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What Google's VP8 Codec Means for the Future of Video Messaging

Since acquiring On2 Technologies in 2010, Google has been waging a battle to unseat the popular h.264 video codec with VP8, a technology it acquired with the On2 acquisition that it intends to release as open-source, royalty-free software. At issue is the cost and ubiquity of video online and in phones and mobile devices.

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A good friend in Washington recently posted this on Facebook: “I follow on Instagram almost all of my 6th grade youth group girls and I am continually amazed at how many of them have public...
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I had an interesting discussion last week with AirPatrol, a company coming out of stealth mode, with regard to their solution to address the BYOD problem. Their approach, which they call “Cognitive...
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Most will agree that despite the enormous amounts spent on secure Web gateways, anti-virus software, cloud-based malware filtering and the like, users are still the weak link in the security chain....
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In the 2009 to 2011 timeframe, there were a number of articles in the trade and popular press about the demise of corporate and personal email. Many believed that email use would dwindle as younger...
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I was recently briefed on Jostle’s People Management platform, an offering that the company refers to as an intranet, but that many might consider to be an enterprise social platform. Jostle’s...
A common role for IT is that of watch guard for users, endlessly trying to educate and train on best practices for security, privacy and regulatory compliance. Making that IT role all the more...
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There is an interesting CNBC article out today that discusses the increased attention that the FBI is giving to tweeters in the financial services industry. Key points from the article...
There is a real risk for marketers to “lose” customers in our current age of the always-connected customer. This seems at first counter to the thought that more online time would mean...
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Users lose control of Facebook, email, Gmail, Yahoo!, Twitter and other online accounts frequently. agreed representatives from Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo!, Responsys and Dropbox during a breakout...
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