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Think Big - Wireless versus Mobile
Today, we are inundated on a daily basis with information and news about Smartphones and Tablets, the Mobile Internet, and 4G Wireless. In particular, the terms wireless and mobile seem to be used interchangeably without much thought. So are we in the mobile wave or the wireless wave and what's the difference? Full Story
Posted on January 28, 2012 3:14 PM
Digital Swarms for Good - Jonathan's Card
In the past I have talked about the "Gift Economy" concept (a term most recently coined by author Howard Rheingold) being critical to successfully unlocking the potential of mobility in the future. (Gift Economies are defined by users investing effort/taking action for the benefit of the greater good versus expecting something in return as is the case in a transaction economy) There are plenty of recent examples around us like Wikipedia, Participatory sensing networks like CitySense, or even the recent Arab Spring with regime changes coordinated via SMS/social messaging. I now have an example right in front of me thanks to one of my colleagues at Mobiquity, Jonathan Stark, our VP of Mobile Architecture (and author of several leading books on iOS and Android Development). Full Story
Posted on August 11, 2011 3:52 PM
Mobile as a Behavior Change Agent
in past blogs, but collective behavior starts with single individuals changing their own behavior which is where mobile become such a revolutionary platform. The notion of providing people information or insights that can "nudge" their behavior must be done at the right time, in context to have the right effect. Something only mobile can do as a communications medium, since it can reach the "last foot" wherever you are. Feedback loops have existing for sometime (such as showing you your own driving speed in a school zone or showing you calories burned on an exercise machine), but mobile is taking this to another level of engagement (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/1) Full Story
Posted on June 26, 2011 4:27 PM
Unlocking the Power of Mobility May Require Rethinking Your Innovation Model
I recently ran a panel on the impact of Mobile+Social+Cloud on enterprise applications at the INNOVATE conference hosted by Global Logic in Palo Alto (http://www.innovate.globallogic.com/) Full Story
Posted on June 13, 2011 12:40 AM
Securing the Internet of Things
The recent New York Times article on security threats to connected devices, http://nyti.ms/hBLdvY, is a bit of a call to arms for device security. The article discussed the ease with which a new web-enabled HDTV could be hacked to steal sensitive user profile information. Full Story
Posted on December 27, 2010 7:06 PM
4G accelerating telepresence to any device?
Cisco, Microsoft, and Skype are all making aggressive plays to bring videoconferencing to any device starting with the TV. Full Story
Posted on November 21, 2010 4:38 PM
How Disruptive is Whitespace?
The recent ruling by the FCC to open up "Whitespace" spectrum, which live in the guard bands of TV broadcast spectrm between 54-862MHz, is creating a lot of buzz Full Story
Posted on September 26, 2010 8:33 PM
My Trip to Australia: Experiencing Fast Mobile Internet
I now know what it's like to get fast internet to my mobile device everywhere I go. I recently took a trip for business and pleasure to Australia and was pleasantly suprised with 2-5 Mbps download speeds Full Story
Posted on August 13, 2010 8:54 AM
iPhone 4 - How much Smarter?
How much smarter will the iPhone 4 be and how much of an advantage will this create for Apple over competitors? The new phone has some significant upgrades. (http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/07/how-apple-is-setting-itself-apart-from-the-pack-of-iphone-clones/) Full Story
Posted on June 13, 2010 4:17 PM
Securing the Internet of Things
For the most part, security has been an afterthought in the mobile phone space. That is until recently. As the value of information living on phones increases (financial, healthcare, home, etc.), the interest in them by hackers will increase. We are just starting to see solutions that are helping to protect the data that lives on these phones as well as information communicated between devices. Full Story
Posted on May 28, 2010 5:53 PM
User Interface Breakthrough?
When will we see the fundamental User Interface for Mobile devices change? I do not consider touch screens a major UI breakthrough given they have been around since the 1980's. Fundamentally, we have had the same windows/pointer based interface for the past 30 years! So are we ready for a change? Full Story
Posted on May 25, 2010 9:44 PM
Mobile Phones as Toxin Sensors
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20005058-247.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Full Story
Posted on May 15, 2010 8:22 PM
4G Reality versus Hype
While the possibilities of a ubiquitous 100Mbps+ low latency network are incredibly exciting, we have to temper our enthusiasm a bit as the technical kinks, business model impediments, and device/chip economics are worked out. Full Story
Posted on March 31, 2010 12:03 PM
Cheap flying sensors
At the 2010 CES show in January, one of the more interesting products unveiled was the AR Drone by Parrot Systems http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en Full Story
Posted on March 12, 2010 5:07 PM
Mobile Communities and Emerging Swarms
Everyday we read about mobile social networking becoming more prevalent. With the iPhones breakthrough in the mobile web browsing experience and overall UI (and others have followed suit), the limitations of using new types of content (maps, pictures, clips, songs) into social networking posts and communications via mobiles has been dramatically reduced. As a result, we are seeing an explosion in mobile communities. Full Story
Posted on March 3, 2010 4:04 PM
4G Business Model Disruption
There will certainly be shifts in the market as 4G rolls out, but will they incremental or radical? Full Story
Posted on February 17, 2010 7:23 AM
Google building the 4G backbone?
Google's decision to offer a gigabit high speed network trial in selected communities (http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/overview) represents another step in the companies evolution from an internet ad company to a network operator. Full Story
Posted on February 11, 2010 9:16 PM
Smart Dust and Digital Swarms
The recent article in the New York Times, (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31unboxed.html) , "Smart Dust are We There yet?" talks about the progress in distributed wireless sensors which I have talked about in previous blogs. While we continue along the Moore's Law track towards smaller more capable nano-sensors, the more interesting part of the story is the surge in Participitory sensing where humans and their phones are the sensors. Full Story
Posted on February 2, 2010 8:27 PM
Apple Tablet - A Bridge to 4G for Enterprises?
While the buzz around the Apple Tablet (http://gizmodo.com/5434566/)the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors), or as some are calling it, the "iPad", reaches a fever pitch in anticipation of this week's announcement, most folks are talking about the disruption to the mobile consumer market. Full Story
Posted on January 27, 2010 2:32 PM
Nexus One...Changing the Carrier Model?
While the reviews may be mixed on Google's recently launched NexusOne, especially given some of the early support issues, the bigger question is how this changes the wireless game and the traditional carrier model. Full Story
Posted on January 17, 2010 12:12 PM
Capturing your life via 4G
The application we have all been waiting for us finally here. The ability to record your everyday life on video. uCorder Full Story
Posted on January 7, 2010 10:47 PM
The Power of the Mobile Community
As you can see from my other entries, one of my passions is finding new examples of Digital Swarms in action. Two user-driven services that have become very popular are Trapster (www.trapster,com) and Urban Spoon (www.urbanspoon.com). Full Story
Posted on December 30, 2009 7:38 AM
M2M making its way into our lives
M2M does not only apply to exotic applications like environmental monitoring, precision farming, and supply chain automation. It is also starting to improve basic routine tasks. Full Story
Posted on December 20, 2009 9:01 AM
Humans as Sensors: Early Signals
I just came across two great example of people using their cellphones to sense the environment. Full Story
Posted on December 12, 2009 8:50 AM
Security is the Wildcard in 4G's Future
There have been two recent attacks on user-modified (or jailbroken) iPhones, Ikee (which changes the phone's wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley!) and the Duh worm (which changes the SSH password and adds the phone to a botnet to be used... Full Story
Posted on November 29, 2009 4:52 PM
