[A few weeks ago, Shahul hameed.M.S an analyst from Broadband Suppliers approached me, suggesting he write a piece about the Information Technology & Innoation Foundation (ITIF) report on the need for speed. I happily obliged. My take? It's not all video after all] Our personal computers are no more just desktop machines that are used for browsing the internet, playing movies and music and chatting. Real time communication, more virtual appearances and meetings, the need for better quality video-on-demand services
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By guest | February 25th, 2010 | Filed under Video Applications
Last week Tsahi wrote a funny post on what Twitter would look like if Microsoft was behind it. Well, I thought to myself – I love Twitter, I love video conferencing – how about writing my own twist on Tsahi’s post, and try to imagine how video conferencing would look if it was built by the Twitter folks… Video Conferencing would be given a much cooler name. Viddo? Confr? Each speaker would be limited to 140 words. After 140
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | November 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Video Conferencing
A recent NY Times article got me thinking. In this article 9 year old Tyler Kennedy was showing the reporter how he searches the Internet. Surprisingly he wasn’t using Google, or any other search engine for that matter. He was using YouTube. Video content is exploding all over the internet. Through user generated video content websites, such as YouTube, online video is shifting from entertainment or infotainment to a serious reference tool, a wealth of knowledge. All around the Internet
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | February 27th, 2009 | Filed under Collaboration
It’s hard for me, for everyone I guess, to remember how our lives looked before the Internet. If I was asked to define what is exactly different, better, in life today vs. life before the Internet, I would say that it’s the distance between us and the information we are seeking that has gotten shorter, both in terms of time and effort. If you suddenly hear a song on the radio – “Still Loving You” for instance, that all-time favorite
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | January 22nd, 2009 | Filed under Innovation
