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The Personalization of Knowledge Work in the Interconnected Era January 7, 2010 By Jon Husband Categories: Web 2.0 Wireless The brief post set out below (The Personal Enterprise) comes from Peter Kim, Managing Director of the Dachis Group. It reminded me of the many times I have written about the personalization of knowledge work, or the mass customization of knowledge work. It should also be a brief bit of additional... 'Downchurning' in action April 22, 2009 By Ron Shuttleworth Categories: General Investment Wireless In a November post, this Blog predicted a trend called 'downchurning' among U.S. mobile subscribers. Here is the post for reference. Today there are some numbers reported by various US carriers that support the notion of downchurning as the recession deepens. Here is the article. Electronic prepaid... China says $41 billion to be spent on 3G January 2, 2009 By Charlie Bess Categories: General Wireless Even in these tough financial times, some industries are going to require investments. If the Chinese invest $41 billion on their wireless network, the entire world should benefit from the research improvements that this should fund. It's too bad they're going to use three different protocols (China... A Review of the Predictions for 2008 December 19, 2008 By Charlie Bess Categories: General Software Companies VoIP Wireless For the last few years I've been grading my predications at the end of the year (2006, 2007), so it seems like time to look at those for 2008. My predictions for 2009 will be out in a few weeks. The predictions for 2008 were: Mobile Redefinition - Although mobile definitely has undergone some... Delta Airlines (DAL.NYSE) Inflight internet plans and Guestlogix (GXI.V) December 16, 2008 By Ron Shuttleworth Categories: General Wireless Yesterday, Delta Airlines announced that it has launched inflight internet access on a few east-coast shuttle flights with AirCell's GoGo Inflight Wi-Fi Service. According to the linked article below, Delta is planning on completing the roll out of this service to its entire fleet, including... People will buy convenience November 20, 2008 By Charlie Bess Categories: General Security Wireless When I was going through my MBA, we were studying entrepreneur and product development techniques. One of the things we were always looking for were products and services to make life easier. There are numerous examples for this holiday season. One that caught my eye the other day was Schlage Link.... Get a cellphone, surf the Web, strengthen your family October 23, 2008 By Peter Wolchak Categories: Social Networking Wireless A new research study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has a surprising conclusion for those who worry that modern technology isolates people. It turns out that families with high rates of tech ownership and use are actually closer than their less-techie counterparts. As noted by... Fun with wireless networks January 8, 2008 By Danny Bradbury Categories: Security Wireless Most tech-heads will know what an SSID is. It’s the public identity of a wireless network that broadcasts itself to the public. You’ll see them in airports and coffee shops all the time. Spark up your laptop and you’ll find “Starbucks wireless”, or “Chicago Airport Public WiFi”, or “Boingo Hotspot”,... United Nations Meeting Gives Mobile Service Providers More Bandwidth November 28, 2007 By Charlie Bess Categories: Wireless A UN telecoms meeting decided to give mobile service providers access to bandwidth currently reserved for terrestrial television broadcasts, offering the promise of high-speed Internet access on-the-move anywhere in the world by 2015. The decision will give manufacturers of wireless equipment... Saskatchewan! Connected free Wi-Fi network zooms past Toronto August 7, 2007 By Peter Wolchak Categories: Canadian Technology Associations Wireless Cisco and the Government of Saskatchewan announced in July that the citizens of Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw now have free Wi-Fi access throughout most of the downtown cores. The rollout puts these cities more than a year behind Toronto’s One Zone implementation, but Saskatchewan... Drive a car? Read this post June 28, 2007 By Peter Wolchak Categories: Wireless If you drive a car, contact your city’s parking authority and tell them you want to see PhotoViolationMeter meters on your streets. While normally parking meters rank about the same as vinyl flooring, lawn rakes and tea kettles on The Big Scale of Exciting Innovations, these new units from Photo... Please select a category:
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