Estimated to be a $167 billion dollar market, even the (US) Supreme Court’s ruling over the upstart Aereo, streaming television services (as an alternative to being tethered to the ever-dwindling and draconian Cable / Satellite TV offerings in America) show no signs of abating (which in theory should bode well for American consumers*). Note: Asterisk see footnote as this pitch has gone on for a long-time now and has essentially never become a reality.
(Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/7UAwql
Let’s hope that Facebook’s push back is more than just lip-service / a PR-ploy regarding (Social Networking) data access to a fraud related case that the US government has demanded access to for pursuing said case.
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/juMTLZ
A Big Four (Silicon Valley) lawsuit regarding said firms not hiring / poaching, etc. other’s employees raises some interesting questions; such as: if 64,000 plaintiffs were involved what does that say about how finite tech-talent actually is?
(Source) WSJ: http://goo.gl/7UAwql
Jerry Seinfeld’s take on ‘how not to be a jerk in the Digital Age’ offers his distinct perspective on said medium.
(Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/6bOnac
Google Glass is (now) officially for sale via the high-end fashion designer, DVF for the ‘designer’ price of around $1,700.00! Wearable techies rejoice?
(Source) LA Times: http://goo.gl/WgEF20
Although a pioneer in the ‘Cloud-Storage Space’, Microsoft’s OneDrive announcement for their pricing structure puts Dropbox in a difficult position (considering that for $9.99 Google also offers 1TB of space for the same price on Dropbox an end-user only gets 100GB). Granted this is a classic Redmond move: late market entry / loss-leader pricing; however, due to their Desktop dominance it has tended to work for them (which is / will be an unknown within the current post-PC-era). Nevertheless, your move Dropbox…
(Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/HlvArZ
(Perhaps) inspired by The Lego Movie, Lego Fusion (set to launch this fall in America) is the latest trend in (traditional / physical) games whereas any given end-user’s creation can be created, photographed and imported into free online games (further blurring the lines between ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ worlds).
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/YqGd5V
Collaborate.org is a excellent example of utilizing technology in an attempt to make global telecommunications (more) seamless… especially, when lives are hanging in the balance every second counts… whereas various causes / pursuits are greatly enhanced as a result.
(Source) collaborate.org: http://goo.gl/ctCZPI
Given the success of the Twin-V (which was also panned when the company initially announced it) it is possible that Harley-Davidson’s approach to releasing an ‘e-Cycle’ will also be successful (given the firm’s extensive prototyping / alpha-testing methodology, etc.)
(Source) IBT: http://goo.gl/18gGOi
