The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
Netflix just may be the most annoying entity in online advertising.As you've probably noticed, the movies-by-mail company has mined the Internet with pop-ups, resulting in an unpleasant game of Whac-a-Mole as surfers move from site to site. The ads somehow seem to circumvent pop-up...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Dear Editor, Netflix recently made it possible for people to stream movies and television shows to their personal computers. According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, this is not the end of it. In about a year they are hoping to provide this service through...
Online movie rental giant Netflix Inc. announced plans to roll out a new feature that will allow subscribers to stream movies and television series to their personal computers. The company eventually plans to expand the service to support any Internet-capable device, including mobile phones.Netflix...
Here's everything you need to know about the popularity of WAP advertising: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter has a mobile Web site.Fans of Unilever's butter substitute can now download video content, view recipes and send friends ``Fabio-grams'' featuring the heartthrob-turned-pitchman. The offering, which...
User-generated content and online communities typically conjure images of teens huddled over their computers creating profiles, sharing video clips and flirting. But David Bankston's view of Internet communities includes such unlikely suspects as the U.S. Department of Defense, CH2M Hill, ABC News and the...
