The Web Is Getting Ubiquitous
Two important developments in the first month of the year are enabling the web to move a few steps closer to ubiquity. Most mobile phones do not have a web browser — or if they do have one it likely does not work very well. Generally, the mobile browsing speed has been slow and the […]
Hotel Not On Demand
Some people don’t agree with me that we are only 5% of the way into what we can ultimately expect from the Internet, but everyday I see examples that convince me that it is true. Tonight I visited Hilton Hotels online and tried to reserve a room. I got the following user-friendly message…. We’re sorry […]
FutureScan
Demo will be starting two weeks from today. I am looking forward to seeing all the new gadgets, software, hardware and business ideas and catching up with many friends from the press, consultant, and investing communities. The product introductions that take place will reveal key technology trends over the coming 12 to 18 months. A […]
Music Blues
Two years ago I was confident that it would happen — more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music for 2005. This was triple the year before. For 2007, the number rose to $3B and represented 15% of total music sales up from less than 1% in 2003. People are willing to pay for […]
Power To The People: Still Not Getting It
Open source and open standards are taking hold, big-time. Web access to numerous public and private services are also growing rapidly. The ability to search, find and link to information of all kinds is truly awesome. In spite of this, there are many companies that still seem to be in the dark. GarageTek has a […]
