Skyway West Recommended: May 7th to May 13th
Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, kind of a Digg-lite for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think like we do (internet trends, internet privacy, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want to wait ’til Monday, we usually tweet and link to these as we come across them…
Atlantic Wire: Smart TVs Are Boring; Bring on the Genius TVs
The age of smart TVs is said to have dawned around 2010, when some Internet-hooked up gadgets came out of the January Consumer Electronics show, but it feels like we’re still waiting for a smarter television set. Two years ago, we saw the debut (and failure) of the Google TV. In 2011 smart TVs made up 10 percent of the TV showing at the gadget mecca, up from 8 percent the year before. And by CES 2012 they were everywhere. And we thus got a bunch of blog posts talking up the rise of the smart TV. Today, there are two more additions to the smart TV world, as LG confirmed it would ship two new, better versions of Google’s latest try and Lenovo now selling its 55-inch K91 smart TV to Chinese consumers. If this is the Smart TV era, we may just wait it out until the next era arrives. It shouldn’t be too long. Read More…
Atlantic Wire: Meet the Potential New Instagrams: Video Sharing Apps
Forget Instagram. The real, next big thing in apps is video sharing. Instagram already won the photo war. The masses have moved on. The next It app won’t be an Instagram knock-off, but rather something more animated. “As Instagram has done, these services are swiftly drawing millions of users, as well as big money from top venture capital firms, film stars and angel investors such as Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs,”write The Wall Street Journal‘s Jessica Vascellaro and Spencer Ante, who detail this new trend. Read More…
NY Times: Netflix building a coalition of businesses supporting network neutrality
Imagine a network of private highways that reserved a special lane for Fords to zip through, unencumbered by all the other brands of cars trundling along the clogged, shared lanes. Think of the prices Ford could charge. Think of what would happen to innovation when building the best car mattered less than cutting a deal with the highway’s owners. A few years ago, Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading thinker about the evolution of the “information economy,” warned members of the House judiciary committee that this could be the fate of the Internet. Read More…
Vancouver Province: Telus profit tops estimates on mobile growth
Telus Corp. reported a 6% jump in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, topping estimates on the back of stronger mobile data use among the company’s growing smartphone user base. Read More…
Computer Dealer News: 10 of the worst data breaches include VeriSign, Google and RSA Security
Slideshow: 10 of the Worst Data Breaches.