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Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World
The Midas Touch.
Roughly 18 months after it received a glowing endorsement from (none other than) Steve Jobs; HTML 5 has gone far (fast) in how it has been / being developed (and how it looks to be squeezing out the competition e.g., … Continue reading
Just Plain Dumb…
In today’s news: a person in Missouri in a fit of frustration regarding having to actually ‘wait in line’ (oh, the inconvenience of social order!) to purchase a copy of the latest edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 decided … Continue reading
‘Droid Days.
Honda’s latest Asimo iteration made a successful debut / return to the public realm in Tokyo as the Japanese heavyweight is still committed to building upon the nascent market (interest) that it generated when it was initially released 12 years … Continue reading
Counter Strike!?
Okay, while Modern Warfare 3 (the new and seriously hyped release that’s set to debut today) is not the same as the aforementioned game 6,000 copies of this highly-anticipated installment were nevertheless stolen in an early morning heist (that involved … Continue reading
The On-going Cold (Cyber) War.
According to the enclosed article, Cyber-espionage is a real / on-going threat to ‘America’s special / national / vital interests’ (in other words, it just seems like the country is moving into another phase of an endless war) which has … Continue reading
Seven Years Later…
Groupon’s IPO has the potential to pave the way for other social media firms at a pre-valuation that’s second only to Google’s since their debut in 2004. And, if they are successful / sustainable in the midst of a market … Continue reading
The Kill Switch.
Innovation vs. economic determinism all set against the hegemonic (balance) reality that is / are the inner dynamics within Redmond’s brain trust (i.e., Microsoft)… whereas, far too often, consumers the world-over know firsthand (for better and for worse) the overriding … Continue reading
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
Today Toyota unveiled robots that are built to assist with healthcare and nursing (that the firm intends to offer for commercial sale in 2013). In sum: if these are successful they have the potential to go a long-way towards modernizing … Continue reading
Trick or Treat?
This is indeed scary… as the Orwellian notion of Big Brother watching (eavesdropping in this instance) via the Metropolitan Police (in Britain) employing a seriously high-tech (007-ish) surveillance system that can masquerade as a mobile phone network smacks of nothing … Continue reading
‘Slow’ 33% Growth
It seems a bit odd (okay, surreal) that a 33% increase in the number of smartphone handsets shipped in Q3 is considered a ‘slow-down.’ Granted, the market is not as hot as it was / has been during the past … Continue reading