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Do you think people suffer from technology dependence? Has Silicon Valley planted viruses in electronic devices making us dependent on what it produces? Like a perpetual illness, are we so dependent …

Mobile Cloud Computing is taking the world by storm as desktop computers fade into oblivion. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, speaking at the Gartner Symposium last October 2010, “hinted,” as EWeek wrote,…

Things are heating up in Washington. No, it’s not reconciling a one trillion plus budget before the government shuts down. It’s consumer mobile privacy and Pandora Media, the Internet radio company t…

(Updated 4/20/2023) TED –founded in 1984–has become the most coveted video stage in the digital content revolution.  Thousands of speakers, coached by the TED staff, share their ideas in front of lar…

Jay Hinman talks about Video Streaming Services When I interviewed Tricia Higgins at  MobiTV about its live video streaming services last year, the company had 10 million customers. That’s grown to o…

Everyone’s talking about tablets. Will the iPad 2 gobble up 80% market share? Apple freaks tweet, post and talk like Steve Jobs: “The iPad is ‘magical, incredible.'” Android-based tablets, like the S…

When you listen to the podcast interview intro and end about mobile speech,  don’t think I’ve changed genders. It’s iSpeech’s voice technology (speech recognition and text-to-speech)  introducing my …

The Times of India today published a summary of  an eye-opening study by Nokia about India mobile apps. In November, 2010, Nokia segmented the country geographically and asked 501 mobile consumers ab…

T-Mobile is hurting financially. Consumers increasingly face wireless carrier domination. Is there enough wireless competition in the U.S.? Would having greater competition reduce mobile charges and …

Have your checked your Facebook privacy page recently? Seen The Social Network movie? If so, you may become concerned about app, game and website marketers’ knowledge of your personal information. Fa…

In her third appearance on MobileBeyond , Joy, one of the most engaging experts in consumer mobile behavior and mobile advertising effectiveness research, talks about the growth of mobile Before gett…

CityVille a Scam? No, you’re not reading one of those affiliate marketing trick blog posts to get you to buy something. I’ve been playing Cityville and FarmVille for a few weeks. And, despite CityVil…

Comcast just announced its new iPad and Android tablet service that brings live, on demand and recorded streaming video to tablet computers. The company, known for its “triple play” services (cable, …

The timing couldn’t be better. My subscriptions to the print and online versions of the Wall Street Journal were up in January and I had already started viewing the WSJ on my new iPad. Today I tested…

 The New York Times reported today that a WiFi Internet service shortage is growing at technical conference presentations. Shared WiFi signal strength dissipates quickly when presenters, reporters an…

  Farmville Glitches Upset My Animals  As I was playing Farmville this morning, I experienced Farmville glitches and crashes. The infamous Cow appeared on my Facebook screen with a message: “Oh no! I…

  What if everyone in the world woke up one morning and all land-line telephones had disappeared? What would happen to global communications if we only had cell phones to make calls? You’ve probably …

Can’t put down your iPad or Samsung Smartphone? Tech gadget obsession may have turned users into  zombie addicts. People who carry multiple cool tech gadgets over at Evernote in Silicon Valley are fe…

Wireless carriers and utility companies are sitting on a goldmine.  Smart meters, which track and transmit residential and business electrical use wirelessly, will generate billions within a few year…

Digital media consumption is growing like uncontrolled weeds. Some love it. Others have a love/hate relationship with the constant urge to “go online.” Facebook, Twitter, emails, blogs, news and ente…