Towards a Federation of Widgets
The result of Facebook’s recent decision to open their API to third party developers is that application providers suddenly have a chance to reach millions of eyeballs with virtually no sales or marketing expense. A clever application can grow virally at a pace never before possible.
One such benefactor of this phenomenon is RockYou, [...]
WSJ on Wireless Network Neutrality
Today’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting article (subscription required) on the current state of the wireless walled garden. It cites several recent clashes between handset vendors and cellcos over the extent to which consumers can use their phones to access non cellco content. Says the Journal:
At stake for consumers are what [...]
BT Powered Mashups at Web 21C – Wow!
Yesterday I mentioned the UK’s functional separation policy that forced BT to segregate its access network from its services business. Today, I decided to look a little closer at BT and Openreach, the network company it spun-off. I had been aware of BT’s leadership in the next generation networking space through its announced [...]
EU Tackles the Dumb Pipe Dilemma
Viviane Reding, the European Union telecoms commissioner, has a plan to hasten the adoption of next generation networking services. In an interview with the Financial Times, Ms. Reding stated that the Commission will consider the introduction of “functional separation” as a possible remedy for competition problems when it meets in July to review the telecom [...]