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InfoStack Topics:

1) Horizontalization:
2) Upper Layers:
a) Om Malik points out basics for apps: KISS and less friction. Avoid the bandwidth trap.
b) US Army chooses Android.  Watch a lot of other enterprises & institutions following, as Horowitz predicted.
3) Middle Layers:
a) command and control will involve location logs, from which many apps will work.  D Pogue of NYT justifies Apples iPhone location log.  Can’t say I agree with his logic. Another analysis here makes me wonder if a large segment of the population will just stop using certain types of phones at certain times.  Like EZPass.  Ever wonder why SO many people don’t have it and sit in the cash line; and it’s not just money.  Here’s a survey no privacy concerns.
b) before everyone shifts to the cloud, it’s not just bandwidth and 7x24 access concerns, but backup, security concerns and single points of failure, as evidenced by Amazon Cloud Service outage.  Here’s a blow by blow account.
c) scanners used by police exist to pull all info off smartphones.  Need for better ways to secure and control one’s info.
d) HD video delivery solution Zixi uses unorthodox approach for efficient bandwidth use.
4) Lower Layers:
a) Fred Wilson blog on music.  Comments regarding bandwidth (coverage, gaps, availability) and desire for higher def audio.  Bandwidth big issue for cloud.
b) Genachowski at Economic Club reiterates need to freed up spectrum.  Smartphones use 25x and tablets 145x bandwidth than conventional cellphones.

Market and General Interest Topics:

5) Industry Statistics and Events:
a) comscore video viewing and ad stats for March.  174m users avg 15 hours/month.
b) Tablet usage stats:  no “office” products to create.  Just consumption & response uses.
6) Business Strategy:
a) Instant.fm is simplicity itself; searching and combining videos with pre-existing playbook.  Example of how individuals can outthink companies with silo mentalities.
b) C Dixon blog on AppleTV; what if video VOD/streaming (& 2-way) becomes common on smartphones; then the play-list and controls make it very easy to transition to wired broadband and make the set-top box obsolete. No?  Same holds for iOS & Droid.
c) FB “like” button is 1 year old.  10,000 sites add it each day; now at 2.5m sites.
7) Financial:
a) if the wireless world is going great guns, why is sprint trading below junk status?
8) Other:
a) if you are bookish, have a smartphone kindle app or a tablet, read this overview on where books are going.  New distribution always brings new opportunity.