by Mitchell Shapiro | May 25, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ve long been an enthusiastic supporter of using information and communication technology to support healthcare, education and political and economic empowerment. My interest dates back to 1982, when I wrote a graduate school paper entitled The Human Development...
by Mitchell Shapiro | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I recently read a paper entitled “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid” by Timothy Schoechle. Though the paper’s primary focus is the electricity industry, it seems a fitting topic for the Quello Center blog because it raises important questions about how best...
by Mitchell Shapiro | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I was struck today by a Washington Post story by Cecilia Kang and Will Hobson that considers the potential impact of new apps like Periscope (owned by Twitter) and Meerkat on the highly lucrative live-sports media sector. Noting that its “live” aspect has...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In a series of posts over the past two months, I’ve looked at efforts by private companies and city governments to use unlicensed spectrum to improve choice, affordability, innovation and service quality in the communications sector. In this post I’ll add another type...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Over the past several days I’ve seen a number of post-mortems on the decision by Comcast to drop its bid to acquire Time Warner Cable after it became clear regulators weren’t going to approve the deal. Two items in particular caught my attention over the weekend: a...
