Archive for the ‘7th Mass Media’ Category

Pop Idol: commerce, culture, community, connectivity

Sunday, October 1st, 2006smlxl has produced a whitepaper on the phenomenon of Pop Idol, if you would like a pdf of the full document you can download it hereIts insights and conclusions point to a new way of creating value, experience and inviting ...

Taipei is one of the world’s most connected cities

Saturday, September 30th, 2006Taipei is one of the world's most connected cities. Personal computer usage in Taiwan is high, with 88 per cent of households using a computer - and 83.6 per cent using the internet, compared with around 65 per cent ...

First Tuesday in Jo’burg discusses the future of communications

Friday, August 11th, 2006and present was my good friend and co-author Tomi Ahonen describing PC's like Zeppelins when air travel started to get off the ground. Nice analogy Tomi :-)Business ignores mobile Internet at its peril is the headline at Moneyweb ...

The dream of the personal computer aka the world is mobile

Saturday, July 29th, 2006From the Economist July 29th.On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job.Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them to ...

The dream of the personal computer

Saturday, July 29th, 2006From the Economist July 29th. On the PC's 25th birthday, The Economist leader article says. The IBM PC helped to democratise computing. Now to finish the job.Merchants in Zambia use mobile phones for banking; farmers in Senegal use them ...

Placeless but permanently connected

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Interesting thought from smartspace via wireless watchRamo pointed out that he could very well meet the same people he knows through business in several locations around the planet in a short time. Again, I have experienced this a lot ...

iPod radio transmitters may become legal

Monday, July 17th, 2006Gadgets which play music held on iPods over FM radios are set to become legal in the UK. Devices such as the iTrip plug into MP3 players and connect them wirelessly to radios in cars and homes. Despite being ...

Mobile music users surpass online by 2010

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006While mobile music adoption remains low, IDC forecasts that U.S. wireless music services will have over 50 million users and generate more than a billion dollars in revenue in 2010, just 5 years after appearing in late 2005Via IDC

Myspace writing ourselves into existence

Friday, July 7th, 2006NOTE MYSPACE.COM HAS A HIGHER NIELSEN RATING THAN MTVA community will only evolve when a people control their own communicationsIn The man who put teenagers' lives onlineA glimpse into the world of Chris ...

The young disengage with politics

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006A study co-produced by the study co-produced by the Hansard Society on e-democracy and OfCom investigates why young people are not engaging with the political processHowever it is important to be realistic about the obstacles facing young ...

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