World Tech Update, CES Special
This week’s World Tech Update comes to you from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where -
- Samsung unveils new TVs, a 3D home entertainment system, e-readers and an app store.
- Microsoft announces Project Natal availability.
- Intel officially releases its next generation chips.
- Mobile TV hopes to catch on in the US.
- Lenovo shows off a laptop that splits in two.
- iPhone controlled helicopter mixes the physical and virtual worlds.
VideoActive Report
VideoActive Report:
Hulu Adds Search and Analytics, Apple TV-Service Proposal Gets Some Nibbles, Branded Virtual Goods Are Presents for Marketers, Too, Tribal Fusion’s 100-Percent Engagement Guarantee.
Sky’s Tim Hussain on mobile advertising
Tim Hussain, head of mobile advertising at Sky, talks to “Meet the Boss TV” about the health and promise of the mobile advertising industry.
2009 Telecommunication Trend Report
Power is shifting, as social media and mobile communication merge.
Web 2.0 and its impact on telecommunication was the most discussed topic at this years Berlin Telco Summit. Social media has become a massive movement and is fundamentally changing the way people communicate with one another. This development, naturally, has an impact on the telecommunication industry. Understanding Web 2.0 and learning how to connect with people in meaningful ways will be the major challenge for telecommunication companies for years to come.
The Berlin Telco Summit is an initiative of the Berlin-based brand consultancy Musiol Munzinger Sasserath in cooperation with Republic, a Milan-based advertising agency, which is part of the Publicis Network. It took place for the third time on the 16th and 17th of July 2009. It drew together 19 communication and brand strategist representing 21 markets such as Italy, Spain, UK, France, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands as well as the U.S., Mexico, India, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan etc.. The idea of the summit is to connect and exchange the knowledge of experts within agencies of the Publicis Network, as well as independent consultancies, who have substantial experience in the telecommunications industry.
Kenya welcomes first solar-charged mobile phone
Kenya is home to at least 17 million mobile-phone customers, but only one million have regular access to electricity, making it difficult to recharge a mobile phone.
But the first solar-powered handset could change Kenya’s telecommunication industry.
Yahoo! talks Mobile Strategy
Yahoo! talks Mobile Strategy.
Leila Makki speaks to Yahoo! Mobile’s Mitch Lazar about its handset strategy, Google’s recent acquisition of AdMob and emerging mobile trends. Mitch also answers our Twitter questions.
“TV Everywhere” – going Mobile
“TV Everywhere” has broad implications for the content industry.
During the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, co-moderator Rafat Ali posed the question about the prospects of “TV Everywhere.”
Bob Mason, CTO and co-founder of Brightcove and Framk Barbieri, CEO of Transpera answer the question!
What Is Augmented Reality?
CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout previews what’s coming to a smartphone screen near you!
The Progress Project: Mobile Learning Institute
The Progress Project: Improving access to education Mobile Learning Institute (MLI), United States.
theprogressproject.com investigates an initiative that flies firmly in the face of traditional education. Mobile phones, banned in most schools, are here used as a key learning device in the classroom. At a summer camp kids learn to use mobile phones to make a film about the environment.
Social networking goes Mobile in Asia
Asia Report attends the social networking world forum in Singapore where Simon Kearney spoke to Mobile web optimiser Netbiscuits, social networking site Friendster and marketing firm Vöcanic.