France Archives - Tristan Louis (TNL.net)

You’re a suspect

June 8, 2013PoliticsApple, AT&T, Bank, Boston, Bush administration, cellular telephone, cent, Code, Congress, Crime prevention, digital certificate, email, entrepreneur, Ethics, Europe, Facebook, FBI facility, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government, financials networks, FOIA, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, France, Freedom of Information Act, Google, Internet privacy, law, Mass surveillance, Microsoft, mobile operator, mydata, National security, National Security Agency, NSA, NSA warrantless surveillance controversy, online hacking, online service, Patriot Act, Pentagon, Prime Minister, Privacy, Privacy Act, Privacy of telecommunications, representative, Security, Sprint, spy, Such Agency, Surveillance, Twin Towers, U.S. Congress, UN Court, United Kingdom, United States, US government, Verizon, White House

A free society can exist in a terror-laden world. Here’s what you can do.

No live TV streams: Here’s why?

November 6, 2011Business, MediaABC, AT&T, BET Viacom, Bright House Networks, Broadcasting, cable networks, Cable television, Cable television in the United States, Cable TV, Cablevision, Cablevision Systems Corporation, CBS, CNN, Comcast, Comcast Corporation, Cox, Discovery Communications, Disney 2 Nickelodeon Viacom 3 TNT Time-Warner 4, Disney Channel, Economy of the United States, Entertainment, ESPN, France, Google, Google Inc., Hearst, Hulu, internet live streaming, Internet protocols, internet service, Internet television, IPTV, Mass media, MTV, NBC, NBC Universal, netflix, News Corp., News Corporation, Nickelodeon, online brokerage accounts, online streaming, online travel booking, satellite TV, Scripps Networks, station Total, television, Television in the United States, Time-Warner, TNT, United States, Verizon, Viacom, video on demand, VOIP

Why internet TV live streaming has not yet become a reality.

Mobile Internet Market Size

March 25, 2011Business, TechnologyAndroid, Bangladesh, Brazil, cellular telephone, China, Facebook, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Internet market, Internet Market Size As, internet opportunity, Internet penetration, internet population, Internet Stats, Internet users, iPhone, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, mobile devices, Mobile Internet, Mobile phone, mobile phones, Mobile technology, Mobile telecommunications, Mobile Web, New media, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Smartphone, smartphones, T-mobile, technology leaders, Telephony, Thailand, Turkey, Twitter, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Videotelephony, Wireless

How big is the mobile opportunity?

Nine

September 11, 2010Personal, Politics9/11, Apocalypticism, Bible, Carlos Dominguez, Christian Churches, Christian eschatology, Christian theology, Christianity, David Halderman, David Vera, Florida, France, French government, Gerard Jean Baptiste, Gospel of Matthew, Jeremy Glick, Jesus Christ, king, Mark Ellis, Melissa Vin, Michael DiPasquale, New York, Patrick Henry, Sola fide, Son of Man, Steve Weinberg, The Matthew 25 Network, The Sheep and the Goats, Tolerance, Tom McCann, United States, WTC

9/11 @ 9

Subsidized vs Directly Purchased Media

October 26, 2009Mediaad-subsidized media, Advertising, advertising margin, advocacy type media, BBC, Bloomberg, Business, Communication design, consultant to media outlets, Consumer Reports, consumer-focused media, Criticism of advertising, Design, Dow Jones, Europe, France, Google, Graphic design, ideas, Kaplan, larger media outlets, Media, media consumer, media content, Media In, media operation, media organization, media organizations, media outlet, media outlets, media product, New media, online advertising, online components, online media, online space, paid media model, propaganda tools, subsidized media, Subsidy, the Washington Post, theory, United Kingdom, United States, Visual arts, web media

There are many way to finance media. Today, most media is subsidized. How could that change?

Coins to QQ at Web 2.0

September 19, 2008Business, Politicsachievement point systems, Asia, ATM, Bank, British Columbia, China, chinese government, Currency, eBay, economic food chain, economics, Economist, Egypt, electronic device, euro, Europe, Exchange rate, Fiat, Fiat money, Finance, Force Majeure, Foreign exchange market, fractional reserve banking, France, GBP, Guangdong, History, influences Web, International economics, International trade, iPhone, John Law, Kenya, law sets, leader, Linden Lab, London, metal, metal currency, mobile devices, money, Natural Disaster, New York, Nile, Numismatics, online avatar, online banking report, online character looks, Paypal, peer-to-peer, Person Travel, pharaoh, Philip D'Orleans, point systems, Pound sterling, representative, reserve bank, Richard Nixon, Robert Triffin, smartphones, southeast Asia, Sweden, United States, United States dollar, web interface, Will government

More recent trends could highlight some hypothetical futures for currency.

