Archives for the "Java" tag
It’s About the Customer
Recently, I tried a new application called MediaBridge from Digimarc. The basic concept is that if you have a quickcam or scanner attached to your PC, you can access extra content through a URL embedded within a newspaper or magazine page. Interesting concept as one could see this being used in Internet directories or for [...]
Tags: Customer, Implementation, Java, Trends, usability
In Business
Wireless: A confusing Landscape
New Orleans was very much in the news this week, and not just because of Mardi Gras. In a level of excitement reminiscent of that felt in the early days of the Internet World trade shows, the CTIA Wireless 2000 conference opened its doors. AOL started moving further on its AOL Anywhere Strategy by announcing partnerships [...]
Tags: AOL, HTML, HTTP, Java, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, PDA, Palm, Software, Sony, Standard, WAP, Wireless, XML, e - commerce
In Technology
Transmeta Changes the Landscape
It looks like 2000 is shaping out to be a fascinating year for the technology space. The year kicked off with a bang when AOL announced it was acquiring Time-Warner, changing the Internet landscape by combining .com with a .bam. Today, a second major landscape change happened in the computer industry, as Transmeta, aka Silicon [...]
Tags: IBM, Intel, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Motorola, Palm, Wireless
In Business, Technology
1994-2000: How Things Have Changed
The year was 1994. I had just moved to New York city the previous fall and was caught into the glory of Gotham. In the process, I had managed to start making friends in the online community there. This was the year Mosaic had been born and the first year of the modern net, as far [...]
Tags: AOL, History, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Software, XML, Yahoo, eBay
