October 2013 – At the Fox Theater in Redwood City, the AlwaysOn team had their 2013 look at directions in mobile and also announced their new visibility on the web. The event used a new event format with the “powerplayer” members (top 1% movers and shakers in the industry) seated in tables at the front…
September 26, 2013, Churchill Club, Santa Clara, CA—Geoffrey Moore acted as the master of ceremonies and occasional interviewer for the awardees at this event. Following some light entertainment, the Churchill Club awarded small bowler hats to various people. The Game Changer award is given for indispensable technology and business innovation to Tesla Motors. The spirit…
September 12, 2013, Intel Developer Forum, San Francisco—Genevieve Bell, director of interactivity, described one view of the future that differs considerably from the clean, high-technology look of the commercials. The anthropologist is responsible for defining product directions and the possible technologies that can make them possible. Their efforts are to investigate the people and the…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Richard Shim from NPD DisplaySearch talked about changes in mobile devices and the trends that they are generating. The mobile spaces are constantly evolving, requiring new definitions, i.e. phones are any mobile device that can make an ordinary phone call. The changes in mobile devices are…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Richard Shim from NPD DisplaySearch moderated a panel on mobility issues. Panel members were David Moon from AMS and Brian Gally from Qualcomm. Moon talked about the abilities of analog and opto-electrical components in mobile devices. Now, interfaces with i2c are offering easy integration into systems…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Shane Wall from HP looked at the ability for new technologies to disrupt industries. The economic and historical perspectives are useful in considering new technologies. Looking at the trends over the past century saw the emergence of four new communications technologies. All of these new technologies…
July 11, 2013, Motion Tracking Developers’ Conference, San Francisco—Jean-Christophe Eloy from Yole Development presented the trends in MEMS and their applications. The mobile space and many consumer devices are now including MEMS. The mobile space, while requiring a full set of sensors, is looking for greater differentiation in their products. This push is driving the…
June 25, 2013, PCI-SIG Developers’ Forum, Santa Clara, CA—The PCI special interest group is evolving their specifications to include more functions and interface modes. Al Yanes and Ramin Nechati from the PCI-SIG described the new features and specifications for PCI. The main technology is based on PCIe, and with the increasing focus on mobile, created…
June 19, 2013, Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age, SPMTE and SCIEN conference, Stanford, CA—Patrick Griffis from Dolby held a fireside chat with Rod Bogart from Pixar and Ricardo Motta from Nvidia about preserving artistic intent in an Internet world. Content creation is challenged by the requirements for delivery to various devices, especially mobile. The…
June 18, 2013, Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age, SPMTE and SCIEN conference, Stanford, CA—A panel took on the topic of HTML 5 and Canvas for the interactive Internet. The program chair and moderator was Jan Skoglund from Google. Speakers included Hugh Finnan from Google, Jet Villegas from Mozilla, and Dirk Schulze from Adobe. Schulze…