Description: The rise of Apple and Google in the smartphone market has pushed Nokia and Research In Motion to the brink of irrelevance. Now, television makers are scrambling to make sure the same does not happen to them. Source: www.nytimes.com Date: Sept 5, 2012 TV makers are wagering that mobile phone users hooked on consuming… Read more »
Posts By: Jim Clark
Political Campaigning with Technology
Description: A look at the way President Obama and Mitt Romney have been utilizing technology. Dan Simon reports. Source: www.cnn.com Date: Sept 5, 2012 Questions for discussion: What are various methods used to campaign digitally in 2012 presidential election? Do you feel that the candidate with the lead in technology will have a distinct advantage… Read more »
Mitt Romney 2012 campaign uses secretive data-mining
Description: Mitt Romney’s success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans’ personal information — including their purchasing history and church attendance — to identify new and likely, wealthy donors, Source: www.clarionledger.com Date: Aug 24, 2012… Read more »
Why Amazon Succeeds
Description: Amazon’s (AMZN) earnings this past week are a sign of how corporate strategy has shifted. Amazon does things differently, but only as differently as Apple. What is their secret? Source: forbes.com Date: April 29, 2012 Like Apple, its platform is closely linked to a device (in this case the Kindle), and is tied into… Read more »
Netflix and Blu-ray bump offsets Hollywood’s DVD death spiral
Description: Hollywood may be seeing a turnaround in a seven-year decline of home video sales, thanks to double-digit sales growth of Blu-ray discs and online movies and TV shows, an industry trade group is expected to announce on Sunday night Source: globeandmail.com Date: April 30, 2012 Home sales of film and TV shows reversed that… Read more »
Storage wars: Google, Dropbox and Microsoft fight for your files
Description: Google Drive, launched on Tuesday, is a long-awaited service from the company that stores all types of files in its cloud as well as copying them to all your devices. Source: globeandmail.com Date: April 28, 2012 Microsoft sought to steal Google’s thunder on Monday with an update to its SkyDrive cloud service. It too… Read more »
High-Speed Trading: My Laser Is Faster Than Your Laser
Description: A new fiber-optic cable being built across the Atlantic that will give a select number of high-frequency traders a tiny speed advantage in trading times between New York and London. Source: BusinessWeek .com Date: April 24, 2012 As of this morning, it appears someone will. A small company called Perseus Telecom, in partnership with… Read more »
Looking for a career? Try cyber security
Description: CNN’s Rene March reports on why there is a shortage of cyber security experts Source: CNN .com Date: April 24, 2012 Questions for discussion: 1. Why is cyber security such a great area in which new grads can find jobs?
Google readies competitor to Dropbox-like online storage services
Description: Google is preparing to roll out a service to let consumers store photos and other content online, a source familiar with the matter said, pushing into a market now dominated by the likes of Dropbox and Box. Source: globe and mail .com Date: April 24, 2012 Google’s “cloud storage” offering will incorporate search capabilities… Read more »
Cut in E-Book Pricing by Amazon Is Set to Shake Rivals
Description: The government’s decision to pursue major publishers on antitrust charges has put the Internet retailer Amazon in a powerful position: the nation’s largest bookseller may now get to decide how much an e-book will cost, and the book world is quaking over the potential consequences. Source: nytimes .com Date: April 11, 2012 But publishers… Read more »