InfoTech/Wireless Link Roundup
08Oct07
‘One city after another has either canceled deployments or offered a product that’s hardly up to the hype. In Houston, Chicago, St. Louis, and even San Francisco, once-promising projects are in trouble. What happened—was the idea all wrong?’
‘The world may end up with a digital map monopoly, as users migrate to the provider with the most comprehensive data and then further strengthen its position by adding information … Such worries have given rise to a nascent ‘open-map’ movement’
‘We have built a public Wi-Fi network and 12 Wireless Cities already, but today we are saying to customers, let’s build a Wi-Fi community together, which covers everywhere and serves everyone,’ Interesting move from BT, with FON
‘Internet web 2.0 people think that it [mobile usage] will become mobile 2.0,’ he said. ‘If you think that the mobile phone will be internet on the mobile then you are not right’.
‘Low-tech alternative to chip and PIN already has card issuers, banks, schools and councils interested … A new system to provide an alternative to chip and PIN and other two-factor authentication schemes has been launched today.’
‘All three—the internet telephone firm (Skype), the video site (YouTube) and the social network (Facebook) —make almost no money. EBay’s disappointment with Skype is a timely reminder of where this fad might lead.’
Via CityofSound Del.icio.us