The big mobile news today is that Mobclix has entered an exclusive deal with Nielsen to help with their analytics.  What does that mean?  The story has been long on extensive product details, which were most succinctly described by Colin Gibbs over at GigaOM: Mobclix has struck a deal to integrate Nielsen’s ad targeting data into its mobile ad exchange, the two announced today, the latest effort to deliver highly targeted mobile ads. The pact allows Mobclix to resell Nielsen’s PRIZM and ConneXions products, which slot consumers into more than 150 segments based on lifestyle and usage patterns. Marketers will be able to target pitches based on a user’s age and gender as well as location, spending power and tech savviness

Each year at CES, queues for taxis, coffee, and lunch always seem to take a month, particularly during the first two days of the show. Pretend it’s still CES…it’s been a long month.  As Editor Rizzn says, you don’t read us for quick snippets, you read us for analysis.  Maybe even insight, at least occasionally. When we left off four weeks ago, I’d just broken the news that magicJack was stirring up the telecom market once again, with the announcement of their forthcoming femtocell, which I (and now most others) call the “femtojack”.  After Dan’s team published their release on the femtojack, I was inundated with a ton of technical and regulatory questions.  I’m not going to attempt to answer them here

Leo Laporte mentioned that anyone can test HTML5 video at http://youtube.com/html5 . I gave it a try and even though it didn't load any quicker, it played better. Right now it's in tests or beta mode so i couldn't go fullscreen. Still though it did work better than usual in the Chrome browser for Linux. Usually I disagree with Apple but i think this time i might owe them an apology. Technically you can view videos on youtube.com via the above link. I guess i should applaud them for being tech forward and waiting for something that hasn't hit the mainstream yet. What confused me was the relationship Apple has with Adobe. Honestly, the commercial content standard comes from Adobe and works its best on Apple products. Do you work on pho

There is some exclusive rumor going around according to PPC Geeks Blog. PPCGeeks is reporting that the a Windows Phone 7 is coming - I call it the wPhone. Note: according to PPCGeeks all the information may not be entirely official, although it's definitely rumor worthy. It is not uncommon for vendors now to leak key news prior to big "noisy" events to get pre-buzz build up. Apple and Google do this all the time. I am a long time fan of Microoft from my old school days so I hope they can pull this off. However, many are questioning Microsoft. They don't reach out to us or anyone in techonlogy from my standpoint and have a very big negative brand image in technology. From my seat Microsoft is a joke. Will someone change my mi

The recent growth of the Iphone, Android (smartphones in general), and now the IPad has put enormous pressure on carriers and bandwidth - the networks.  As the world has come to experience, the mobile web is amazing.  Whether checking Facebook, email, or contacting business and family members, it's a great utility. Here's the problem: the networks are melting under extreme pressure.  Let me explain - the networks that are running this "New Robust Mobile Network" were engineered for cellular phone calls only.  All of these smartphones are running both voice and data now.  5-8 years ago they only were built for voice.  Data requires more frequency.  Some say that a data connection (using iPhone, email etc) is the equivalent to makin

Now that the long-rumored Apple tablet has finally been unveiled as the iPad, we can turn our attention towards figuring out what Apple’s next big product launch might be. Based on the evolution of the company’s devices, software and recent business discussions the answer actually seems pretty clear: Apple should build a true web-enabled home entertainment television experience- the iTV. Here’s why: Apple TV has been a failure. For a company that loves to reference stats regarding the success of its products, Apple has been very reticent about the sales performance of Apple TV, repeatedly referring to the product as “still a hobby.” The device, which competes with over-the-top (video delivering over a broadband network and no

Juniper Networks (JNPR) is announcing some product news around their high end product that delivers 250Gbps and up to 4 Tbps total capacity to release the pressure for providers experiencing rapid grow in their networks. Today, Juniper Networks is announcing a new generation of silicon that enables customers to quickly, efficiently and non-disruptively upgrade existing T Series Core Routers to a full duplex slot capacity of 250 Gbps without service interruption. The new chipset lays the foundation for a total capacity of 4 terabits per second (Tbps) in a single, half-rack system, ensuring that customers can continue to scale the T Series in line with rapidly accelerating service, subscriber and bandwidth growth. Why is This Important

Steven Hodson says I should get over myself: Well you bunch of tech-heads and early adopter dweebs need to get over your ego puffery and delusions of self-importance. Just as with the iPod and the iPhone before it the iPad wasn’t created to give you all a great big woodie. The iPad was created for the cool kids. It was created for the mother living next door. It was created for the student going to college. It was designed for the people in the world who couldn’t give a shit if they can program the next great million dollar app or not. It was created to give people a way to be entertained without having to book a chiropractor appointment from having to lug their laptop around on their travels. I’m uniquely qualified to dispu

Google is announcing new over the air updates to Google Nexus One phones (aka gPhone).   Engadget is reporting that Google is also providing multitouch capability - a much sought after feature of the iPhone and now tablets - iPad.  I've blogged about the 5 reasons why I think the iPad will be successful here.  This is where Google is going with Nexus One. According to Google starting today Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including: Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use yo

How do you save a company that sells products people don't know they need? This has to be the question Steve Jobs has been asking himself ever since he was escorted back to the business he helped create. How do you promote something most consumers don't understand? Something most tech people know has better counterparts? The only way I know is to create a "brand" around it. To make it “cool” or “appealing,” as it were… Is the iPhone cool? How about the new iPad? We all remember growing up and how it felt to want to be cool. To be accepted is a very powerful thing. Was that the Apple co-founder's plan? Was it: “If I'm going to resurrect this company, I have to single handed make people think they need what we s