Live Streaming the House Sit-in
The Democratic Party sit-in at the House yesterday had an interesting technology component: the emergence of smartphone live streaming as a political instrument. The 60s-style demonstration took place after the…
What’s Happening with the Technology Business?
Comcast is putting itself in the spotlight again with some dramatic moves in three areas: broadband subscriptions, wireless networks, and creative content. It’s worthwhile to look at these things because…
Chester Report: Is Big Data Watching You?
According to a new report, Big Data is Watching: Growing Digital Data Surveillance of Consumers by ISPs and Other Leading Video Providers by Jeff (Center for Digital Democracy) Chester, the Internet is out…
The Internet of Food
One of the 21st century’s major social problems is feeding a population that’s projected to grow to 9.6 billion mouths to feed by 2050. By most estimates, this will require doubling…
SOTU Technology Messages
The president’s final SOTU included some interesting remarks about technology. Some were encouraging and aspirational, the thing he does best. These included touts for programs to teach young people to…
The Year of Virtual Reality
If consensus were a reliable predictor of the future, it would be wise to bet all your money on that Virtual Reality will be the killer app of 2016. Most…
Evaluating Our Predictions for 2015
Last March, I wrote a post evaluating three of the most interesting technology predictions for 2015; one from Frog Design on fitness devices, one from Deloitte on “Software-Defined Everything,” and one of…
Is AI Held Back by the Profit Motive?
In my overview post on the Internet of Things, I offered the suggestion that IoT needs artificial intelligence to succeed: One of the primary challenges for the smart home and…
This Connected Life: Black Friday Goes Online
For a while now, shopping around Thanksgiving has been a mix of in-store and online, that’s nothing new. But this year something happened that we haven’t seen before: A National Retail…