Philly skyscraper's huge HD screen wowing visitors

"This city best known to tourists for its historical sites and museums has a surprise new high-tech hit that is developing into a must-see attraction: a huge atrium wall in Philadelphia's newest and tallest skyscraper where a cast of dancers and acrobats seem to come to life."

My buddy's wife took him inside the Comcast building last week. He explained how one side was 1/3 wood paneling and the rest was a plasma screen depicting wood paneling up to the ceiling. At first sight you don't notice the difference until a life size man pushes the panel off the wall on one side and on the other someone does the same. Eventually dancers come out on the screen and the effect gets very dramatic...

WiMAX in Emerging Markets: Operator Lessons in Strategy and Technology - MarketWatch

WiMAX in Emerging Markets: Operator Lessons in Strategy and Technology

Looks like Comcast better hire more lobbyists. Wimax is getting a strong foothold on countries worldwide. It will only be a matter of time before mighty Comcast will have to give us a choice for the internet. Oh of course we have DSL and Wifi as an option now, but they aren't really the best choice. DSL is unbelievably annoying with each company having their own set of install rules. Wifi is a joke city-wise and those who do have it can't use it on a busy day with car stereo and cellphone activity outside.The complaint with cable internet is that the price rises without warning. Well, who's there to stop them or give real competition? That's right, WiMAX...It's Cable internet bashing time...

Comcast's thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp | Digital Media Wire

"While Chirp has launched applications that combine social networking with media consumption, thePlatform said it will not continue Chirp's existing services, but will instead build new community and content discovery features using Chirp technology into its media publishing system."

A while back I discussed how cool the company called Chirp was. I really thought they were going places the way they integrated Flickr and Twitter into a screensaver. I guess Comcast felt the same way! The sad part is that they will totally mesh Chirp technology into their future endeavours without keeping the existing apps.
This reminds me of the time when Disney bought and merged among others, Chilton. Now around that time I also worked there and we were so excited about the potential benefits to working under Disney. Not long after, Chilton was dissolved. A power house of automobile manual publishing gone just like that.

Funny enough, we aren't too worried about Yahoo once Microsoft buys them. We are all honestly worried about Flickr and our precious pictures on their servers. Forget Delicious and the merging of yahoo mail with hotmail. The concern is that MSFT when stick their dirty fingers into our Flickr lemonade, pretending the flavor is still sweet. I know that's nasty but that's what's going to happen....Trust me

Deregulation’s history of empty promises

"Comcast and Verizon lobbied side by side in 2004 to pass legislation in Pennsylvania, so alarmed were they by the city of Philadelphia’s community wireless plans. Now any other city in that state will find it impossible to do the same. In three small neighboring cities in Illinois—St. Charles, Batavia and Geneva—SBC and Comcast fought plans by groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycees to build a community fiber-optic network. The citizens’ group backing the “Fiber for Our Future” referendum went down to political defeat twice, in 2003 and 2004, after a well-funded advertising and misleading public relations campaign."

Well, well, well. I guess we won't see the "Free wireless" setup in Philadelphia any time soon. Oh sure it will happen thanks to Wireless Phladelphia. Sadly though, an uphill battle to benefit us means more profit for the two mentioned above.Thanx for nothing...

'Comcast Center' Officially Opens Its Doors - The newest and tallest addition to Philadelphia's skyline officially opened its doors on Friday.
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