Crowdsourcing and the Design Community
This is an issue that I simply cannot wrap my head around. Spec work appears in the design field infinitely more times than any other industry. It absolutely floors me that people think that…
Retrans-Consent: Be Careful What You Ask For!
By Len Grace
With the recent battle between Cablevision and Disney over Retransmission Consent in New York regarding WABC-TV carriage on Cablevisions 3.1 million subscribers, and thereby producing a coalition of Cable Providers to petition the FCC…
How the Mobile OS Wars Will Be Won
By Alex Calic
The future of the mobile industry is pretty clear- it’s all about data. Data revenues have allowed U.S. carriers to keep subscriber ARPU’s relatively stable in the face of 30% declines in voice revenues…
Why I’m More Interested in the Next iPhone than the iPad [Console Wars]
[Editor’s Note: Pay attention here – chances are that if you do, you’ll be more interested in the iPhone as well. –mrh] It feels like it’s been more than two months since the iPad…
Google Buzz and the Social Inbox War
Google has officially started a war. With the launch of their life-streaming product this week, Buzz, competitors with established mail products such as Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are now officially on notice. Get social…
When Will Techmeme Start Originating Content?
By Tom Foremski
Gabe Rivera’s Techmeme is the news reader of choice for much of the Silicon Valley tech-setters — more so than Techcrunch because it has a much wider selection of articles. I often see Gabe…
Rent-a-Friend: In Search of a Cultural Scapegoat
A friend of Art and I, Dr. Melissa Clothier, put a post up on her blog today talking about an interesting trend in society fueled in part by social media and our ever splintering…
How Heavy Rain Delivers and Fails in the Process [What Is Heavy Rain?]
Heavy Rain is a pivotal game. On its face, because it appears to be exactly the type of game we’ve been asking for: an emotional, character and story driven piece. In many ways, this…
Cisco Announced Router Upgrade – No New SetTop Box or Telepresence
By John Furrier
As reported on Friday I was reporting a huge announcement from Cisco that was dubbed “The Internet will change forever” hype. If you want to track the live blogging of the announcement go here…
Bad Ideas, Part Two: UK is Pulling an FTC Blogger Regs Maneuver
By Tom Foremski
This is astounding: ClickZ in the UK reports: U.K. to Regulate Social Network Marketing – ClickZ Marketers and brands using social networks will soon find their activities in those spaces regulated by the U.K.’s…