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Switch the Script to You Deserve #TIS18
“Switch the script…so that you are focused on the customer,” implores Dr. Frank Luntz. Luntz, well-known for his astute political commentary and polling, provides sage marketing advice to the operators at the 2018 Independent Show. He stresses that operators focus on the needs of the customers, instead of focusing on their products. The challenge for…
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The Eye as a Window Into Health and Well-Being #CES2018
Low-cost identification of health issues, whether concussions, developmental issues, or debilitating diseases is a huge challenge, particularly in rural areas where specialists are often not available. Enter Righteye with its solution which includes eye-tracking technology powered by Tobii. At CES2018, RightEye demonstrated its solution, which utilizes machine learning that studies its datasets to help identify…
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The Story in Our Eyes – Eye-Tracking Tech #CES2018
If the eyes are the portal to the soul, then the Swedish company, Tobii may be the electronic way to enter that portal. At CES2018, Tobii demonstrated their eye-tracking technology integrated into gaming laptops, as well as a virtual reality headset. And the results are amazing, as demonstrated in their virtual reality headset. Their virtual…
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A Forum for Broadband and More
Lincoln Lavoie, Senior Engineer for the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab, provides an overview of the Broadband Forum’s October 27th, 2018 BASe event. The event covered all types of next generation access, whether wired (e.g. NGPON2) or wireless (e.g. 5G), as well as access within the home. Lavoie, who is also Technical Committee Chair of the…
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Curiosity Led to Discovery and More #TIS18
“Why can’t this be on television,” asked a University of Alabama student in the 1970s? The young John Hendricks was referring to the documentaries he was cataloging for his professor. That question led to his founding of the Discovery Networks in the 1980s and many other innovative ideas, such as Your Choice TV, an early…
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The Hybrid OTT/Local News Channel #TIS18
We have probably all seen them; the short, informative and entertaining gadget videos produced by Cheddar that regularly appear on social media sites. What may not be so well known is that Cheddar also offers two different, live news, channels that broadband providers operators can provide, at no cost, to their subscribers. Speaking at the…
