It’s Not Going Away, People September 14, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : General , add a commentThese issues are as old as the Internet, but I smell something bigger coming down the pike. (For the record, plagiarism is an issue as old as writing itself, but the ‘Net makes it a lot easier to do, and easier to get away with it.)
I really think the winners in the next decade will be ownership aggregators, of hardware IP, software, DRM, etc. Who’s out there doing that now?
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We’re Not the Only Ones… September 13, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : General , add a comment… pushing for ubiquitous broadband, apparently.
File this under “wait and see,” but you have to love the possibility.
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Plugging In…
Posted by Grant Seiffert in : General, Trends, What's New? , add a commentEditor’s Note: TIA President Grant Seiffert writes a weekly President’s Message to members in the Network, TIA’s newsletter. The following is from the September 10th weekly issue.
This November, electronics and technology association leaders from around the world will meet at the 13th annual World Electronics Forum (WEF) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Like last year’s gathering in Hong Kong, the WEF aims to give association directors, presidents and CEOs globally the chance to “discuss major topics of common interest.” It’s where myself and my counterparts from dozens of groups whose aim is to further high tech can network, strengthen business ties for their member companies and kick the tires on nascent international products and services that might otherwise go under the radar.
It’s also a chance to put our industries’ innovativeness and economic strength to good use.
WEF, especially this year, is about so much more than business. It’s about our role as technologists in a new world, and our role as citizens in an old one. Because Israel is such a major hub for religious and cultural pilgrims alike, and because an understanding of Israel means the potential for understanding the world’s greatest political questions, the WEF has decided to include a special tour of the country’s important sites for association leaders in its agenda this year. This means Golan Heights, the Sea of Gallillee, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Haifa, and the Dead Sea among others — all sites where innoavtion and the right regulatory environment are leading to major developments in the electronics community.
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“Social Media” Birthday September 12, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : General, What's New? , add a commentFeliz cumpliaños a Jeff Pulver, who celebrates his first social media birthday today.
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New Broadband Blog September 11, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : General, What's New?, Networking, Policy , 2 commentsThe Internet Innovation Alliance has launched Broadband Hub, a new blog for the discussion of national broadband issues by three of the sector’s heaviest hitters: Larry Irving, President of Irving Information Group, and former head of NTIA under President Clinton; Bruce Mehlman, co-founder of Mehlman & Vogel and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under President G.W. Bush; and Laura Spinning, a longtime industry workhorse with experience at Level 3, USTA, and the office of Senator, and then Vice-President, Gore.
This won’t be just another meaningless rumination on broadband policy. I expect these three, whose combined experience in the sector surpasses the life span of most tech companies, to inform the debates in a major way.
The money line, in an inaugural post about Internet traffic issues:
Internet users collectively create enough new digital information every 15 minutes to fill the Library of Congress.
Perhaps an early question for the new trio to address, courtesy of 463: Broadband rationing?
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Patent Reform September 10, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : What's New?, Policy , add a commentAs predicted by Andrew Noyes of Tech Daily (subscription only) last week in the featured interview for TIA Network, the House passed its patent reform bill only days after it left committee.
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