Predicting the Future of Telecom, Media and Technology
by Lee Rickwood
A Top Ten list of predictions for the future to generate discussion and commentary about technology, media and telecom developments.
Category: Business
Do Not Call List – Your Very Own Privacy Tool
by Lee Rickwood
Hate being hassled by telemarketers? Fed up with calls from your former BFF? If so, if it’s worth three bucks a month not to be bothered, read on.
Will 3D and Internet-connected TV work for you?
Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis
Though 3D TV and Internet-connected TV were all the rage at CES in Las Vegas, there are still more than a few question marks on how all this will be implemented and if it’s even worth delving into.
Skype Puts Video Calls in Your Face, On Your TV
by Lee Rickwood
Skype online video calls will now support high definition video, bringing a more TV like feel to the phone connection.
Consumer Devices Head for the Clouds
by Lee Rickwood
As always, the future is uncertain…cloudy, in fact.
But two predictions are safe to make about the increased importance of cloud computing and mobile TV.
Canadian Web Company Victorious Over Google
By Lee Rickwood
First, it was Microsoft. Now Google.
Another big Internet and technology firm has run afoul of those pesky little Canadians.
Google Chrome for Mac
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Google knows that in order for its OS to gain mass acceptance, it has to sell the merits of its standalone browser. Pushing Chrome into the mainstream, even if Mac and Linux have a small share of the market.
The Chrome browser has been a personal favourite on Windows- its speed, stability and simplicity has made Apple’s Safari and even the venerable Mozilla Firefox feel bloated and slow.
Social Network Helps Us Face ‘End of the Internet’
By Lee Rickwood
A new social network plans to share information about IPv6 – before the current Internet protocol tuns out of space…and time.