Category: Contributed Tech.pinions

Why My Next Tablet Will Run Windows 8
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Why My Next Tablet Will Run Windows 8

I’ve been using Windows-based tablet computers for almost a decade. I was hooked the moment Bill Gates trotted out Microsoft’s first prototype tablets at a developer event in mid-2001. I got my first tablet, a Fujitsu Stylistic, in 2003 and I’ve carried it or its successors to meetings ever since, migrating along the way from [...]

Published by on April 19, 2012 7:06 am
Why the iPad Will Not Reform Higher Education Anytime Soon
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Why the iPad Will Not Reform Higher Education Anytime Soon

Lindsay Pund is a junior studying English and Business at Whitworth University. She is completing several writing assignments for a class and was given the topic by the Tech.pinions columnists of forming an opinion on iPad and higher education from a college students perspective. Although Apple is clearly making adjustments and trying to modify the [...]

Published by on April 5, 2012 6:05 am
A PC is a Truck and Sometimes You Need a Truck
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A PC is a Truck and Sometimes You Need a Truck

Steve Jobs said of the PC as he was developing his post PC theme, “PCs are going to be like trucks; less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.” Well he was right, if not accurate. A whole lot of trucks are sold. In just the US in February [...]

Published by on April 5, 2012 4:16 am
Digital Reincarnation at it’s Best: Live From Daryl’s House
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Digital Reincarnation at it’s Best: Live From Daryl’s House

Today’s world is fickle, and one of my favorite examples of digital avenues bringing new audiences to the best performers of our time is definitely Live From Daryl’s House, started by Daryl Hall in late 2007. This is music discover at its best, with Hall taking a simple idea and turning it into web gold.

Published by on March 5, 2012 1:36 pm
Fun & Games: Cross Digital Distribution Takes Movies into a Whole New Realm
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Fun & Games: Cross Digital Distribution Takes Movies into a Whole New Realm

As the digital revolution reaches what seems to be an absolute frenzy of technological advances and debuts, more and more we’re seeing the cross-platform promotion and collaboration around product distribution. The latest (and one of the biggest) entries into this virtual world is set to be Suzanne Collins’ popular novel, “The Hunger Games.”

Published by on February 10, 2012 6:00 am
Hulu’s Latest Hot Ticket
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Hulu’s Latest Hot Ticket

When it comes to digital distribution, one of the big online commercial sites for video has certainly been Hulu. In only four short years of life, Hulu has carved out a tremendous niche with a huge tribe of trusting, loyal fans and users.  While Hulu is “independent” to some degree, NBCUniversal, Newscorp and even Disney [...]

Published by on February 6, 2012 5:22 am
Marketing to Moms – a Language Barrier
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Marketing to Moms – a Language Barrier

Before attending the recent CES Show in Las Vegas – my 12th consecutive visit to this, the annual tech pilgrimage. I ventured a prediction to my husband: “As much as I hope this is not the case, based on the PR barrage I have received prior to the event this year, I think many of [...]

Published by on January 26, 2012 2:13 pm
Amazon & the End of the Book
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Amazon & the End of the Book

With the end of the Nook for Barnes & Noble and doom and gloom on expected losses and lowered guidance for fiscal 2012, the company’s stock fell 18 percent. The Nook was the poster child of Barnes & Noble’s in-store growth strategy. It’s nemesis, Amazon, is doling out cash to authors who make their e-books available exclusively [...]

Published by on January 6, 2012 8:56 am
Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing, Part III
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Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing, Part III

This is the third article in a three part series discussing key trends in TV. The first article looked at how new interface technologies are enabling new ways to control our TVs. The second article focused on the multi-screen TV experience. This article focuses on how interactive TV trends are driving the need for improvements [...]

Published by on January 5, 2012 7:10 am
The Tablet Market in 2012: What it Means for Publishers
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The Tablet Market in 2012: What it Means for Publishers

Those who planned their tablet strategies based on the predictions of key analysts and the excitement at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the beginning of 2011 may want to be very wary of the wave of predictions for the 2012 tablet market after 2011 remained iPad dominant. Apple is now expected to sell around [...]

Published by on January 2, 2012 9:35 am
Cool or Not Cool? Bandzoogle and it’s Cool Connection to Direct-to-Fan
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Cool or Not Cool? Bandzoogle and it’s Cool Connection to Direct-to-Fan

I recently inteviewed Dave Cool, the “voice” of Bandzoogle. Dave Cool writes the Bandzoogles blog, well known for inspiring and supporting Bandzoogle’s #1 mission: To make Direct-to-Fan a very real accomplishment for artists and bands everywhere. A big inspiration in the world of musicians and bands, Dave inspires artists to keep control of their content on as many levels as possible and to maximize their fan outreach and merchandising. If you are a musician breaking out in today’s world, this is a must. In the end, however, one thing Cool makes infinitely clear, is that it’s still about doing great work.

Published by on December 3, 2011 2:48 pm
Gaming AMD’s 2012 Strategy
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Gaming AMD’s 2012 Strategy

AMD intends to pursue “growth opportunities” in low-powered devices, emerging markets and Internet-based businesses. There’s an awful lot of mis-guided analysis wafting about regarding AMD’s new strategic direction, which the company says it will make public in February. This piece is to help you (and me) sort through the facts and the opportunities. I last [...]

Published by on November 30, 2011 2:06 pm
Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing – Part II
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Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing – Part II

This is the second article in a three-part series discussing key trends in TV. The first article looked at how new interface technologies are enabling new ways to control our TVs. This article focuses on how the TV experience is changing as we begin to use multiple screens of our PC, phone and tablets together [...]

Published by on November 17, 2011 10:45 am
A Digital Insider Scoffs at Townshend
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A Digital Insider Scoffs at Townshend

As an industry insider – on way more than one level – it’s hard to take Pete Townshend’s comments as anything more than another great artist railing at the system.  Look, in the end, we all have to admit that the system is broken.  That’s one thing that Townshend got right in that interview.  After [...]

Published by on November 8, 2011 9:19 am
Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing
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Interactive TV Trends – How the TV Experience is Changing

The article below is the first in a three part series describing key interactive TV trends. This first article looks at new technologies to control the TV – and how the TVs future ability to recognize users will allow it to tailor content choices and preferences. The second article in the series will examine how [...]

Published by on November 2, 2011 11:40 am
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