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The Telecom Digest for February 15, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 29 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:23:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Reports: Comcast to acquire Time Warner Cable for $44B
Message-ID: <72efedcf-4164-4da4-849e-dc52b38480e7@googlegroups.com>
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable, February 12, 2014
| Comcast plans to announce that it has struck a deal with Time
| Warner Cable to acquire the nation's second largest cable MSO for
| $44 billion in stock, CNBC and other media outlets reported.
|
| The companies plan to officially announce the news Thursday
| morning, according to reports.
|
| News of the agreement, which would see Comcast acquire TWC for
| about $159 per share, came one day after Charter Communications
| announced that it would nominate 13 directors for TWC's board of
| directors in an attempt to execute a hostile takeover of TWC.
| Charter offered to acquire TWC for $132.50 per share last month.
|
| A combined Comcast-TWC would create a cable MSO with 33 million
| subscribers, counting 13 million more video subscribers than
| DirecTV, which ended third quarter with around 20 million U.S.
| subscribers.
Continued:
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/reports-comcast-acquire-time-warner-cable-44b/2014-02-12?spMailingID=8268228&spUserID=NTcyNDYxMTE2NDAS1&spJobID=204843164&spReportId=MjA0ODQzMTY0S0
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http://tinyurl.com/kknpvg5
Neal McLain
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:29:13 +1100
From: David Clayton <dc33box-usenet2@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
Message-ID: <pan.2014.02.12.22.29.10.219578@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:00:11 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:
> Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
>
> By NOAM COHEN
> FEB. 9, 2014
>
> The Internet behemoths Google and Facebook have proved they can still
> attract users and advertisers as their traffic shifts from desktops to
> mobile devices.
>
> But at Wikipedia, the giant online encyclopedia, the transition to a
> mobile world raises a different existential question: Will people continue
> to create articles and edit its nine million existing ones on the small
> screen of a smartphone or tablet?
> ...
They may not have to, the Wikipedia site itself could be changed to
redirect mobile devices to a specific mobile web site set up to
auto-format the articles for the smaller screens.
It may not be able to perfectly reformat every single article, but I'd
bet that the vast majority would be done ok and be just as usable for
mobile devices.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:23:39 -0500
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
Message-ID: <barmar-DE0482.17233914022014@news.eternal-september.org>
In article <pan.2014.02.12.22.29.10.219578@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>,
David Clayton <dc33box-usenet2@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:00:11 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:
>
> > Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
> >
> > By NOAM COHEN
> > FEB. 9, 2014
> >
> > The Internet behemoths Google and Facebook have proved they can still
> > attract users and advertisers as their traffic shifts from desktops to
> > mobile devices.
> >
> > But at Wikipedia, the giant online encyclopedia, the transition to a
> > mobile world raises a different existential question: Will people continue
> > to create articles and edit its nine million existing ones on the small
> > screen of a smartphone or tablet?
> > ...
>
> They may not have to, the Wikipedia site itself could be changed to
> redirect mobile devices to a specific mobile web site set up to
> auto-format the articles for the smaller screens.
>
> It may not be able to perfectly reformat every single article, but I'd
> bet that the vast majority would be done ok and be just as usable for
> mobile devices.
The question isn't about viewing articles, it's whether people will
create and edit articles when they're using mobile devices. People may
find the small screens too cumbersome for detailed work like this,
especially if a big portion of the screen is taken up for the virtual
keyboard.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:04:19 +1100
From: David Clayton <dc33box-usenet2@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
Message-ID: <pan.2014.02.15.01.04.16.159176@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:23:39 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <pan.2014.02.12.22.29.10.219578@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>,
> David Clayton <dc33box-usenet2@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:00:11 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:
>>
>> > Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen
>> >
>> > By NOAM COHEN
>> > FEB. 9, 2014
>> >
>> > The Internet behemoths Google and Facebook have proved they can still
>> > attract users and advertisers as their traffic shifts from desktops
>> > to mobile devices.
.......
> The question isn't about viewing articles, it's whether people will
> create and edit articles when they're using mobile devices. People may
> find the small screens too cumbersome for detailed work like this,
> especially if a big portion of the screen is taken up for the virtual
> keyboard.
Same difference - the editing feature should (if it is built in the right
way) detect what sort of device you are using and provide an appropriate
interface to get the job done.
This sort of thing has been in constant evolution since we initially
changed from 24x80 TTY interfaces to graphical VGA then SVGA etc. and
those that wanted the essential functionality of the site/service to
remain have adapted as the available technology changed.
Whether people want to edit/create Wikipedia articles on tiny devices with
their inherent interface limitations is another matter, that will be their
choice as with all other functions where these toys are just not the right
tool for the job - and I would speculate that people who are committed
enough to create or edit Wikipedia articles are not you average mobile
device users.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
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