Monthly Archives: December 2010

Why Google Acquires Widevine?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

W3C’s HTML5 FAQ page might give some clues (see screenshot) about why Google buys Widevine, a DRM vendor that powers Netflix among others. What if Google adds DRM to HTML5 video? Google did something similar when they bought On2 and open-sourced … Continue reading →

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HTML5 and Netflix

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Netflix explains in this post how they use HTML5 for their UI frontend and logic HTML5 brings to the table, the freedom to create rich, dynamic and interactive experiences for any platform with a web browser. In fact, we’re also … Continue reading →

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The Netflix Storm

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Combine this chart with how Roku, AppleTV, GoogleTV will sell this Xmas, and you have a nightmare after Xmas for Pay-TV and cable operators in US. Comcast knows well. It is easy to see why they had some peering issues … Continue reading →

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Social Vs. Search

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google should worry about this: More people are discovering content through social networks than through search. Anyone that had a website a few years ago knows well that most traffic use to come via Google. This has changed. As the chart … Continue reading →

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HTML5: The Future of the Web is Here

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The clip shows how close HTML5 performance is to that of a native iOS iPad app. Can you believe this is running on a browser? Disruption is not only about technology, it is also about business models. If the App … Continue reading →

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