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Monthly Archives: April 2013
19 Innings…
An excellent metaphor for (if that’s what it takes) never giving up!
Twitch This!
With a blink of an eye, said end-user will be able to post a tweet (via Twitter?) Yes, according to the enclosed example… which is either bogus and/or a teaser for both Google Glass as well as this (micro) Social … Continue reading
Rural Broadband.
The next time some pundit espouses how nothing that Washington, D.C. (i.e., the Federal Government) does works, you can ask said ‘expert’ if they’ve every heard of VTel? If not, you can simply state that they offer fiber, 1GB ‘net … Continue reading
A Record Hack?
50 million users can’t be wrong! Wait a moment – strike that – 50 million users are in all probability not happy (as LifeSocial was hacked). That aside, again, this raises the (simple yet complex) question: there’s got to be a better … Continue reading
2 = 1? Or, 1 = 2?
Although Google was relatively unscathed by the DOJ, EU regulators will essentially require the firm to provide less-biased / more neutral search results (which is not necessarily a bad thing for consumers and/or their competition). (Source) Washington Post: http://goo.gl/HA7a6
I’m All Thumbs?
A new keyboard (designed in Scotland) is attempting to challenge the QWERTY-configuration by replacing it with the KALQ thumb-type keyboard (which might be both a natural progression and/or an approach to capitalize on the texting-generation whose orientation is based upon … Continue reading
Tweet This!
In light of the on-going hacking of high-profile Twitter accounts, the firm is (supposedly) set to roll-out a two-step authentication process (arguably, long overdue). Independent of this proposed solution, it begs a bigger question: if / when a more universally … Continue reading
Timeless Wisdom.
One does not sell the land people walk on. – Crazy Horse.
Big Bets.
Google Glass is a big-bet that (if successful) could add billions of dollars to the firm’s value… which is fine. However, given the growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots in America (and much of the OECD) if nobody … Continue reading
An ISP Value Menu Item.
One Dollar: That’s what it cost Google to take over the (existing) assets of previously existing firm. (Source) The Register UK: http://goo.gl/hcp4W