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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Facebook vs. Twitter.
In a move clearly designed to counter Twitter as the ‘micro-breaking-user-driven-social-news-forum’ Facebook is wooing (major) media firms with their latest offering. A big issue with this entire shift in reporting is how much misinformation is posted that’s generated from Social … Continue reading
Hold Please.
In an era of interdependency, it is evident that global supply chains are both a strength (e.g., economies of scale, etc.) and a threat (cyber-espionage) due to malicious code / malware, etc. that’s becoming increasingly sophisticated and harder to decipher. … Continue reading
Avoiding Responsibility.
It’s interesting that Nokia’s former CEO would lay blame on US service providers for telling the company, “there would be no demand for smartphones priced above US$300” as the onus was on the former, global industry-leader to innovate period (which … Continue reading
‘Li-Fi’
The LED lightbulb holds the potential for faster Wi-Fi network speeds… which could also mean energy-savings as an added bonus (due to said bulbs potential to become ubiquitous). (Source) QZ: http://goo.gl/U9D9aK
FAIL?
It looks as though hubris and a case of poor-timing might have resulted in Apple’s iPhone 5C being a failure (in relative terms to the successes Cupertino’s enjoyed during the last 5 plus years of their run of seemingly one … Continue reading
Still Contentious…
The legal wrangling between Apple and Samsung took another nasty turn as Samsung was ordered to comply with the latest request for information (which the firm has been reportedly stonewalling on). (Source) Bloomberg: http://goo.gl/w0X3y4
Just Track It!
Since it was initially launched Nike’s Fuelband has an ever-increasing range of rival, wearable accessories / applications to contend with… will Fuelband SE (a second-generation device) continue to differentiate itself from the competition? (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/llXKGA
Proper Attire, Required?
The era of ‘wearable, smart-watches’ looks to have been launched in earnest (and, of course, just in time for this year’s holiday season!) (Source) LA Times: http://goo.gl/c19sSN
BSOD.
Apple is not above reproach as Microsoft’s (long-standing) Blue Screen of Death has now appeared on their new iPhone… Do’h! (Source) SF Gate: http://goo.gl/37VDdi
Selling Out.
Google’s latest plan to sell user’s endorsements (of goods, products, services, etc.) is yet another example of how Big Data is not only more and more prevalent but another step towards an Orwellian reality… (which paradoxically, people the world-over are … Continue reading