Tag Archives: emerging technology
Windows 8 — Powered by HTML5
Microsoft hasn’t always been known for their great support of web standards like HTML, CSS and JavaScript. But their recent efforts with Internet Explorer are a clear indication that Microsoft intends to get back in the browser game (some would argue they already have). While Microsoft may have a long road ahead before catching up to the likes of Mozilla’s Firefox or Google’s Chrome in terms of support for web standards, they’ve shown a clear dedication to improve their browser to support new technologies such as HTML5.
HTML5 has proved itself to be a powerful platform to create rich, dynamic and cross-platform applications, without all the overhead traditional desktop applications typically bring. Google’s embraced the technology with their Chrome OS platform and Apple has (to some degree) on their iOS devices. In an unexpected move, Microsoft demoed the next version of their operating system (codenamed Windows 8 ) with native applications created using HTML5 technologies. Read More
I’ve been away a while, apologies. I little hiatus, but not without reason –
I’ve spent the past four weeks thinking about MOBile mentality and how I’ve fallen susceptible to something I’ve always disliked – regurgitating news and thinking in one space.
Sure I know mobile really well, but I also know social, web, interactive, etc etc. I had to return to why I chose to write about mobile in the first place – it’s the new thing, it’s the next trending thing. The more I write about it, the more apparent it becomes that the trend is catching up to me. What’s next? Well it’s the fringe I love. That bleeding edge the encircles our industry. The bleeding edge is what I would like to capture. And hopefully not just the edge of tech, but the edge of art, of marketing, or our industry.
So a reformat is necessary.
There’s always new ways of solving problems as technology evolves. It might be mobile, it might be a new startup, technology, or piece of hardware, it might be a new philosophy, but whatever it might be there’s a discussion there. And it’s these discussions that are important.
So MOBile mentality will go the way of the minidisk, and will reboot as a post called “What’s Next” whenever there are ideas to share. Did you think I was going to say UMD?
We all know that April showers bring May flowers — there were certainly a few storms up in “The Cloud” last month. Cloud services going down, sites taken offline and data is being stolen. Let’s hope May brings those flowers it promised.
Amazon’s EC2 and RDS Services Go Down — Takes Netflix, Foursquare and Reddit With It
On top of books, furniture and Kindles, Amazon also sells a comprehensive suite Web Services used by a number of big players along with thousands of smaller ones. These web services are often used by developers and application maintainers to help alleviate some of the struggles often encountered when trying to “scale up” their web apps by deploying them to Amazon’s “cloud”. Well two of those services (EC2 and RDS) went down on April 21st, and they went down hard.
The outage took out sites like Netflix, Foursquare and Reddit for several hours (and some cases even days). Blame’s been placed on developers improperly using Amazon’s Web Services since sites like Twilio were unaffected, others say the customers shouldn’t be blamed. Either way, it’s clear both Amazon and website owners learned a lot this past month.
Our digital industry is on the verge of literally erupting tomorrow when South by Southwest Interactive begins. Whether or not you’ve been there before, there’s no question of you’ve heard of it. A convergence of thousands in Austin, TX to celebrate and debate emerging technology and digital trends. Complete with tweeting/blogging/uploading frenzy that no telecom network can keep up with.
SxCM
As you can expect, CM will most certainly be present. We’ve got 13 people from across our company, led by two of our executives, currently on their way to sunny Texas. We encourage you to follow these folks directly on Twitter, not just for SxSW, but because they’re some of our best.
Chris Gokiert (@cgokiert) – President
Darren Delichte (@darrendelichte) – Executive Creative Director
Beth Kelley (@bethkelley56) – Account Manager
Darren Wood (@sevenbitme) – Sr. Designer
Dave Vieser (@dvieser) – Tech Director
Jeana Anderson (@jeanaanderson) – Social Media Manager
Jim Kim (@jimkim) – Creative Director
Johnathan Bonnell (@digitalinfant) – Planner
Kerry Janes (@kjsxsw) – Planning Director
Kristie Brown (@klbrown99) – Account Manager
Leif Fescenmeyer (@ebreakdown) – Community Moderator
Natalie Prout (n/a) – Associate Planner
Richard Tseng (@richardtseng) – Copywriter
Stacey Perkins (@slperkins80) – Account Manager
Zach Graham (@zachgraham) – Sr. Planner
Wanna keep in the loop?
If you CM is a brand you know and trust, we highly recommend you follow us for the latest scoop during the next four days. We’ll of course share some content here, but you can also follow us on Twitter (#cmsxsw) or on Facebook. Twitter will serve up-to-the-minute quotes and sightings. Facebook will give you a visual with videos and pics. And this won’t just be your standard “session recap.”
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