Tag Archives: Internet

[Chart] Search Vs. Discovery

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

  The chart via Business Insider seems conclusive on the Google versus Facebook war of who is more relevant for online advertisers. When people want to buy something they go first to Google. Full stop. If I want to buy a … Continue reading →

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Why Is Google Acquiring On2?

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google has announced the acquisition of On2, the company that owns some of the video compression codecs widely used in online video, but that were recently losing ground in favor of h.264. Why is Google spending $106 million in purchasing … Continue reading →

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What Country Has Most Internet Users?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

According to comScore and echoed by The Economist, China is the country with most Internet users in the World, accounting for 179.7 million users out of one billion worldwide. The United States of America, until recently the leader, has 163 … Continue reading →

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Is Internet Creating or Destroying Value?

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

As usual in bad times, the debate on whether progress creates or destroys value comes back, as questioned in Martin Varsavsky blog, this time referring to how RSS destroys affects to blogs reducing the amount of displayed advertisement. As Martin … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Disruptions in the Past Twelve Months

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

These are the top hottest five topics that we have covered over the past twelve months with the biggest potential for a disruption in both the Communications Industry and in our habits. 1) Mobile Internet, the Internet way. The iPhone … Continue reading →

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Will Internet TV Kill IPTV?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet TV has definitively arrived and it is here to stay. YouTube crossed the chasm for video on the Internet, and Internet TV is now steadily going mainstream. Here is some piece of evidence: Lean-forward TV gets traction. Mainstream users … Continue reading →

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Mobile Internet Platforms: Do we need a different Web for Mobile?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mobile Mondays dedicated its latest event in Madrid to Mobile Internet Platforms, where my good friend Alex Romero from Yahoo! presented their vision of Mobile Internet. Mobile Internet is finally coming. Unlimited data plans and high speeds (HSDPA, EVDO) are … Continue reading →

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The Internet of Things

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a wireless technology that enables communication between devices over very short distances (less than 10 cm). The technology has been available for a while in the form of contactless (or proximity) cards that are mainly … Continue reading →

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The Future of Telecom: Clouds and Pipes

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet is the paradigm of next generation communications. One of the wonders of Internet is that it allows to de-couple Services/Applications from the access network. e.g. Anyone still uses the email or hosting services from your broadband access supplier? Most … Continue reading →

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Is Chrome Enough to Kill Windows?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Megabytes and megabytes of commentaries after its launch are setting yet one more record on top of Chrome’s top speed marks of one percent market share in one day, and fastest ever browser. Most analysis agree that Chrome is aiming at … Continue reading →

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