MobileMedia (MobileMedia) on MeFeedia. Africa: Failed ICT Development Projects - Sweeping It Under the Carpet and Moving On? The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) has become increasingly widespread.
Even in remote villages in developing countries there are more and more people who have access to a mobile phone. ICTs have the potential to make development projects more efficient, lower costs and improve the quality of service delivery. Therefore, it does not come as a surprise that the development community and national governments have enthusiastically embarked on ever more ICT projects in health, agriculture, e-governance, education and many more. Nigeria: Ericsson Sees Smartphone Doubling Mobile Data Traffic. Report of recent survey conducted by Ericsson has predicted that the 40 per cent sale of smartphones in the third quarter of 2012 was an indication that the growth of smartphones will soon overtake mobile data traffic.
The study also showed smartphones is expected to grow 12 times between 2012 and 2018, driven mainly by video as total mobile subscriptions were expected to reach 6.6 billion in 2012 and 9.3 billion in 2018. The survey revealed that there were an additional 13 million Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscriptions in the third quarter of 2012, and that the numbers were predicted to reach 1.6 billion by 2018. According to the latest Ericsson mobility report, formerly known as the 'Ericsson Traffic and Market Report', "approximately 40 per cent of all phones sold globally in the third quarter of 2012 were smartphones. Mobility-report-november-2012.pdf (application/pdf Object) New Mobile Usage Statistics From Ericsson Show Rapid Smartphone Uptake and Doubling of Mobile Data Traffic.
From the News Release: Approximately 40 percent of all phones sold in Q3 2012 were smartphones and the growth of smartphone data traffic is expected to exceed the overall averageMobile data traffic doubled between Q3 2011 and Q3 2012, and is expected to grow 12 times between 2012 and 2018, driven mainly by videoTotal mobile subscriptions are expected to reach 6.6 billion in 2012 and 9.3 billion in 2018There were an additional 13 million LTE subscriptions in Q3 2012, and numbers are predicted to reach 1.6 billion by 2018Total mobile subscriptions are expected to reach 6.6 billion by the end of 2012 and 9.3 billion by the end of 2018.
These figures do not include machine-to-machine (M2M) subscriptions. China alone accounted for about 35 percent of net additions during Q3, with about 40 million additional subscriptions. Brazil (9 million), Indonesia (7 million), and the Philippines (5 million) followed in terms of net additions. Ericsson Mobility Report, November 2012. Forums. Schedule.
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But Needham & Co. analyst Laura Martin estimated in a report on Friday that it could add $12 billion in annual revenue to the U.S. TV ecosystem as it continues to be rolled out over the next 3-5 years. "These dollars dwarf any near-term revenue streams from digital platforms (Hulu, YouTube etc)," she wrote. "Additionally, these are low risk dollars as adding services to the TV bundle suggests additional revenue rather than economic cannibalization. " The largest publicly traded content owners could see the addition of approximately $10 billion per year of advertising revenue, or 12 percent of their total, Martin suggested.
Location proximity media. Arcade Fire Video Uses Google Maps to Bring You Home. Indie rock band Arcade Fire used HTML5 and the Google Maps API in its latest video to transport us to the neighborhood we grew up in.
Director Chris Milk worked with the Google Chrome team to blend music, art, and place into an interactive experience called The Wilderness Downtown. The video mashup takes us into the memories of our youth through Street View and 3D rendered map tiles. Visitors to the site enter an address for the street they grew up on. They then wait for the video to be rendered using that location. The mashup seems to work best in larger cities where the needed Street View and map data are more likely to exist. After the experience finishes rendering you are treated to a video of vague running figure in a hoodie that presumably represents you.
The production renders, zooms, and rotates map tiles in a scripted 3d environment to create the feeling of motion. The rendering engine is aware of more than just map tiles and Street View content.
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