This is 2012, not 1996. NBC has put all of the events live online, provided you have a cable subscription, but won’t have them available recorded online and won’t air many events, including the most high-profile ones, until a primetime tape delay.
This isn’t a new strategy, just a dumb, outdated one.
This isn’t just the first social Olympics; it’s the first Olympics where we can see in real time the dysfunction of the broadcast monopoly
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) July 28, 2012
Sums it up pretty well. We’ve already covered the failings of NBC (and the IOC) fairly extensively, but its a topic that bears repeating.
Check out #nbcfailfor a live (gasp, what’s that?) stream
of people’s frustrations with the peacock network.
Now, I like to think that NBC isn’t completely outdated and stupid.
I wanted to Post this Yesterday, right after I saw the "Live" 9:00 am KC - Google annoucement, from a Google + Link posted by the venerable Mike Elgan, he seems to keep track of a lot of Cool Stuff.
(( Like TODAY, Mike has a video link toMicrosoft PixelSense Demo - Airhockey. ))
Sadly, after the Live Feed (from KC) the video was locked down and I couldn't Re-Post it Here.
So Today I'll just Point You over to the CNET Story that lets you have a look-see and listen on You Tube directly.
Wingman
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Google launches Kansas City fiber net, intros Google Fiber TV
The company is showing the broadband and paid TV industry how services should be delivered as it introduces its Google Fiber 1-gigabit-per-second service and a new Google Fiber television service.
Darren's Review on an article that proposed something that could possibly "Save Blackberry" was very interesting.
How to Save RIM: ‘Pull a Reverse Apple’
EarthWeb/Dice co-founder Jack Hidary oversaw a record-breaking IPO in 2007, and he has taken to Fortune to offer some free, unsolicited advice for struggling smartphone vendor Research In Motion (RIMM): “Pull a reverse Apple.”
This autumn, Dell plans to start offering a variant of its Ultrabook XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS pre-installed. The Linux device is specifically intended for developers and is designed to offer a "complete client-to-cloud solution". Dell will install software that implements a micro cloud on the notebook, allowing developers to test their cloud software before uploading it to public cloud deployments.
The Ultrabook running Ubuntu came out of Project Sputnik, which was publicised a few weeks ago and saw various Dell employees evaluate the market potential of such a product.
