When the value of the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. As service providers around the world are continuing their journey to transform themselves to”experience providers“, one potential avenue for increased revenue is creative new partnerships with web service providers, or WSPs. WSPs like Google, Yahoo, MySpace, FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Travelocity, EBay and others, are establishing themselves as essential to…

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…TV set-top box, using a next-generation TV service   Here’s how those services ranked and grew from our initial CLUE report in March 2010: At Home 2008 2009 Index Value Change Percentage Change Social media 22.31 23.27 0.96 4.3% Online video 15.87 16.83 0.96 6.0% Consumer instant messaging 14.33 15.06 0.73 5.1% Next-generation TV 14.13 14.81 0.68 4.8% Online music 12.55 13.69 1.14 9.1% Online gaming 11.76 13.15 1.40 11.9% Consu…

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For those of you who missed Harvard Business Review’s ‘Breakthrough Ideas for 2008′ in February, they managed to aggregate four very salient articles around the ‘gamer disposition’, Alternate Reality games (ARGs)in the workplace, the emerging ‘metaverse’, and the future of emoting avatars. Here is the link. Combined, they present an excellent leading-indicator of the future of the virtual workspace. Be…

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A wireless router allows you to do more than just check email and surf the web. Check out five other things you can do over your home network: 1. Streaming videos and movies to your Internet-enabled television or disc player with the help of the Wireless-N Ethernet Bridge with Dual-Band (WET610N). Once connected to your existing wireless home network, you can use these devices to access premium content and free on-demand entertainment….

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If you’ve ever flown into Las Vegas, you’ve probably done what millions of others around the world do as their planes float toward the runway – look for the Strip to get your bearings. You see the Luxor’s pyramid, the green MGM Grand, and the gold sheen of Mandalay Bay. For many, The Strip is the city’s central landmark. It’s the nucleus of its economy, one that converted its airport to international status an…

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