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The Telecom Digest for December 18, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 294 : "text" Format
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:33:17 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
Message-ID: <p06240833ccf4da89b24f@[10.0.1.9]>
The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
For a large range of practically useful cases, MIT researchers find a
way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in
the information sciences.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/faster-fourier-transforms-0118.html
Sparse Fast Fourier Transform
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/netmit/sFFT/
Nearly Optimal Sparse Fourier Transform
http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2501v1
A Faster Fast Fourier Transform
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/a-faster-fast-fourier-transform
How Speeding The "Most Important Algorithm Of Our Lifetime" Could
Change This Modern World
http://www.fastcompany.com/1810522/how-speeding-most-important-algorithm-our-lifetime-could-change-modern-world
Faster-than-fast Fourier transform
http://www.techandcomputer.com/computer-science/computer-graphics/14888-faster-than-fast-fourier-transform.html
Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform
The theories of an early-19th-century French mathematician have
emerged from obscurity to become part of the basic language of
engineering.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/explained-fourier.html
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:47:30 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Google phasing out ActiveSync push mail for free customers
Message-ID: <p0624082dccf4623c7ff6@[10.0.1.9]>
Google phasing out ActiveSync push mail for free customers
Business customers will be able to keep support, for $50 a year.
by Peter Bright
Dec 14 2012
Ars Technica
Calling it "Winter cleaning," Google has announced that from January
30, 2013, users of Google Mail, Calendar, and Contacts will no longer
receive Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support on their accounts.
EAS provides push mail and synchronization of contacts and calendars
to a number of mobile platforms, including iOS, Symbian, and Windows
Phone. It's also one of the protocols that Windows 8's Metro Mail app
uses, as does Outlook 2013.
Currently, users of Google's services can enable EAS support to use
their Google accounts with suitable devices. After the cut off,
existing users will continue to be able to use EAS with their
devices, but those users won't be able to add new devices. All future
devices will have to use IMAP for their mail, CalDAV for calendar
sync, and CardDAV for contact sync. Android and iOS users can use
these protocols, but many others will be left high and dry. Push
mail, in particular, could be left behind, as many platforms
(including iOS) don't support the IMAP IDLE push mail feature.
...
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/google-phasing-out-activesync-push-mail-for-free-customers/
***** Moderator's Note *****
This reminds me of Tom Paxton's lyric about losing the Americas Cup:
"I didn't know we lost the cup, I'll tell you one thing more
I didn't know we had the cup, or what the damned thing's for!"
I didn't know that Google was/could push anything anywhere. Is this a feature without a
home, or do some Google customers actually use it?
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:09:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@panix.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Google phasing out ActiveSync push mail for free customers
Message-ID: <kanu64$7ds$2@reader1.panix.com>
Telecom Digest Moderator wrote:
: I didn't know that Google was/could push anything anywhere. Is this
: a feature without a home, or do some Google customers actually use it?
Absolutely! It lets your device know you have mail by sending the
device a message immediately, instead of having to have the device
poll "Is it here yet?". Push makes it easier to use a mobile device
for real email, and improves battery life.
--
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:38:35 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The enduring Apple TV Fantasy
Message-ID: <p0624082bccf45fbae966@[10.0.1.9]>
The enduring Apple TV Fantasy
December 9, 201
Edited by Jean-Louis Gassée
Monday Note
We all want TV Done Right, free of the Soviet Era set-top box, UI and
opaque contracts. We imagine Apple will put all the pieces together.
But what's desirable and "obvious" might not be so simple or soon ...
"When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have
gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years," Apple CEO Tim Cook told
NBC's Brian Williams "It's an area of intense interest. I can't say
more than that."
These words - and similar ones in a substantial Bloomberg interview -
launched yet another round of frenzied speculation about the mythical
Apple TV.
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster insists that an Apple TV in 2013 is a
sure thing. "It will be the biggest thing in consumer electronics
since the smartphone". (Of course, Munster has been saying this every
year for the last three years ...)
Another analyst, Wells Fargo's Maynard Um, agrees that the device is
inevitable, if only because a full-fledged television is "more in
tune" with Apple than a simple set-top box.
Hmmm?
http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/12/09/5175/
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:44:57 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Google Maps for iOS may violate European data protection law
Message-ID: <p0624082cccf4619b5a31@[10.0.1.9]>
Google Maps for iOS may violate European data protection law
German watchdog says the issue is turning location data sharing on by default.
by Nathan Mattise
Dec 15 2012
Ars Technica
Not everyone was euphoric when Google Maps for iOS showed up earlier
this week. Take the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection in
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany for instance. Computerworld spoke to the
organization's deputy privacy and information commissioner, Marit
Hansen, who expressed concerns about the app's location data sharing.
By having this option switched on by default, Hansen says, it
violates European data protection law.
...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/google-maps-for-ios-may-violate-european-data-protection-law/
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