Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Check out the new guest post that I wrote on Enabling Voice Communication on Android Apps, for the Safari Books Online blog. It covers how to enable voice communication using the Android SIP Stack/API. Enabling voice communication on Android apps is possible via the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) stack. This protocol originated in 2000 as … Read more
Today I read the following (Strand Consults): “Facebook is killing the mobile operators’ SMS traffic and revenue… The golden days where SMS traffic and revenue simply continued to grow are almost over, as customers are now moving part of their mobile communication traffic over to Facebook.” But I would say it differently: “Facebook *Data* is … Read more
A continuation of one of my favorite research topics, the mobile context and the meaning of interactions, below is my latest as presented at the 2009 Demand Analytics conference — this time with focus on real-time demand data, the consumer and businesses. The audience was mainly category and brand managers for big consumer packaged goods … Read more
Interesting numbers from comScore M:Metrics on mobile consumption/usage for 3 months ending August 2008; see press release: comScore Mobile Benchmark Study of Mobile Media Consumption Three Month Average Ending August 2008 vs. Same Period in 2007 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers Source: comScore M:Metrics Activity Subscribers (000) % Mobile Subscribers % Change News & Info via … Read more
…or, the Network Providers/Operators must be having a blast. The network providers are doing just fine… new cool handsets here and there, handset exclusivity on certain networks, message usage is up, data consumption is up, new services are coming up, very cool applications from web to native, developers and more developers, and prices are up… … Read more