Richard Martin Blog

Richard Martin Blog: Do Networks Cause Unemployment?

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:51:00 GMT

For years, networking companies have predicted that high-speed networks would raise productivity. Higher productivity = smaller payrolls.

Richard Martin Blog: God’s Not On Your Smartphone

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:57:00 GMT

There are two problems with crypto-religious thinking about technology.

Richard Martin Blog: The Coming Tablet Media Revolution

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:53:00 GMT

Old media will be transformed by the wave of new tablet devices reaching the market over the next 12 months.

Richard Martin Blog: Echostar Eyes Mobile Video - Report

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:30:00 GMT

A Citigroup analyst upgraded the stock based on his prediction that the satellite-TV company move into the mobile video space.

Richard Martin Blog: How Netflix Faced Down the Studios

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:05:00 GMT

Netflix’s share price hit a six-month high today, and it’s now being talked about as a leading candidate for acquisition by Apple.

Richard Martin Blog: Do Subscriber Numbers Really Matter?

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:00:00 GMT

The latest round of figures on subscriber/purchaser growth and losses indicates that such numbers are imperfect gauges for success.

Richard Martin Blog: Cisco’s Umi Costly, But No Mistake

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Anyone who thinks Cisco is releasing this product to sell millions of units is crazy.

Richard Martin Blog: Why The OS Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:43:00 GMT

Essentially, the leading mobile platforms today are all, to one degree or another, Unix-based.

Richard Martin Blog: Can Google Save TV?

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:34:00 GMT

These new competitors might actually be the salvation of TV, not its slayer.

Richard Martin Blog: In Smartphone Wars, Carriers Outgunned

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Beset by new competitors, the carriers flounder like harpooned tuna in this disintermediated world.

Richard Martin Blog: Facebook Phone — Dumb Idea of the Day

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:55:00 GMT

To understand why this is a laughable idea you need look no further than the ill-fated Google Nexus One.

Richard Martin Blog: New Nokia CEO an Odd Choice

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:28:00 GMT

Coming from Microsoft hardly positions him to turn around the world’s largest seller of mobile devices.

Richard Martin: Ethernet Exchanges — Just a Fad?

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:20:00 GMT

One East Coast fiber provider executive shares his skeptical view on the whole Ethernet exchange phenomenon.

Richard Martin Blog: In Disaster, Social Media Fail

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:10:00 GMT

During the fire people were reduced to the oldest form of social networking: gathering outside in the street to talk to each other.

Richard Martin Blog: The Rise of Telecom Nationalism

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:15:00 GMT

In recent weeks nations have enacted laws to control the spread of, and in some cases ban outright, mobile communications.

Richard Martin Blog: Facebook Backlash Fuels Diaspora

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Rivals who offer total user privacy and control are on the rise.

Richard Martin Blog: Google’s Inherent Contradiction

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:05:00 GMT

Google is attempting to become a provider of Web-based unified communications – in other words, a de facto service provider.

Richard Martin Blog: Huawei In The U.S. — Readers Weigh In

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:19:00 GMT

National security aside, competition is always a good thing, wrote one commenter on the VON/xchange LinkedIn group.

Richard Martin Blog: The Problems With Banning Huawei

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:43:00 GMT

In the modern global economy, protectionist policies against major overseas suppliers rarely work.

Richard Martin Blog: Intel-McAfee and the New Security Era

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:20:00 GMT

Intel blew a chance to take advantage of an inflection point in the network security business.