Monthly Archives: November 2011

This Isn’t Actually News (It’s An ‘Open’ By-Product / Reality).

Android (OS) malware quintupled since July (2011) which is nether a surprise and/or (unfortunately) anything other than the reality of being ‘open’ (akin to what happened with Redmond being hit en mass when Windows was also going through a period … Continue reading

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Just What Consumers Need!?

A smartphone by Amazon; yes, that’s right… rumor has it that they’ll launch one in Q4 of 2012. Granted, that’s an eternity in today’s tech-time-frame. However, if they can successfully pull this off and compete with a handset it should … Continue reading

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Google Music.

Long-rumored and delayed; Google has thrown their hat into the on-line music ring (dominated by iTunes; Amazon and piracy, etc… not necessarily in that order!) Nevertheless, given the explosive growth of their Android OS this move was both inevitable and … Continue reading

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Go East Young Man.

As NFC continues to gain traction throughout the world a few points are worth noting: 1) Nokia is pushing this technology in India whereas in the low-mid-end handset market they still dominant (aside from the simple reality that there’s still a … Continue reading

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All Mixed Up…

The preliminary reviews are coming in mixed on the (Amazon) Kindle Fire (which shouldn’t be any real surprise given the comparison with the iPad). Independent of whether or not it is ultimately a ‘me-too’ play the ultimate test will be … Continue reading

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Going Through Some Changes.

Given the continued growth / adoption-rates; awareness and resulting demand for tablet-computing there’s an upward trend of longer on-line video viewing via the aforementioned medium vs. on a desktop and/or smartphone (which makes sense given the devices portability; screen resolution; … Continue reading

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Breaking the Law!

Google’s refusal to remove an illegal (according to the RIAA) app from their Market has continued to draw the ire of said association as well as help spur this app into the Top Five (for downloads). Long story short; perhaps … Continue reading

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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

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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

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‘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

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