Posts Tagged ‘Google’
April 24th, 2012 • Posted in Conferences, General Observations, Video Clips
In my previous post, I shared the first half of the transcript for my opening keynote speech about the future of television at the PrimeTime conference in Ottawa in March. Below you will find the text for the second half of the complete transcript for my speech. This section focuses on Facebook’s impact on social media, Google’s impressive collection of video properties, and it concludes with speculation about how the future media landscape will be controlled. The final section includes a quick survey of the amazing diversity of original video content on digital platforms. Enjoy.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRANSCRIPT.
To read the first half, click here.
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Tags: Apple, Conferences, digital media, Future of Media, Future of Social Media, future of TV, Google, innovation, Mobile phone, public speaking, social media, social software, speeches, television, Twitter
April 24th, 2012 • Posted in Conferences, Featured, General Observations
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, I gave the opening keynote speech at the CMPA’s PrimeTime conference in Ottawa. My topic was the future of the television. This talk examines the disruption of the old television industry and the rapid emergence of an entirely new ecosystem for digital video.
This clip includes the full video of the speech. I’ve included the text transcript below.
[Topics: second-screen apps, social discovery, over-the-top video OTT, cord-cutting, disruption in cable TV and pay TV, the rise of the new ecosystem, the changes wrought by Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon and other technology giants, and the Motorola acquisition by Google. Also includes discussion about Aereo, Boxee, and other new players.
The following text is the edited transcript of my speech. Continue Reading
Tags: digital media, digital video, Future of Media, Future of Social Media, future of TV, Google, innovation, new media, social media, social software, speeches, television
June 1st, 2011 • Posted in General Observations
Yesterday, Jason McCabe Calacanis invited me to respond to his post “Has Google Been Naughty? Yes. Should the Government Get Involved? No”. You can read responses from Vivek Wadhwa and Robert Scoble along with mine in a handy digest on the Launch blog. The following post is the full text of my response to Calacanis view of Google’s future path.
There’s a predictable cycle in business, at least in the sectors of technology, media and telecommunications.
In the first part of the cycle, companies achieve success by introducing a new service that delights customers: call it the “Value Creation” phase. This is the phase when lots of customers sign up. Remember when you bought your first Windows computer, your first iPod, or your first smartphone? Chances are good that you made the switch at the exact same moment when millions of other people were migrating to these new gizmos, too. Everyone was attracted by a novel combination of utility, cool factor and the right price.
But over time, as the new product/service evolves into our daily habit, some companies are tempted to Continue Reading
Tags: Android, Apple, coercion, cooperation, creativity, debate, Future of Media, future of TV, good ideas, Google, innovation, IPhone, new media, search, Smartphone
January 3rd, 2010 • Posted in General Observations
This week everybody seems to have a Top Ten list to herald the dawn of a new decade. Never one to miss a chance to jump on a rolling bandwagon, I decided to chime in with my own list of the lists that caught my attention.
Did I miss one? Got a suggestion? I’d love to hear it. Post it in the comments, please!
Ten items for the next decade that captivate the Irish rocker’s imagination. Characteristically capricious and wide ranging. Bono zooms from the micro to the macro in this assortment of predictions.. See yesterday’s NYT.
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Tags: Bono, digital media, Google, innovation, new media, New York Times, predictions, social media, tech trends, Techcrunch, the future, top ten lists, Twitter
December 16th, 2009 • Posted in General Observations
- The Motorola Droid features a slide-out keyboard
With the Droid, Motorola and Google have introduced a credible alternative to the iPhone and Apple’s vision of mobility.
Until now, the reaction among handset manufacturers to Apple’s innovation has been pretty disappointing. For more than a year, the best that the wireless phone makers could muster was mere imitation. One measure of the sheer terror Continue Reading
Tags: Android, App Store, Apple, Droid, Google, IPhone, iTunes, mobile innovation, mobile internet, mobile phones, mobility, Motorola, smartphones
