Digital Media Buzz
Starting in 2009, Craig McGuire began contributing monthly features and commentary to Digital Media Buzz, a news service created to help digital media professionals keep up with the latest trends, news, discussions and new products and services in the industry. DigitalMediaBuzz.com’s mission is to inform, educate, share ideas and promote discussion about the latest developments in digital media and the future direction of the industry. (Click Here for DMB Craig McGuire Postings.)
Follow the top digital media news, get questions answered by industry experts, discover the newest products, services and technologies, read feature articles from industry leaders and learn about the hottest interactive agencies. Each year brings more game-changing products and services. To be successful, digital media companies and professionals need to keep up with the latest technologies and trends and develop a focused understanding of the changes occurring in the industry.
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Battle of the Brands: Apple vs. Google Rivalry Muscles into Mobile Market (Originally posted Jan. 26, 2010, on Digital Media Buzz.)
It may not be Coke vs. Pepsi. But, what was a budding rivalry between Apple and Google bubbling up for more than a year is now boiling over in a battle in the mobile market. Prior to relatively recent skirmishes, the relationship between Apple and Google could not even be accurately characterized as dueling fremenies. Competitively ambivalent toward each other for years, the two technology leviathans were content to lumber around in their own respective market spheres. During roughly the last 12 months…Click here to Read More.
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eBook Wars Heat Up: Barnes & Noble Adopts ePub Standard; Aligns With Adobe (Originally posted Nov. 17, 2009, on Digital Media Buzz.)
In the latest salvo in the escalating eBook wars, Barnes & Noble recently announced it was standardizing on the open ePub and PDF formats, embedded with “social” digital rights management (DRM) content protection. With this move, B&N is embracing the cross-platform Adobe solution accepted by nearly 100 providers, including Sony (announced in August it plans to convert its eBooks to the ePub format by the end of 2009).
However, that group does not include market-leader Amazon, which debuted its popular Kindle 2 in early 2009. Kindle 2 eBooks are available in Amazon’s proprietary AZW format, as well as support for PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. This running battle between Amazon and everyone else is…Click here to Read More.
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Eyes Wide Open: Software Vendors Embrace Open Source (Originally posted Sept. 4, 2009, on Digital Media Buzz.)
Eyeing lower costs and the loyalty of legions of potential users and developers, an increasing number of software vendors are embracing open source strategies. Along with myriad advantages of making their code publicly available, vendors still face formidable technical and legal challenges.
Open source adoption spiked during the last economic recession (2001-2002), driven by antiestablishment sentiment and the necessity to reduce costs, trends that have re-emerged in the current downturn. Today, the dominant open source software solution stack is…Click Here to Read Part 1. Click Here to Read Part 2.
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Can You Hear Me Now? Google Voice Takes on Skype
(Originally posted Aug. 11, 2009, on Digital Media Buzz.)
News emerged recently that Google is planning a web browser-based application for Google Voice to operate on its Apple’s iPhone platform. This apparent about-face comes in the wake of recent scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission, which is looking into Apple’s decision less than two months ago to reject Google Voice — citing the application’s duplication of iPhone features.
According to a new report from New York Times technology writer David Pogue, “Already, Google says it is readying a replacement for the Google Voice app that will offer exactly the same features as the rejected app—except that it will take the form of a specialized, iPhone-shaped web page. For all intents and purposes, it will behave exactly the same as the app would have; you can even install it as an icon on your Home screen.” Google Voice may cut significantly into…Click Here to Read More.
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Got Mobile - Get Smart, Smart phones drive m-commerce (Originally posted May 18, 2009, on Digital Media Buzz.)
Increasing adoption of smart phones is building momentum for suppliers of m-commerce solutions, content/application providers and device manufacturers. Consider that nearly half of the respondents from a recent java.net poll expressed belief that within five years handheld devices and mobile phones will be the preferred modes of connecting to the Internet.
Specifically when asked, “Which device will people use most to connect to the Internet five years from now?,” participants responded…Click Here to Red More.
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