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| SK Telecom develops phone-controlled cleaning bot |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 7:59 pm |
| Tags: Cleaning, Remote Control, Remotecontrol, Roomba, Sk Telecom, Sktelecom, Vacuum |
| under: Cellphones, Robots SK Telecom, never wanting to be outdone by clever hackers in producing totally useless and bizarre devices that no one really needs, is in the final development stages on a Roomba-style robot that can be controlled by your mobile phone. The circular cleaning bot will be able to receive direction from a phone user on |
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| Ditch The Remote: SK Telecom Cleaning Robot Controlled by Cellphone |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 7:12 pm |
| Tags: Cellphones, Ditch The Remote, Gadgets, Robot, Roomba, Sk Telecom, Vacuum |
| frickin' remote. Well SK Telecom has decided to fix this problem, they are developing a cleaning-robot that is controllable via your cell phone. Not only can you decide where the little bot cleans, but you can also see what it's doing via the built in camera. More pics after the jump. Personally, we'll just live with the few spots that our |
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| Who wears the pants in the iPhone AT&T Wireless relationship? |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:50 am |
| Tags: Appl, Iphone, Ipod, Smart Phone, Smartphone, Telecom, Wireless |
| Filed under: Products and services, Apple Inc (AAPL), AT and T (T), SmartphonesDownloadsquad reports that AT&T's (NYSE: T) AT&T Wireless has dropped Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from the main page of its web site. What does this tell us about which company is driving the partnership. It looks like Apple has the better end of this |
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| JDSU: Still No Future |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Telecom |
| and optical products for the telecom and cable businesses, turned in another lackluster quarter. These are supposed to be the days of broadband expansion and fiber-for-everyone as companies like Verizon (VZ) build out their FiOS system and firms like Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) fight to keep up. And, that is just the business in |
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| JDSU: Still No Future |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Telecom |
| JDSU, which makes communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| IPTV Comes To Life In Europe |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 6:00 am |
| Tags: Telecom |
| and AT&T (T) take note. The telecom companies in Europe are well ahead of the game in putting internet TV over their wires. According to The New York Times, Deutsche Telekom (DT) has wired 40% of German households for internet TV. As The New York Times reports: IPTV's decisive advantage is its ability to link programming with interactive |
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| IPTV Comes To Life In Europe |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 6:00 am |
| Tags: Telecom |
| Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) take note. The telecom companies in Europe are well ahead of the game in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| BROWSE 2.0: 17 ways to improve & sometimes customize, anonymise or share your browsing experience |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 5:32 pm |
| Tags: Web 2 0, Web20, Web 20, Semantic, Telecom, Browse |
| No browser wars to be expected in this generation of the Web, although - strategically speaking - bringing a browser that would better cater to the needs of social media users could be a smart way to captivate audiences in the space of e.g. communities.I am aware that there are some more browsers in the Mozilla/Firefox and Mac schools - AND |
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| COMMUNICATE 2.0: 315 ways to communicate online and to call (over mobile & sometimes over landlines) for free or almost nothing; sometimes anonymously |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 5:09 pm |
| Tags: Web 2 0, Text, Voice, Email, Communicate, Telecom, Phone, Chat |
| (alternatives for old style) telecommunications - thank God; there might come a day where the operators won't be able to rip us off anymore.120+ additions in this update, in italic.2prong - Get email address for 24 hrs2recall* - Record calls on any phone (USA)3bubbles - Add chat to your blog3jam - One to many texting41day - Send your email |
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| COMMUNITY 2.0: 324 ways to find back old friends or make new friends, to share & exchange emotions, opinions, content & other things you care about |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 4:34 pm |
| Tags: Travel, Tag, Community, Social Software, Rate, Blogging, Gay, Networking, Web 2 0, Knowledge Sharing, Employment, Sports, Content Commerce, Widgets, Geo, Communicate, Telecom, Business |
| Since doing things together is the most important denominator of Web 2.0, you'll find many more symptoms of community forming in other categories. But COMMUNITY 2.0 is still a HUGE category.The funny thing with communities is that they've already proven to be attractive to a few hundred million people, but that only a few entrepreneurs really know |
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| DATE 2.0: 31 random samples of flirting, dating & matchmaking web sites |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 10:10 am |
| Tags: Web 2 0, Dating, Web20, Community, Geo, Web 20, Telecom, Date |
| The links below only represent a fragment of the dating market. Although I think that dating isn't even really Web 2.0 (1 to 1-sharing can't be very social, isn't it?), the sector is interesting because it's quite mature, a lot of money is going 'round, and some of that is spent on innovations that sometimes spill over to real 2.0 categories.Of |
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| GAME 2.0: 72 ways to have fun with or make some money on multi-player virtual worlds, in game economies, role playing, augmented reality & contests |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 7:00 am |
| Tags: Web20, Community, Marketing, Software, Identity, Rate, Web 20, Game, Economy, Web 2 0, Content Commerce, Telecom, Gaming, Survey |
| Many online multiplayer games (specifically of the MMORPG kind) already are in a 'Web 3.0' stage. This category will dominate much of the discussion on where interactive media and channels are going for the coming years. The craze around Second Life is proving my point: the best MMORPG's are about being and having.In this list you'll mainly find |
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| GEO 2.0: 124 ways to map, track & navigatepeople, places, experiences, content, media & news - globally - locally & extraterrestrially |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 6:41 am |
| Tags: Video, Photo, Images, Travel, Tag, News, Rate, Audio, Blogging, Geo Location, Game, Real Estate, Lbs, Web 2 0, Write, Collaborate, Geo, Gps, Ecommerce, Telecom |
| Map mash-ups are among the most visible, attractive and popular phenomena in Web 2.0. The list below is limited to the purest examples and to enabling softwares & applications. You'll find many more applications in the other categories of this index, and some more indices in ABOUT 2.0.There are not that many web sites striving to go beyond the |
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| IDENTITY 2.0: 70 ways to find people, to monitor, manage, optimize & protect your web profile, personal data, search results, fame & reputation |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 6:37 pm |
| Tags: Web 2 0, Images, Web20, Web 20, Reputation, Identity, Telecom, Directory Guide |
| Digital profiling and digital identity are among the core issues of our future, but until recently they received relatively little attention - philosophically nor practically. A lot of new initiatives this year, though. 14 new entries in this update (mainly profile aggregators), in italic. 23hq - Store, share & manage photos8hands - Profile |
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| IMAGES 2.0: 181 ways to edit, upload, publish, share & have fun with your photos, illustrations & cartoons, and maybe to syndicate them for money |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 4:19 pm |
| Tags: Photo, Images, Tag, Marketing, Search, Rate, Blogging, Store, Geo Location, Imaging, Publish, Art, Web 2 0, Employment, Content Commerce, Widgets, Cartoon, Email, Geo, Telecom |
| This is one of the biggest 2.0 categories, and by far the most successful one in terms of audience growth and traffic. This of course has to do with the ubiquitousness of electronic cameras. And with millions of moms compiling, managing & sharing their families' photo albums.You could say that massive content sharing on the web started with photo |
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