TV Cord-Cutters

There’s a trend out there – TV Cord-Cutting – and it is gaining momentum every week!  Are consumers reducing the amount of time they watch TV in favor of other media like gaming, social networks, or other Internet-based media?  And in this trend, are they cancelling their digital TV subscriptions altogether??  When a household bill to the cable company exceeds $150/month – something has to go.   (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking, Great Conspiracy Theories, lifestyle
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The 'Creative Sector'

Richard Florida examines the “Creative Sector” of our economy and harnessing this, our new potential!  This program was introduced to us by John Warner, founder of InnoVenture [http://innoventurecommunity.com], which connects passionate champions with big visions and often limited resources with the customers, capital, talent and technology they need to Create the Future.

Tags: economy, ESC Forward Looking
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The Information Dividend

In the third and final installment of a global study from BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT, formerly known as British Computer Society, their report shows that access to information technology has a “statistically significant, positive impact on life satisfaction”.  Which areas benefited most from access?  Ranked in order of importance – Family (Home); Leisure; Health; Social Life; and Job.    (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking
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iPhone 4.0 Forging Ahead

The All New iPhone 4.0

eController App on the new iPhone 4

 The new iPhone offers video calling, the latest evolution of personal area networking (PAN).  With its brand new design, retina display, 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording, the new iPhone will be providing refuge to some parasitic players…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, ESC Forward Looking, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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AppleTV's Future

A “hobby” is how Steve Jobs still refers to AppleTV three years after its launch in 2007.  The NY Times reports from the D8 conference, Jobs expressed his views on set-top boxes…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, Apple Rumors, ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
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Uncertainty Breeds Nasty

Small businesses have an inordinate potential to inhibit its employees, particularly in tough economic conditions.  With huge economic pressures to keep prices to down, employers cannot afford to increase employee wages without passing on these costs to customers.  As employees seek wage growth elsewhere by going into business for themselves, they too will soon face the same issues which prompt this eternal cycle of stifling the American worker.  Not us, not now, we are changing!   (more…)

Tags: CE Corporate Strategy, ESC Forward Looking
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Trunk Slammers

Trunk Slammer's Office

“Are ‘trunk slammers’ stronger than ever?” ask Jason Knott with CE Pro [http://www.cepro.com/article/are_trunkslammers_stronger_than_ever/].  The answer is unclear – but what is apparent is that the “times they are a changing.”  As our company evolves to address this new economy, the CE Pro described ‘bottom feeders’ will stop at nothing (including malicious rumors) to attempt to capture work.    (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking
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Paying the Piper

Communication Household Cabling

According to media researcher Knowledge Networks (www.knowledgenetworks.com) viewers have tripled their use of watching TV shows via the Internet since 2006.  For those builders (or owners) absent the foresight to have correctly cabled the house or facility, it’s time to pay the piper.    (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
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Blockbuster’s Buggy Whip

Rewards Gold Membership

The bricks and mortar of Blockbuster are proving to be far more burdensome for the movie rental giant.  In the wake of the FCC’s initiative to expand broadband access nationwide (a major distribution channel for Netflix, iTunes, Redbox, and others), the Blockbuster distribution systems appears to be replacing the “buggy whip” a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded. (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
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Builders (Re-) Offering “Daisy-Chain” Communication Cabling

Homebuyers Beware

According to an article posted on 3/12/2010 by CEPro, homebuilders are turning up their noses on almost every discipline of home technologies, seeing it as a passing phase.  What do you expect?!?! (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
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Industry Links

• iPhone 5
  
  
  
  

  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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