Category Archives: video

Video is the new Voice

From comic books of the 20’s through to films and television series of the 80’s, the ability to communicate by video has always been in our ‘vision of the future’. Despite video communications being around for years, we still haven’t … Continue reading

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A Tablet by any other name….?

Gaming giant Nintendo has been showing off its next-generation Wii game console in LA and while it looks very futuristic and quite cool, what struck me was its similarity to a Table PC. But it’s not just the look of … Continue reading

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Eric Whitacre’s fascinating use of video…

This is an excellent video about an incredible project. It’s Eric Whitacre, a composer and conductor, talking about his new project following the success of his Lux Aurumque Virtual Choir last year (http://tinyurl.com/yd8owys). From my perspective, this project demonstrates the … Continue reading

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What does it mean to you to be part of a ‘community’?

How many people do you know in your neighborhood? Compare that with the number of people you are friends with on Facebook or the number of people you follow on Twitter? Granted it’s not an ‘apples to apples’ comparison, but … Continue reading

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Broadband is hailed as UK’s biggest tech positive – but what will be next?

So I have to confess I am a bit of a sucker for a good survey. And these days there are surveys about pretty well anything, and often you wonder who it is that they talked to and what planet … Continue reading

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The power of video

This morning I managed to wrestle control of the TV remote control just long enough to watch a little of BBC Breakfast News before my daughters once again insisted on their usual fare of Hannah Montana and similar. And one … Continue reading

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Work is a Thing You Do, Not a Place You Go

In the video below, Delyth Harris, Cisco Head of Borderless Networks Marketing, Europe, talks about creating a more borderless user experience where work is a thing you do and not a place you go.   Delyth Harris summarises the key findings … Continue reading

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The march of the Tablet

Forrester predicts that by the end of this year, Apple will have sold more than 13 million iPads and such is the unstoppable march of the tablet – 30 per cent of IT departments are now piloting or planning to … Continue reading

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The Walkman is dead…. long live the pretender!

Sony confirmed today that the well-loved Walkman is finally dead and will no longer be produced. I was a little surprised to see that it was still being built if I’m honest, but it’s passing is a shame for those … Continue reading

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Will video calls take off?

I read with interest the story in Computing this morning which reported Juniper Research suggesting that less than one in 10 smartphone owners, of which there are apparently 29 million worldwide, will be making mobile video calls by 2015. That started … Continue reading

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