Monthly Archives: August 2014

Game, Shirt, Match?

Ralph Lauren’s decision to ‘equip’ US Open ball-boys with their ‘Polo Tech’ shirts is not just a potential first-mover advantage but could also be a harbinger for wearable technology being considered fashionable whereas becoming mainstream is a foregone conclusion. (Source) … Continue reading

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TTYL.

Launched as a rival to AOL’s IM (which has also largely gone by the wayside) Microsoft’s MSN Messenger’s planned end-of-service announcement (in China) will essentially signal the demise of two former icons within this space (who have since been passed … Continue reading

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Drone It?

With ‘google-it’ having become some sort of post-modern verb is ‘drone-it’ far behind? Who know? Nevertheless, the firm’s announcement of successfully field-testing (albeit still in the nascent stage regarding distance; payload and real-world disaster conditions) their drones in Australia earlier … Continue reading

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Only ‘Time’ Will Tell…

If Apple’s recent hiring spree of ex-fashion industry veterans and not-out-of-the-gates-just-yet-as-they-want-to-get-it-right approach coupled with the on-going rumors that September 9th is the actual release date of iWatch – the company could have a bonafide hit on their hands. (Source) The … Continue reading

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Non ‘Pace’-Setter.

It’s a surreal comment on the current state of affairs when a software update causes important landmark civil rights legal records to not be included with said upgrade… and, adding insult to injury making them available via hardcopy for a … Continue reading

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Kill Switch.

California has put into law (effective next July 1st) a kill-switch law that’ll (as it now stands) effectively render a lost or stolen, etc. Smartphone useless. As is the case with most progressive legislation expect other states to (potentially) follow … Continue reading

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New Day…

It seems like the same news as Sony’s PlayStation network has been temporally shutdown due to a DNS attack (amongst other fairly high-profile news that hit the firm). The ultimate irony in the on-going cyber-attacks, etc. that make the headlines … Continue reading

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In Another World.

Although now / oftentimes (unfortunately it seems based on being a Smartphone peripheral) considered a ‘throw-away’ item, the Grado family (makers of headphones since 1955 in Brooklyn) think and demonstrate otherwise! (Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/GRXXJ2

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Maturation.

Something has to give. In other words, as the Smartphone market continues maturing new phone app developers are facing the increasingly challenging task of attracting new users. Instead of the previous iterations, perhaps some sort of loyalty-model is in order … Continue reading

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Surrealistic.

Whether fact (anything is possible) and/or fiction (just another bogus distraction that’s gaining media traction) moles feeding The Tor Project with bug reports, etc. should not come as any real surprise in the post-Snowden era. (Source) CSO AU: http://goo.gl/83HyU0

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