Another salvo was fired in the battle for the future of Internet video today. MPEG LA is making permanent, thats forever, the royalty free use of their license portfolio for AVC/H.264 for free Internet video applications. The moratorium for payment was to be reconsidered in 2014 and recently extended to 2015 but as they say […]
H.264 Opens Up a Free & Clear Video Codec Landscape
By Garrett Cobarr | August 26, 2010 | Machine Logic
Finally, WiFi Coming with New Apple iPhones in China
By Garrett Cobarr | August 7, 2010 | Mobile Nature
It has been a Long March to put WiFi on the Apple iPhones released in China, but starting next Monday, August 9, all new iPhones will be equipped with WiFi. Chinese regulators prevented WiFi abilities on mobile devices while authorities attempted to get their own WAPI standard adopted. A combination of Western patience and Chinese pragmatism […]
iPad International Data Plans, Will Cost Deflect User Acceptance?
By Garrett Cobarr | July 31, 2010 | Mobile Nature
The acceptance or rejection of a device or user pattern is not just dependent on great industrial design, interface and user experience -price and availability can be just as much a part of user experience. A successful product acceptance and the subsequent user pattern change depends on many factors. None can be ignored if the […]
New Broadband Service Coming to United States, LightSquared
By Garrett Cobarr | July 22, 2010 | Raw Economics, Visible Future
With a $7 billion investment, from hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, LightSquared has announced plans to build a coast-to-coast, wireless broadband network. A wholesale only service, based on a mix of terrestrial and satellite networks. They plan to have the system launched by late 2011 and cover 92% of the US by 2015. In a telecom era […]
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