Today’s Missive
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Meta
Recent Comments
Monthly Archives: May 2015
NRQZ.
Believe it or not, The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000 mile / 34,000 sq km zone located in West Virginia (in America) is wireless-free… therein the nation’s largest land-based object (the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope measuring … Continue reading
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Cellular, Deep Space, Interstellar, Microwaves, Mobile, Technology, Wireless
Leave a comment
@POTUS
President Obama has added another Twitter account (making three now that are officially related to him).
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Government, Media, News, Policy, Politics, Social Networking, Technology, White House
Leave a comment
Fact or Fiction?
The FBI’s report that a hacker took control of a (US) commercial airline flight is either the latest Orwellian-related post on how invasive technology has become; a post-Snowden, governmental scare tactic and/or a bit of both…
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Cyber-crime, FBI, Hacking, Hardware, Security, Software, Systems, Technology
Leave a comment
Thank You!
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about, but try to be yourself while you’re doing it. – BB King.
Hacking Encouraged?
United Airlines has launched an incentive-program (i.e., a ‘Bug-bounty Program’) rewarding hackers finding bugs in their online systems. As for their quality of in-flight service and amenities that is another issue!
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Applications, Apps, Blogski, Bugs, Computers, Hacking, Hardware, Online, Software, Systems, Technology
Leave a comment
In the News…
Facebook’s ‘Instant Articles’ could herald in another era within the Mass Media… how the media has/was co-opted in the Social Networking Era and/or through Crowd Sourcing has the media was held accountable. Hopefully it will be the latter not the … Continue reading
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Facebook, Mass Media, Media, News, Social Networking, Technology
Leave a comment
‘Bleep’ It!
As privacy concerns continue to be at the fore of the mind’s of countless global citizens, Bit Torrent’s Bleep – a tracking-free, P2P, messaging application could both be a big hit as well as usher in other me-too offerings.
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Applications, Apps, Blogski, NSA, P2P, Post-Snowden, Privacy, Snowden, Technology
Leave a comment
Filling ‘The Void’
In advance of Oculus Rifts’ 2016 (pending) release/shipment, a Virtual Reality Theme Park is set to open next year (potentially heralding the new generation of commercial application.
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Commercialization, Gaming, Technology, Virtual Reality
Leave a comment
Desktop Death?
Does Redmond’s decision to end numbering Windows signify the death of the PC; the companies’ desired shift; both and/or something else?
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Microsoft, OS, PC, Technology, Windows
Leave a comment