When big media corporations can’t reach agreements on their business arrangements, with the result that popular channels go blank on cable television systems, cutting off millions of subscribers, what’s to be done?
The remedy may or may …
‘Telecommunications’ Archive
Semiconductors in 2009: Better than expected
by Jeff Dorsch, February 9, 2010, 12:06 pmThanks to a surge in sales late in the year, the worldwide semiconductor industry was able to finish 2009 with a total of $226.3 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported last week. That …
The Google phone finally lands; Tablets brought down from the mountaintop
by Jeff Dorsch, January 8, 2010, 4:48 pmWhen the G1 wireless phone arrived in 2008, it was hailed as the vanguard of smartphones, taking advantage of Google’s Android mobile device software. The promise of Android was more fully realized …
Going mobile with Microsoft
by Jeff Dorsch, October 26, 2009, 2:49 pmMicrosoft is such a constant source of news and a rich subject of speculation. The world’s largest software company garnered headlines earlier this month with the launch of Windows 7 and …
Lost in the cloud: Microsoft, T-Mobile embarrassed in service outage
by Jeff Dorsch, October 16, 2009, 2:32 pmUsers of the Sidekick mobile device are closing out a couple weeks of anxiety, conflicting information, and possibly reassurance. It’s an episode in the Information Age that proves something, or proves nothing; it matters a great deal, or it …
OMG. That movie wasn’t very good. LOL.
by Adam Anderson, October 1, 2009, 11:10 amHow do you hear about movies? See a preview on TV that piques your interest? Annoyed by that online movie banner ad eclipsing your entire monitor? Maybe you overheard that annoying “movie dude” at work talking up his latest …
Big news in smartphones
by Jeff Dorsch, September 29, 2009, 3:50 pmAnd the big news in smartphones is that I have one now.
I just got a myTouch 3G phone from T-Mobile USA. I’m very happy with the phone and with the service, which …
Senate hearing today to discuss the future of music on public airwaves…
by Adam Anderson, August 4, 2009, 11:48 amThere’s been an interesting story unfolding in the world of music, and I am puzzled why I haven’t seen it on any of the major news outlets this week. Today the Senate Judiciary Committee is conducting a hearing …
Smartphones abound, giving the iPhone competition
by Jeff Dorsch, June 24, 2009, 10:58 amNews item: Apple and AT&T sold more than 1 million new iPhones in the first weekend of availability for the iPhone 3GS.
Yes, if it’s midyear, there must be a new iPhone model to drive Apple fans crazy and make them rush …
