I have always liked O Reilly publications for their pragmatic approach to technical issues. Hence, its great to see a brief yet insightful article posted on the O Reilly tech community called “Toward a Saner Standards Process” – see here.

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In December last year two wireless mobile networks, compliant with the LTE next generation mobile network standard (see the previous blog post here), were rolled out in the Scandinavian capitals Stockholm and Oslo by network provider TeliaSonera. While the LTE standard, which offers considerably faster connection speeds relative to the current 3G technologies, is widely backed by Governments and Network Providers, the TeliaSonera networks were the world’s first publically available networks utilizing the new technology and market a significant mile stone for the new technology.
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If you have been watching tech and media trends – you cannot miss the rise of 3D (three dimensional)) film (not to be confused with HD i.e. High definition video).

3D is significant because on one hand, the Web is a force that tends to commoditize content (movies, music etc) by changing the business model (a song sold for 99 cents on iTunes). In contrast, 3D offers an opportunity to reverse that trend by creating new sources of revenue.
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Recently, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra demonstrated a Windows Azure service built on Department of Labour teaching data. Ars Technica says:

Further to these, Microsoft announced a new Azure service now included in the CTP. Codenamed “Dallas,” the new service gives developers the ability to discover, purchase, and manage data subscriptions within Azure.
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