 December 2007

Tagged as: AT&T, Communications, Innovation, Media, MPAA, patents, RIAA, telco

Communications

Excellent article @ PCWorld written by Mark Sullivan on the 5 most anti-tech organizations in America. History is replete with examples of products, companies, and industries that fail to adapt and adopt to new technology. These 5 will be next.
From PCWorld by Mark Sullivan
Their names keep coming up over and over again in courtrooms [...]

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Goodbye Myrio

31 October 2007

Tagged as: goodbye, IPTV, Jobs., myrio, stanford commencement

Communications

Dear friends and colleagues,
As I depart Nokia Siemens Networks (Myrio was acquired in 2005 by Siemens and is now subsidiary of Nokia Siemens Networks), today marks the end of an era for me–11 amazing years.
When we started working on the technologies that became Myrio, we had a
dream that one day companies all over the world [...]

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IMAP for Gmail!

24 October 2007

Tagged as: Gmail, Google, IMAP, iphone

Communications

Finally!
To get started, you must first enable IMAP in your Gmail settings.
To enable IMAP in your Gmail account:

Log in to your Gmail account.
Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
Select Enable IMAP.
Configure your IMAP client* and click Save Changes.

iPhone setup instructions:
Step by step instructions
Update: Some additional setup [...]

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Sizing up the IPTV Experience

16 March 2007

Tagged as: IPTV

Communications

Sean Buckley of Telecommunications magazine writes that one quote from the IPTV World Forum in London really stood out for him. That quote, from Accenture’s Arjang Zadeh, stated “quality, not content, is king.” Well, yes and no. It is not that simple, let me explain.
Why would such a quote stand out in [...]

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Gates says TV is doomed, Internet where it’s at

29 January 2007

Tagged as: IPTV

Communications

Speaking to business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill Gates looked deep into his crystal ball and prognosticated that in 5 years, TV will be a lame duck and watching video on the internet will be all the rage. Way to go out on a limb Bill.
“Certain things like elections or the [...]

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Tech Trends for 2007

29 January 2007

Tagged as: Gadgets

Communications

Tom Giles from BusinessWeek explores the top tech trends for 2007. The article briefly discusses IPTV and the need to “keep it simple”. This is certainly easier said than done. With IPTV service providers anxious to differentiate their offerings from cable or satellite, the last thing they want is to keep it [...]

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