Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 02/17/17

    Viodi View – 02/17/17

    Bridging Silicon Valley and the Heartland At the end of last month, in one of his first announcements as the new FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai, made a call for nominations for a new advisory committee. The aim of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee is to “provide advice and recommendations to the Commission on how to accelerate…

  • Viodi View – 01/27/17

    Viodi View – 01/27/17

    Even though it hasn’t been a month, International CES 2017 seems like a blip in the rear view mirror of life. Fortunately, this video captures glimpses, along with commentary of some of the more impressive mobility developments and provides a preview of ViodiTV interviews yet to be published. New Mobility Directions & Models at #CES2017…

  • Governments vs Technology | Pro-Active vs Non-Active – Road to Revolution

    Governments vs Technology | Pro-Active vs Non-Active – Road to Revolution

    In the suddenly fast changing mobility space, technology is sometimes secondary to the pace of government action in terms of the introduction of new features and services. In his drawing below, Michael Vernon Robinson provides a synopsis of some of the more significant legislative attitudes and responses to these changes. He also compares and contrasts proactive and non-active…

  • Viodi View – 01/11/17

    Viodi View – 01/11/17

    AI meets everything is how one might characterize this year’s International CES 2017. Ironically, it was a meta-CES experience that served as a proof-point that artificial intelligence-powered, natural language interfaces can sometimes do as good, if not better job, than a human. While at CES, this author had to cancel a reservation and, not figuring…

  • Why Telco Mergers Destroy Jobs and Stifle Competition

    Why Telco Mergers Destroy Jobs and Stifle Competition

    Telco Mergers Result in Job Losses: Management from CenturyLink and Level 3 talked up their announced merger (CenturyLink will acquire Level 3) at the Citi Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference this past Wednesday, January 4th. Combining Level 3’s backbone network with CenturyLink’s small and medium size business customers has definite advantages. While the synergies, cost savings…

  • Viodi View – 12/27/16

    Viodi View – 12/27/16

    Like it has for decades, next week, International CES will ring in 2017 with new gadgets and technologies. In that spirit, this issue features several interviews from CES 2016 with companies with products ranging from non-polluting scooters to smart stuffed animals to low-cost home energy analytics and control. Stay tuned over the next week for a…