It’s Infrastructure, Stupid
I recently interviewed Bob Frankston to add his expert view to my coverage of the FCC NOI on the National Broadband Plan, but what I got instead was an offer to take the Red Pill. So I did. We started with my outline of what I thought were salient points. ”How many times will we, the people, [...]
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1. May 2009
FCC Broadband Plan - Breaking It Down
The FCC’s NOI lists hundreds of questions and areas of investigation considered by the FCC to support the development of a nationwide broadband strategy. The scope of the questions offered in the NOI are breath taking. Even the discussion of how to define broadband is complex. As a first step the questions, …the Commission currently uses the [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2009
Telecommunications as Networking Application: VoIP
Much of the jargon around the US’s broadband decline focuses on the unrealized goals of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 or on the need for improved telecommunications regulation. Bunk! Just as journalism will survive the decline of the news print business, telecommunications service will survive the the Telecommunications business where functional integration has limited voice [...]
Continue reading...27. April 2009
A Call to Action! - FCC Broadband Plan
A plan is underway in the halls of the FCC that will impact your ability to participate in our democracy, to be educated and to earn a living. The FCC received direction from Congress through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the Stimulus Bill, to create a national strategy for broadband and [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2009
Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress 2009 opens today and mobilejones.com offers comprehensive coverage. MWC09 is a European focused event and draws an attendance that is equal to the size of the annual CTIA conference in Las Vegas. Both conferences are produced by mobile operator consortium. MWC is produced by the GSMA and CTIA is the conference name [...]
Continue reading...7. October 2008
Under the Radar: Mobility
Dealmaker Media has announced the first group of presenting companies at their upcoming Under the Radar: Mobility event. On November 12th, a one day conference will feature the presentations of 32 vetted mobile startups. The first group is listed below. Apisphere, LBS platform for mobile apps with a SaaS business model. Avot Media, Intelligent search, near real-time [...]
Continue reading...22. September 2008
$5 Million Funding Pool - Knight News Challenge
What would you do to innovate journalism if you had the funding? The Knight News Challenge is in it’s third year of a five year plan to provide $25 million in grants for geo-focused open source projects which drive innovation in journalism. I’m very excited to be involved in this year’s competition as an application screener along [...]
Continue reading...18. September 2008
Tonchidot delights, confuses at TechCrunch 50
If the winner of the TechCrunch50 were to be chosed on audience cheers alone, Tonchidot’s Sekai Camera would certainly have won by a mile.The Tokyo-based company started as they meant to go on - with much enthusiasm, much gloss and a whole lot of stuff that makes little sense outside of the Akihabara district.The presenter (whose name we [...]
Continue reading...18. September 2008
FlyScreen brings Web Services to the Not-So-Idle Screen
It hardly seems like a week has elapsed since TechCrunch 50 brought together 50 (actually 52) of the best and brightest technology starups the internets have to offer, yet here we are 7 days after everything wrapped up and still information is trickling out.One piece of particular interest is the latest from MOPocket creater Justin Oberman, a mobile application called FlyScreen which [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2008
TechCrunch50 and CTIA
The second annual TechCrunch conference, TechCrunch50, is set to debut 52 startups next week in San Francisco. Along with the startups, TechCrunch has planned an amazing line up speakers from Silicon Valley and Hollywood. The conference is content rich with the schedule for each of the three days, September 8 -10, running from 7:30 AM [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2008
Carnival of the Mobilists #137
Not unlike the rest of the blogosphere and media of all types, the topics dominating conversation in the CoM this week are Twitter and the iPhone. Just last night CNN anchor, Rick Sanchez, asked his Sunday TV broadcast audience for patience, because his head was down as he updated his Twitter account. Sanchez went [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2008
Conventions 2008 and GOP Unconventional
The presidential election of 2004 delivered the first recognition of bloggers into the credentialed coverage of the Democratic and Republican Nation Conventions. That year the DNC hosted 40 bloggers and the RNC let in a mere 12 bloggers. Roll the clock forward to 2008 and the RNC has credentialed nearly 200 bloggers and will not [...]
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The day before the North Carolina State Fair opened in Raleigh the door was open to preview the midway for 2009. The rain and cold didn’t slow down workers putting the final touches on everything from rides to ensuring enough oil was on hand for frying pickles, candy bars, Oreos and even apple pie.
Even the State Fair and those who cover it are making use of mobile technologies for convenience and function. I hope you enjoy the show!
Tim Chang
9. May 2009
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