9-11 at 4

September 11, 2005Personal9/11, Afghan Civil War, Afghan government, Afghanistan, Al Caeda, al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Bin Laden family, Bush, Bush administration, California, cancer, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, federal government, France, George W. Bush, Gulfport, head, Iraq, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Jacques Chirac, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Major, Mississippi, Montana, Natural Disaster, New Orleans, New York, New York City, news network, oil reserve, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, same president, San Francisco, Saudi Arabia, September 11 attacks, Spain, Taliban, Terrorism, transportation, U.S. administration, U.S. government, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, War on Terror, Washington DC, World Trade Center, World Trade Center 7, WTC, Wyoming

9/11 @ 4

Conventional Wisdom: The RNC Hits New York

September 5, 2004Personal, PoliticsActivism, Afghani mission, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, American Civil Liberties Union, Bush administration, Central Intelligence Agency, chemical and nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, civil disobedience, Clinton administration, Congress, designed conspiracy theory site, director, Europe, extreme newspaper, fencing, Flash, France, Freedom of speech, general foreign policy, George Bush, History of the United States, Hyde, Iran, Iraq, John Kerry, John Perry Barlow, journalist, Kuwait, lawyer, leader of a protest group, legal observer, Madison Square Garden, mass hysteria, media people playing, New York City, Occupy movement in the United States, officer, online streaming show, Person Travel, Political riots, Politics of the United States, presidential election, Protest, Protests against the Iraq War, public transportation, Reactions to Occupy Wall Street, Republican National Convention protest activity, Sadam Hussein, Taliban, Tenet, The NY Post, Twin Towers, UN Court, Union Square, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, War Resisters League

A first hand account of the 2004 GOP convention in New York, as seen from the street.

Modular by Design — Telephony

August 12, 2004Business, TechnologyAsia, AT&T, Broadband, Caller ID, cellular telephone, cheaper products, China, Europe, extra services, France, India, Internet infrastructure, mobile phones, Mobile telecommunications, particular phone network, PDA, phone services, Plain Old Telephone Service, telephone, telephone network, telephone offerings, telephone service, telephone service arena, Telephony, United States, Videotelephony, Voice over IP, VOIP, VoIP phone, Vonage, wireless card

Another area where the modular approach is starting to have an impact is in the telephone service arena. Traditionally, telephone service was offered on a land line and was divided into local service, long distance, and extra features like caller ID, call forwarding, etc… The model was predicated on the concept of one device (the phone) receiving a package of services. The mobile phone business started having an impact by untying the phone lines from the wall, making the concept of localization a relatively moot point. Once localization was broken, the differentiation between local and long distance disappeared which left a division only between connectivity and extra features. Since most of the signals going over the air became digital, the cost of delivering extra services dropped to almost nothing, destroying the competitive value of such offerings. While mobile phone service made headway against traditional land lines, a new set of telephone offerings appeared on the Internet: Voice over IP. With VoIP, telephone just becomes a software issue, unbundling telephone from the concept of a telephone network and dropping the connectivity issue altogether. While mobile phones were tied to a particular phone network, VoIP phones are not tied to any network:…

Internet in France 2002: An overview

August 19, 2002Business, Politics, TechnologyAccess, Broadband, Cable Internet access, cable modem, cell phones, Connectivity, digital media, DSL, e - commerce, e-commerce sites, Electronic commerce, EUR, Europe, France, France Télécom, French government, Globalization, heavy Internet users, Internet Access, Internet field, Internet initiative, Internet market, Internet penetration, Internet space, Internet users, Languages, leader, legacy systems, Luxembourg, Man-Made Disaster, Minitel, Modem, networked technology, online catalogs, online space, online versions, Paris, Printing, Standard, United Kingdom, United States, venture capital, Videotex, Wireless, wireless computing, wireless computing revolution, Wireless connectivity While

Last week, I was in France for a short vacation. During that time, I got a chance to talk to people locally and get a better idea as to what was going on within the Internet market in France. Here are a few observations based on my understanding of what is going on. Strong Growth France had been a leader in terms of establishing an information society but was starting to get trapped by its legacy Minitel tool. The Minitel was introduced in France in the late 70s as essentially a precursor to the web. The service allowed users to read online versions of magazines and newspapers, shop in online catalogs, chat, play games, and have access to every government office. In the early 80s, Minitel penetration became so high that the government-owned phone company decided to drop printing of phone books and move that service to the Minitel. Fast forward to the late 90s. France is still on the Minitel and the Internet has gotten wide acceptance in the United States. At that point, Internet penetration in France is sluggish as few people see any value in it. As a result, the French government issued an ambitious plan to…

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