Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    No one can seemingly escape those annoying robocalls, not even the Chair of the FCC, Ajit Pai. In the above interview, Pai indicates that robocalls are his agency’s top consumer protection priority as indicated by the record fines levied against violators (e.g. this $120M fine).

  • Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Is Bill Gates optimistic or pessimistic about the future? That was the question posed yesterday on the airport TV. Rushing to my flight, there wasn’t time to sit and watch the interview, but a few gates later the closed caption on another TV indicated he is optimistic. Gates has credibility in his prognostications as the…

  • Games Go Digital: The Challenge for Rural Gamers and Their ISPs

    Games Go Digital: The Challenge for Rural Gamers and Their ISPs

    More Americans are regularly playing video games today than ever before. According to a 2018 Nielsen report, 66% of those 13 years and older are gamers. While the relative footprint of gaming on broadband networks has thus far been small, gaming IP traffic is expected to rise nine fold by 2022. Not only will there…

  • DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    “Spectrum, really the airwaves, is the gold mine,” states Rajiv Mathur, Ph.D., Smart Transportation Programs Prospect Silicon Valley. Mathur was referring to an area of agreement between two competing technological approaches that allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with infrastructure and “things” and, conceivably, even pedestrians. The above interview recaps a 1/23/19, ProspectSV forum that…

  • Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Viodi View – 02/01/19

    Buried in the day-to-day operations of a business or institution, it is often difficult to see how outside developments will impact the long-term. The importance of a show like CES is that it allows one, for a few days at least, to look at the bigger picture and see how seemingly disparate industries and advancements…

  • The Dangers of WiFi/Internet Enabled Cameras and the IoT Connected Home

    The Dangers of WiFi/Internet Enabled Cameras and the IoT Connected Home

    Introduction: Reports from across the U.S. indicate an ever-increasing problem of hackers accessing the Wi-Fi/Internet enabled cameras from Nest and other IoT security/surveillance device companies.  This author and others have many times warned this is likely to be the number one reason NOT to have a “connected home,” i.e.because of Internet related security problems.  There…