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Are Internet-Connected TVs Nearing Saturation?
Nearly three-quarters of all American broadband households have at least one television set that is connected to the Internet, The Diffusion Group (TDG) reported this week.This represents 50% overall...
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Groundhog Day: Is Technology Advancing or Hindering Our Personal Relationships?
My closest friends will confirm that I am sometimes not the quickest to pick up on unspoken social cues. While I am capable of deciphering certain FCC-type codes (for example, when the FCC says,...
View ArticleRTIME 2017 Daily Recap - Day 1
Welcome to the first RTIME 2017 Daily Recap. Building your brand's reputation.Learning how the evolution of precision agriculture is changing the way we feed the world. Engineering a strategy to...
View ArticleRTIME 2017 Daily Recap - Day 2
Day 2 was jampacked with incredible energy and riveting information. Today, we:Recognized Doug Boone's term as NTCA Board president. Heard the latest business developments from Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA...
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A Snapshot of NTCA Members' Wireless Successes
NTCA members continue to make advances in bringing wireless service to their customers, despite the numerous inherent obstacles, according to the just-released NTCA 2016 Wireless Survey...
View ArticleRTIME 2017 Daily Recap - Day 3
Day 3 was filled with energy and buzz of thoughtful discussion and exchanging of ideas through a number of roundtable discussions after absorbing two and half days of complelling programming. Today,...
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RTIME 2017 has come to a close. These last 4 days has brought together an industry of innovation, synergy and passion for the rural broadband services. We’ve learned and collaborated on topics such as...
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This is Why Your Burger Receipt Sported a Robot
Image from Stackoverflowin's Twitter feed Mid-way through my senior year of high school, the administration attempted to crack down on the proliferation of unauthorized keys circulating throughout...
View ArticleWhat’s Behind Great Leadership
Often times in our leadership roles, we get bogged down by industry essentials, regulatory changes or technology struggles. It becomes imperative to our roles and to the success of our companies that...
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The Password is...Passwords
In the “it comes as no surprise” department: a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of Americans have personally experienced some type of hacking of their personal...
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Your 1980s Calculator Watch Did Not Presage Current Tech Design
If the spirit moves you and your memory reaches back far enough, think about the day you saw your first Compucron, Seiko, Pulsar, or Casio calculator watch. Then think about how convenient (or...
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Elmer’s Glue Sales Doubled in December, and Social Media Has Something to do...
The last day of the R-TIME meeting proved challenging for many travelers, especially those headed east where winter storm predictions were prompting airlines to cancel flights early and often. While...
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If You Provide It...They Will Stay
More than three-quarters of consumers would prefer their ISP to provide their Wi-Fi equipment as opposed to buying it themselves, a new survey from AirTies reveals.In addition, 43% of survey...
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Danger...Danger Will Robinson!
As most of us head happily toward our increasingly Internet of Things (IoT) future, we tend to think only of the seemingly unlimited opportunities new technology will offer us. Few, if any, of us...
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Algorithms Support the Proposition That I Will Never Order Anything but the...
Everything is relative. Even video.I was raised with a quiet yet ever-present (if even unspoken) philosophy that it was better to be outside biking or playing ball than indoors watching TV. And, if...
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Why Are Cord Cutters Cutting Cords?
It’s no secret that more and more American households are doing without pay-TV service. Market research firm GfK has estimated the percentage of cord cutting households in the U.S. to be as high as...
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Like a Snowball Rolling Down a Hill
It certainly seems like the pace of technological disruption in our lives continues to increase over time—now, the Pew Research Center has quantified it. In a series of recently-released fact sheets,...
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Sports Audiences Slide, But It's Not the Slide MLB Desires
Depending on your tastes, the phrase “Jepsen awful throw” might refer to either Carly Rae Jepsen’s first pitch at Tropicana Field in 2103 or Kevin Jepsen’s game-losing overthrow on an intentional...
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There is a Trojan Horse in Your House
About a week ago, I was asked if I owned a certain smart-home device. I replied, “No, but within a few months I probably will.There is little doubt that smart home tech is a growing field, and that...
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The Incredible Stickiness of Bundling
Never underestimate the power of tying things to other things. Case in point: the most recent results from an annual Deloitte survey show that 74% of U.S. households still subscribe to pay TV such as...
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