technologies for the home

Drund

On 03/01/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Google, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, tools, by Daniel Christian

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Drund gives devs & users all-in-one tool for connected devices — from Mashable.com
Dev shop Azork launched Monday Drund, a broad, agnostic development and management platform for apps across all connected devices and browsers.

The platform also has an aspect for users, allowing them to “manage their online life from any Internet connected device,” according to a release.

Cross-platform development, especially in the mobile sector, is something of a rare and difficult promise to make. Developing not only for the two most popular mobile OSes but also for desktops and web browsers is a time- and resource-consuming consuming proposition; but leaning on “all-in-one” dev tools can sometimes lead to messy results and spaghetti code.

Drund makes the promise of “single platform development,” saying that devs can create each app just once and deploy it to any web or mobile browser — including IE, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, and all the mobile browsers, too.

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Some of the innovative technologies from the DEMO Spring 2011 Event

On 03/01/2011, in emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, innovation, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

New technologies introduced at the DEMO Spring 2011 Event
Promising new products and prototypes of 2011 that have never been seen before. These are real products that are ready for market.

February 28:

Consumer Technologies

AboutOne.com from AboutOne, LLC
ecoATM from ecoATM
flyRuby.com from flyRuby.com
Manilla from Manilla
MindWave BrainCubed Education Bundle from NeuroSky
PhotoRocket from PhotoRocket
Primadesk from Primadesk, Inc.
SocialEyes from SocialEyes
Cyclic Variations in Altitude Conditioning™ from CVAC Systems, Inc.
ICaR Expert Systems from ICaR Systems (Alpha Pitch)
KloudDock from InfiniWing, Inc. (Alpha Pitch)
Qffers App from Dvmmy (Alpha Pitch)

Enterprise Technologies

DataRoket from DataRoket, Inc.
GageIn from GageIn, Inc.
Swivel from FaceCake Marketing Technologies
VIOLIN Platform from EMBRIA Technologies
Workface from Workface, Inc.
The Webcam Social Shopper from Zugara
Outline.com from Outline.com (Alpha Pitch)

Cloud Technologies

ApSynth from ApSynth
Cloud9 IDE from Ajax
Defensio for Facebook from Websense
EPflow from EyePredict
Kuggaa from Kuggaa
Nimble from Nimble
Stratosphere from V3
VECTOR™ from HBMG, Inc.

MARCH 1

Social and Media Technologies

eLive from eLive Entertainment
FetchFans.com from Fetch Plus Asia Pacific, Pte. Ltd.
GutCheck from GutCheck
HeyStaks from HeyStaks
Ecobe.com from Ecobe (Alpha Pitch)
Marginize from Marginize
Next Island virtual world from Next Island
OneGoodLove.com from OneGoodLove.com
Pixable Photofeed (on iPad) from Pixable
Speaku from Speaku (Alpha Pitch)
SocialReplay from Silentale
Thoora for Tablets from Thoora
TrendSpottr from TrendSpottr
Viafoura from Viafoura
The Geco from The Geco (Alpha Pitch)

Mobile Technologies

Dynamic Device Identity from mSIGNIA
Guardly from Guardly
HighNote from HighNote
JetStreamHD from Nuvyyo, Inc.
MobileNation from MobileNation
News360 for iPad from News360
Screach from Screenreach Interactive, Ltd.
ShowUhow Product Experience Platform from ShowUhow, Inc.
Small Business iPhone and Android Apps from Bizness Apps
ON Voicefeed from Life Is Better ON

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enterproid.com — work and personal life on a single device

On 02/28/2011, in Asia, emerging technologies, productivity / tips and tricks, technologies for your home, technology (general), UK, United States, workplace, by Daniel Christian

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The Connected Life at Home — from Cisco

On 02/28/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, adult learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, informal learning, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, mobile learning, mobile technologies, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, tools, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:

How will these types of technologies affect what we can do with K-12 education/higher education/workplace training and development? I’d say they will open up a world of new applications and opportunities for those who are ready to innovate; and these types of technologies will move the “Forthcoming Walmart of Education” along.

Above item from:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns934/networking_solutions_market_segment_solution.html

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Mac OS X Lion Preview

On 02/25/2011, in Apple, computer science, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, programming, technologies for your home, by Daniel Christian

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Thunderbolt: Everything you need to know

On 02/24/2011, in Apple, emerging technologies, technologies for your home, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

Thunderbolt: Everything you need to know — from Mashable.com by Charlie White

It might not have seemed like we needed another way to connect computer components, but when you take a look at Thunderbolt, which made its debut on MacBook Pros today, you’ll see it’s going to be a welcome addition.Formerly called Light Peak, this new way of connection displays and peripherals are so much faster than the way we connect things today it will probably take over as the preferred way to hook up drives, monitors and many other devices to Macs and PCs for the next few years. Here’s everything you need to know…

It’s a much faster conduit for file transfer and video: 10 Gbps (gigabits per second), which is about twice as fast as USB 3.0 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0.

