Looks like Rogers in Canada is being investigated for throttling game data.
News Of The Day 10/28/2011
A bit of a slow day – but with some interesting stuff.
Media:
DirectTV takes its court case with News Corp to the FCC. Not surprising, but remember they're taking on a big company (though my guess is they see News Corp as beleaguered right now). This is one to watch as its about some rather interesting distribution deals – and of course anyone versus News Corp is news indeed. Makes me wonder how many lawyers can specialize JUST in media distribution law . . .
Social Media:
Groupon doesn't exactly seem straight up with their math. Again, plenty of red flags about the company. I am going to be frank – I think they need to be avoided both for employment and investment, they're clearly on the decline and this smells funny. Also if they take a big hit or have a lousy IPO you can guess that's going to scare everyone else off for awhile – which may be good.
Technology:
OK, HP is out of computers, then in, and now it's going after the Macbook Air. Well, not a bad target, so let's see what they've got . . . but still I'm not sure about them. On the other hand the move to Windows 8 tablets is a promising no-brainer for them. Of course maybe right now HP just needs to shut up and do smart stuff – but I'm still iffy.
Video:
Google TV is-a-changing. Look I thought it was pretty neat to start – so this is promising. However I wonder if this timing is also due to Apple's sudden crisis.
Video Games:
Classic RPG Wizardy Reappears on the iPhone. I recall this series from the first game, and it probably does well with a lot of old school revivals. Wonder what else could be recycled from way back when . . .
And finally life imitates 'The Simpsons.' I got nothing.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: So, what truly old school games do you want back?
Frustration Friday: Connection and Disconnection
We're in a very connected world these days. I've got anime from Japan, a new interest in Bowties from the UK, friends in Canada, receipies from India, and an mutual fund trying to navigate the Euromarket. We talk via Facebook and Twitter, Skype and IRC to people all over the planet.
Flash mobs and memes rocket around the world. Protests spring up out of cyberspace. Petitions come into being and are rocketed off electronically.
The world is getting more connected.
It just makes the fact that some people are terribly out of touch and disconnected More Freaking Obvious.
I've watched the entire Occupy Wall Street events lately, and the cluelessness of many people reporting on it was astounding. Look the economy sucks, politics is screwed up, and people are angry – and they're connected and rallying and getting the word out. But I watched people try and map the protests to old stereotypes or actually ask "hey, what's all this about?"
The connected and the disconnected.
Or you can sit with me and watch Bank of America continue to melt down. I'm sure when it finally implo-explo-loads it will be greeted as a SHOCK by many people viewing the insides of their own rectums. On the other hand people like you and I, who stay in touch, have popcorn . . . and vodka. Or sake in my case.
The disconnected and the connected.
What's becoming obvious in this more connected world is how out of touch, insulated, ignorant, and deliberately stupid some groups of people are. There's a lot of contrast when you look at the state of the world.
Dear disconnected people – you look like morons. Oftentime insensitive and unethical morons (which you may be actually). The only flaw?
You're not reading this.
Of course, we can all be out of touch, insulated, ignorant, and deliberately stupid. So perhaps we should try and catch ourselves, but meanwhile it's up to people who are connected – hopefully us – to try and make sure the economy, careers, and the world works.