Beacons: New, but Not yet Disruptive

“iBeacon” is a new technology currently in the throes of the same questionable phase of adoption and experimentation as products like Google Glass, Nest, and many other technologies in the IoT/context-aware/augmented reality department. The iBeacon is interesting because it has a relatively low barrier to entry, it is a simple enhancement on existing location services … Continue reading Beacons: New, but Not yet Disruptive

Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (#TPRC42)

This weekend I attended the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference in Arlington, Virginia. I am not a policy expert nor a computer scientist- but it was very interesting to see some of "hot spots" of debate and interest in this field. I was most interested to glean a sense of areas of technological developments that are … Continue reading Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (#TPRC42)