Monthly Archives: January 2014

Carrier Brawling…

Posted on January 9, 2014 by John

Let’s hope that T-Mobile’s shot-across-the-bow will force AT&T and Verizon to wake-up and remove many of the inane shackles from America’s draconian Wireless contracts thereby ushering a new wave of innovation! Okay, wishful thinking (at best) as the industry now … Continue reading →

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Jelly

Posted on January 8, 2014 by John

Want to gain some knowledge vs. information with just the click of a picture? Taking the 140 character limit to the next iteration, Twitter’s co-founder has officially launched the (rumored) application that he’s worked months on. Snap a photo and … Continue reading →

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Console-free.

Posted on January 7, 2014 by John

Sony’s planned move allowing PlayStation Now subscribers to play games without requiring a console is an excellent step towards opening their platform to third-party vendors (i.e., applications that run on Smartphones and/or Tablets) which could be a harbinger for Microsoft … Continue reading →

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You’re Screwed!

Posted on January 6, 2014 by John

Okay, maybe not exactly. Nevertheless, if the enclosed report is true, visitors to Yahoo! (yes, yahoo.com) since 12/30/13 may have been infected by malware via the firm’s own servers (in fact, said issue may have actually begun earlier than the … Continue reading →

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‘Glass’ Integration.

Posted on January 5, 2014 by John

Hyundai’s planned integration of Google Glass into their next-generation of automobiles is another sign that wearable technology continues to come of age / move towards becoming more ubiquitous, etc. Nevertheless, let’s hope that said step will not be another distraction … Continue reading →

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Big Brother’s Tentacles…

Posted on January 4, 2014 by John

If anyone thought that the NSA-gate (if you will) allegations were just a story for 2013 – think again… the latest bombshell is that the organization is already well into the process of developing a ‘code-cracking quantum computer’ to ‘break … Continue reading →

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Framework.

Posted on January 3, 2014 by John

While the focus (up until this point in time) has largely been on what the ‘hardware’ (i.e., actual glasses might look like) enclosed is a sketch / an outline of potentially how the actual applications that one might employ with … Continue reading →

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Scam-chat?

Posted on January 2, 2014 by John

It’s barely 2 days into 2014 and the latest (as of yet fully unconfirmed) report of another hacking has come to light… this time around it’s supposedly Snapchat and reportedly 4.6 million users’ data. While the firm is dismissing the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by John
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