…and many more items listed in the article.

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Why Thunderbolt is so important for the MacBook Pro — from Gizmag.com by Tim Hanlon

Tagged with: Apple • emerging technologies • technologies for the home • technology (general)

Five high-tech business trends

On 01/26/2011, in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, mobile technologies, tablets, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, trends, by Daniel Christian

Five high-tech business trends — from Reuters

1. 4G Connectivity

2. Tablet Takeover

3. Apps Everywhere

4. Online Communications

5. Cloud Computing

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How will technologies like AirPlay change education? 24x7x365 access on any device is one possibility..

On 01/17/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), informal learning, innovation, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, simulations, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, training / L&D, transmedia, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, webinars, by Daniel Christian

Addendum on 1-20-11:
The future of the TV is online — from telegraph.co.uk
Your television’s going to get connected, says Matt Warman

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Eight Great Explosions in Video

On 01/12/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital video, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, learning spaces, smart classrooms, technologies for your home, the downsides of how people use tech, by Daniel Christian

Eight Great Explosions in Video — from futurist Thomas Frey

Excerpt:

Video is set to go through an explosive growth phase. The coming years of video development will be defined by what I call the eight great explosions.

1. Explosion of Television Apps

2. Explosion of Video Capture Devices

3. Explosion of Video Display Surfaces

4. Explosion of Video Projection Systems

5. Explosion of Video Content

6. Explosion of Holography

7. Explosion of Video Gaming

8. Explosion of Video Bandwidth and Storage

Final Thoughts
Not everything in the video world will be positive. Today the average child who turns 18 has witnessed over 200,000 violent acts on television. Every year the average child is bombarded with over 20,000 thirty second commercials. And the 1,680 minutes each day that the average child spends in front of their TV is making them increasingly fat, lazy, and prone to disease.

On one hand, television is the great educator, the center of modern culture, and a pipeline into everything happening around us. But at the same time, it is sucking up our time, infringing on our relationships, and keeping us from doing meaningful work.

Television is at once both a massive problem and a massive solution. However, as a medium, television has the capability of solving the problems it creates.

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Relevant to training and education? Yes…I think so.

On 01/03/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, homeschooling/homeschoolers, online learning, technologies for your home, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Manufacturers Turn to Smart TV After 3-D Disappoints — from WSJ (with insert from DSC below)

The idea is to make it easy to shop, surf the Web, (take a class, videoconference with others around the world, gain skills and knowledge, get training on demand) check the weather and traffic and set up customized news pages. Consumers also would have available a variety of other apps for, say, social networking or sharing photos and videos.

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Internet Use Explodes, Occupies As Many Hours As TV

On 12/13/2010, in internet, technologies for your home, by Daniel Christian

Internet Use Explodes, Occupies As Many Hours As TV — from FastCompany.com by Kit Eaton

webtv

A new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime–and while TV’s not going away just yet, this pretty much cements the future of web-based TV.

Forrester has been carrying out this kind of research for years, but this is the first year in its surveys of U.S. consumers–40,000 of them, in this case–that the amount of time spent watching TV has been equalled by time spent online. Both see the average U.S. consumer devoting 13 hours a week.

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Skype hits new usage record

On 11/23/2010, in digital audio, digital video, technologies for your home, videoconferencing, by Daniel Christian

Skype hits new usage record — from Mashable.com by Adam Ostrow

Tagged with: digital audio • digital video • Skype • technologies for the home • videoconferencing

Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 5: Unlimited Internet TV — from Phil Leigh

In short, often there is no reason why modern flat panel TV screens cannot function as giant monitors for up-do-date computers.

Thus a growing number of us are attaching computers to our TVs. The trend is especially prevalent for WiFi enabled computers because they can connect over a home network and thence to the Internet. In such configurations computers – commonly dedicated laptops – function as Internet gateways for televisions. They transform TVs into dual function devices normally controlled from a comfortable viewing distance with ordinary TV remote units.

Also see:

Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 4: Broadcast Reception
Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 3: Televisions
Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 2
Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 1
If you’re tired of paying for television service you’re not alone. The number of domestic pay TV subscribers declined for the first time ever at the end of the June, 2010 calendar quarter. The drop was about 200,000. It declined again at the end of the September quarter by an estimated 100,000. Since there are over 95 million pay TV subscribers, the industry publicly minimizes the significance of the trend reversal. But they are wrong to do so. It’s been a growth business for half a century. It’s run its course and Internet video is the successor.

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What would an “Air Play”-based learning ecosystem look like?

On 11/22/2010, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Daniel S. Christian, homeschooling/homeschoolers, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, online learning, tools, by Daniel Christian

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Apps World: Nov 30-Dec 1, 2010

On 11/22/2010, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, computer science, emerging technologies, human-computer interaction (HCI), mobile technologies, online media, programming, technologies for your home, by Daniel Christian

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