I don't need to be your "friend," but I would like my real friends to be able to find ME, not some other Phil Harvey. That's why I'm using Google Profile and Twitter, but tapping the brakes on Facebook and giving up on LinkedIn.
AT&T showed off lots of improvements to its IPTV service this week. The overall message: IP, Good! Cable, Bad! Phil predicts what it all means for the broadcast proletariat.
At The Cable Show in LA, Phil concludes that it doesn't matter how cable companies label mobility – if they don't have it in their DNA, consumers will eventually leave them. Eyes on the road, Phil!
Four things stuck out at CTIA: Sprint's scramble for subscribers, Clearwire's 4G difference, consumer-friendly marketing, and a rise of content and application aggregators.
Comcast and other broadband providers just might exempt content they own from counting against consumer Internet usage caps. Would that make their broadband services more desirable?
Broadband providers could provide some remarkable services using intelligent home gateways. But if they wait too long, device makers will offer them anyway, and make broadband even more of a commodity.
No one's making a killing writing mobile apps, but it's a big deal that AT&T is opening its U-verse platform for application developers. Also, I reveal my "fantasy apps," in case any developers are watching.
New gateways are allowing service providers to sell a set of services (an experience) over any broadband connection – even those outside their physical broadband networks.
CEO is betting that ISPs will stymie online downloads of video games by switching from all-you-can-eat Internet pricing to per-bit charges in the near future.
What does a $0.62 refund check from a service provider mean? It could mean that, unlike Google, Amazon, and Apple, telcos aren't ready to use what they know about their customers to sell better, more personalized services.
Comparing Internet services is tough because service providers price and market their services based on a best-case scenario connection that most consumers will never enjoy.
Verizon is making a big noise about making its wireless network open, but how will we measure if they've been successful? Do we count devices? Applications? Or just take their word for it?
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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