Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View – 02/23/12
As we have traveled the country the past 6 months telling the stories of rural America through video, a common thread to our “documonials” is the importance of locally-owned and operated businesses to the health of a community. It is the individuals in these communities, whether general manager or line technician, that makes a difference…
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Silicon Valley – Recipient of Mobility Fund Phase 1 Support?
Silicon Valley, the hot bed of technology innovation that helps drive broadband and mobile innovation, is under-served,when it comes to having high-speed wireless access to every one of its nook and crannies, according to the FCC. The FCC’s newly released interactive map shows several areas in the eastern half of Santa Clara County (home to…
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Viodi View – 02/08/12
The memories of a life time are marked by scenes of fleeting moments, some of which seem significant at the time, while others fade into a mush of images some real, some imagined. The promise of the Facebook is to put one’s lifetime in a timeline. Whether today’s string of posts fades into the background…
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Viodi View – 01/25/12
If the crowds of CES 2012 correlate to economic activity, then the economy is definitely on the upswing. At times, it felt like the record-breaking crowd of 153k+ attendees and 3.1k exhibitors filled every inch of the crowded shuttles which ferried attendees between the convention center and the various hotels where there were additional exhibits…
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Eye Catchers at CES 2012
[Note: this was originally published on 1/9/2012, updated on 1/25/2012 and 2/4/2012]. Glasses free 3D on an iPad or iPhone for only $30. Globalwave introduced sheets that turn screens from iPhone size to 23 inch that allow glasses-free 3D viewing. Their “free” app can be found at http://www.pic-3d.jp Photos from CES 2012 of products,…
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The Augmented Life or the $6M Man Becomes the $6K Man
Beyond the larger question of how society will deal with a world where machine and human become intertwined in ways that are unimaginable, what are the implications for the telecom provider as the developments described above become commercially viable?