Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World

Testing

Posted on February 12, 2014 by John
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Cyber-Attack.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by John

For the second time in the past week, Bitcoin-related currency exchanges were halted due to cyber-attacks as a bug within the virtual currency was exploited. (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/mgNlhy

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A ‘Collective’ Bird!

Posted on February 10, 2014 by John

An auction of an iPhone with Flappy Bird on it reached over $94,000 before mysteriously being pulled… which begs the question: was it even legitimate to begin with?! (Source) Mirror UK: http://goo.gl/RiS84L

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‘net Neutrality Continued.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by John

The argument over ‘net neutrality isn’t just something being debated in America. (Source) The Financial Express: http://goo.gl/xhEiOb

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Down w/ IPA!

Posted on February 8, 2014 by John

Not India Pale Ale but In-App Purchases as EA is coming under heavy criticism for this feature (let’s hope this is a trend for all companies that employ this strategy!) (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/H6mDVH

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Image-based Shopping.

Posted on February 7, 2014 by John

While the technology has been available for a while, it has yet to be widely-adopted… all of that might be changing now that Amazon has added ‘Flow’ Image Technology employing iOS7’s camera for quickly scanning images (for finding items). (Source) … Continue reading →

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Watson’s Application.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by John

Cheers to IBM for (hopefully this is more than a PR-stunt) applying Watson (their supercomputer) to address / resolve some of Africa’s most pressing problems! (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/2DYUrs

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Counter Hacking.

Posted on February 5, 2014 by John

If the enclosed report regarding British spies hacking Anonymous is true… the obvious fallout will be more counter-hacks by Anonymous… followed by more espionage, etc., etc. which raises the question: at what price success (for all parties involved?) (Source) Gizmodo: … Continue reading →

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Reawakening…

Posted on February 4, 2014 by John

Good luck to Satya Nedalla / Redmond sorting out what’s next for Microsoft… as the emerging market segments have not only caught the firm flat-footed but largely passed them by… (Source) Reuters: http://goo.gl/SHkY14

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V2V.

Posted on February 3, 2014 by John

Yes, that’s correct: Vehicle-to-vehicle communication / technology is being mandated by the US Federal Government. Unlike many non-interoperable systems on the market currently (most notably, Mac vs. Windows / iOS vs. Android, etc.) supra-imposing this mandate (in theory) is a … Continue reading →

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