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Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android?

Dwayne Harapnuik — July 29, 2010 — Leave a comment

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=5628&tag=nl.e019

Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android? | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout

In the Tech Sanity Check article/poll Jason Hiner askes if Blackberry OS6 will keep up with iPhone and Android. When I took the poll the nays have it by a significant share. Hiner points out that many Blackberry users are dumping their phones in 2010 for either an iPhone or Android. Those who want the voice capability migrate toward the Android and those who want to much more move toward the iPhone. I dumped my Blackberry for an iPhone over two years ago so you can guess how I voted. I suspect that we are seeing the impact of the disruptive innovation of the iPhone and now Android movement. Time will tell if Blackberry makes it.

Take the poll and read the full article…

In Innovation, iPhone android, blackberry, Disruptive innovation

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Dwayne Harapnuik — July 28, 2010 — Leave a comment

This has enormous potential and could also prove to be one of the next most significant disruptive technologies.

In Video - Wednesday Watchlist gesture, Innovation, mobile, sixth sense

U.S. Copyright Office – Anticircumvention Rulemaking

Dwayne Harapnuik — July 27, 2010 — Leave a comment

U.S. Copyright Office – Anticircumvention Rulemaking via kwout

The Librarian of Congress has announced the following six classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Perhaps the most important change for academia is that access controls on movies on DVD can be circumvented in the following instances:

Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students;
Documentary filmmaking;
Noncommercial videos.

The 5 remaining points also provide greater flexibility in accessing digital content on computers and in programs.

Read the full statement on the US Copyright Office site…

In Announcement, Technology & Culture