Mobile TV Becoming Big in Asia
South Korea now has ONE MILLION mobile TV subscribers. On average, South Korean mobile TV subscribers watch about one hour of TV programming per day on their phones. Japan entered the commercial mobile TV arena in March 2006. China plans plans to have a robust mobile...Broadband usage grows at unprecedented rates
Broadband usage continues to grow at unprecedented rates. See various charts showing how the US stacks up against other countries. This growth sometimes makes us assume that nearly everyone has broadband. But remember that only half the LDS households in the USA and...Web Users Create Content
“The content of the Internet, and who is creating it, is changing.” That’s the lead sentence from today’s eMarketer story. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, user-generated content sites comprise five out of the top 10 fastest-growing Web...Online Video becomes HOTTER as Broadband Grows
13 million households viewed online content in 2005. The technology research firm In-Stat believes that will grow to 131 million households by the year 2010. One of the drivers behind this growth is the widespread adoption of broadband. In-stat predicts broadband will...RSS Feeds of Church Content
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is used to distribute regularly-updated Internet content (such as news headlines, blogs, and wikis). People subscribe for free to RSS feeds to automatically receive content on their computers without having to constantly visit a Web...How should the Church use Podcasting?
Podcasting is the distribution of audio or video files over the Internet. It is a way to provide learning programs for personal computers and mobile devices so that the audience can listen to audio or video when they want, where they want, and how they want. These...Why use the Internet?
I am ever impressed with a talk that President Spencer W. Kimball gave in 1974 entitled “When the World Will Be Converted” (from an address delivered at a Regional Representatives Seminar, Thursday, April 4, 1974, Ensign, Oct. 1974, 3). In it, he prophesied many...Podcasting Increasing
The latest Nielsen//NetRatings release on podcasting reports that 6.6% of the US adult online population — 9.2 million users — have recently downloaded an audio podcast; and 4% — 5.6 million users — recently downloaded a video podcast. To put that in perspective, the...Blogs, Blogs and More Blogs
According to the latest figures from comScore Media Metrix, blogs are not merely becoming mainstream, they are turning into a flood of information. Or, as iMedia Connection put it, “blogs are now as ubiquitous to the web as reality shows are to...Internet Safety Class at BYU Education Week
BYU Education Week always has great classes. This year, there will be a class on “Internet Safety: Learn and Teach Others to Be Safe” by Ron Schwendiman in the Varsity Theater, Wilkinson Student Center (WSC) Monday, August 21 from 2:00-5:00pm.Semantic Web
In Web 1.0, standards allowed information to describe how it could be presented, exchanged, and repurposed. This created a world of shared information. However, as the Web grows in size and scope, it becomes harder to find what we want, to identify like-minded people...The World is Flat
It’s worth your time to read The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Yes, I know we’re all busy, but you can always get the CD (like I did) and listen to it while commuting. This is the guy who wrote Lexus and the Olive Tree. What Friedman means by “flat”...Web 2.0
The Worldwide Web was invented in 1989. In barely a decade, it had reinvented centuries old businesses, inspired the creation of new ones, and penetrated our homes to become an integrated part of our lives. It has revolutionized the way we work, live, learn, and...Technometria Blog by Phil Windley
Phil Windley’s Technometria blog is a great read for technology issues. Had a great discussion over dinner with him and Ron Schwendiman at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference in Scotland in May 2006 about ways BYU students, faculty, and others can...Follow on social media