Industries: Telecommunications

Feb
10

Get Your Head–and Mind–Into the Future

Late last year, I reported mobile web video conferencing was expected to grow 250-fold by 2015. Not surprisingly, I suggested this would impact how a great many people conducted their work. To this end, the field of tele-psychiatry is now taking off. To understand, consider this statement from a professional using tele-confernecing to consult with [...]

Mar
3

Erasing into the Future

“Only the hand that erases can write the truth”. So wrote the German theologian, philosopher and mystic Meister Eckardt more than 800 years ago. They are still good words to live by. In the middle of the 19th century, blackboards were all the rage. In fact, some universities, seeking to gain a competitive advantage, even [...]

Mar
1

Video Killed the Video Star

If a picture is worth a thousand words how much is a picture within a picture worth? That’s the question every video provider should be asking itself because, like this famous picture from Pere Borrell del Caso, there is often more to a picture than meets the eye. Earlier today, I came across a new [...]

Dec
11

Apple’s “Share-Everything” Future

Wired has an excellent article on Apple’s foray into live video streaming. For individuals and businesses interested in contemplating the future, I encourage you to think through the ramifications of “life-logging”—or the idea that more and more people will begin uploading major chunks of their life onto the Internet. For newspapers and media, it will [...]

Mar
27

Jump the Curve Strategy #13: Catch a Wave

(Note to my readers: As promised, I am slowly putting all of my 2008 book, Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies, online. Today’s installment is “Catch a Wave.” The previous 12 strategies are posted below.” On January 26, 2006, a NASA satellite flying in geosynchronous orbit [...]

Mar
10

The Shape-Shifting Phone of the Future

I recently came across this article discussing Intel’s plans for a phone that may within 3-5 years change shapes according to the users needs. It comes with an accompanying video (which is posted below) but rather than watch that video first (it is a little technical), I encourage you to watch this from Nokia first. [...]