Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Sarah K. Noonan Didn’t Exist

    Sarah, as described in her Facebook account was 27, attractive, a Democrat, and in a complicated relationship. She had more than 480 friends, yet no one really knew her. Sarah K. Noonan was a fake. She did not exist. This phony Facebook account was created by an advertising agency as a test. The agency was…

  • IEEE ComSocSCV Workshop on Mobile Apps, 6/24/10

    June 24 Workshop on Mobile Apps,  Microsoft Campus in Mt View, CA IEEE ComSocSCV and TiE-SV Wireless SIG  have recruited many top notch speakers, moderators and panelists for this very timely workshop:   "New Platforms and Infrastructure for Mobile Apps" to be held on June 24, 2010 from 3:30- 9:00 p.m. at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain…

  • Viodi View – 06/10/10

    Roger and I are covering the Parks Associates Connections Conference this week in Santa Clara, We will be posting videos from this event over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, here are some high-level bullets from the event so far: Consumers are still somewhat cautious and, according to Tricia Parks, “No company can…

  • GSA Silicon Series: 4G and the Evolution of Mobile Broadband – Keynote and Panel Discussion

     Introduction: The latest GSA Silicon Series Luncheon: Next-Generation Networks: The Evolution of Mobile Connectivity, was held on May 4th at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The event started with a keynote address on converged connectivity, the rapid evolution to LTE, and the future of mobile networks. This was followed by a very…

  • Pyramid Research: Middle East Will Surpass Europe in LTE Early Adoption

    Introduction Despite the early LTE lead of Telia-Sonera in Sweden, Pyramid Research predicts that the Persian Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE will pioneer Long Term Evolution (LTE) adoption and surpass European LTE deployments.  The LTE penetration rate for those countries is expected to reach 11.8 percent, which is more than the projected…

  • Viodi View – 05/26/10

    Looking back to look forward; I have been searching through old Viodi and Viodi View archives over the past couple of days. As I re-read them, I kept thinking about the saying that suggests technology adoption always takes longer than generally anticipated and when it does finally hit critical mass, what was new feels like…