Apple has unveiled (even online) their latest batch of commercials for the Facetime feature plugged into the iPhone 4.  The commercials without question tag at emotional strings tied to memorable moments in life. The above said, do these videos also disclose something unfortunate about a distant-yet-mediated society? I don’t really know.  You decide.

For a recent Telco 2.0 conference, I decided to try and get a sense of just what proportion of media experiences could be attributed to files acquired through pirated channels as compared to those experiences that are the function of more “traditional” and licensed access channels (e.g., radio and television).  The pirate channel I chose [...]

Recently, it has been argued by a number of people that the age of selling media has passed, and the age of selling access to media has begun.  I have wondered about this claim a bit, and upon digging around it seems that this purchase-to-access proposition is a position that could use some questioning if [...]