• IEEE ComSoc-SCV Workshop: Location Based Technologies and Services

    Summary of Location Based Technologies and Services Workshop [June 19, 2008, Crown Plaza Hotel, San Francisco International Airport]  Alan J. Weissberger IEEE ComSoc- SCV Secretary and Program Chair Backgrounder:   Yankee Group tele-briefing report on Location Based Services and Technologies: http://viodi.com/2008/06/13/location-based-services-and-technologies/ Speaker Remarks 1. Dave Reid, Director of Business Development, SiRF Technology Inc. http://sirf.com/   The…

  • Battle of the Network CTOs?

    Actually, the discourse between Mark

  • Hand Waving at NXTcomm 2008

    ATIS produced an extremely interesting panel on television navigation at the NXTcomm 2008 conference. This panel went beyond the normal hand waving and showed the future is here in many ways. One of the most interesting applications of this panel is one where broadband could prove instrumental in providing medical rehabilitation.    Francis MacDougal, CTO and co-founder of…

  • Obscenity on ABC, Advertising on PBS, H.R. 6320 – Regulation of Broadband TV on the Horizon?

    The inspiration for this article was a decision a few months ago by the FCC to slap a huge fine on ABC Affiliates for violating obscenity rules in airing an episode of “NYPD”.   The FCC Order, although extremely descriptive about the nudity, sparked my curiosity.  "………The camera shot includes a full view of her buttocks…

  • Signs of the Video Times

    The signs of the changing video landscape were literally signs in the case of these photos I snapped yesterday. The demise of Bradley Video, a once strong independent video store in Silicon Valley, is an indication that the traditional brick and mortar approach to renting and selling videos is quickly being substituted for other means of…

  • Market for Location Based Services and Technologies

    Note:  IEEE ComSoc SCV had a great workshop on this topic June 19th at the SFO Crown Plaza Hotel.  The workshop summary report appears elsewhere on viodi.com. The following notes are a transcription from a Yankee Group LBS telebriefing I attended June 12, 2008: Location Based Services (LBS):  The Final Destination • Navigation is a great first…