Today’s Missive
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Meta
Recent Comments
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Cover Wall.
Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘Cover Wall’ partnership with Google Play is an excellent medium to open up the organization’s coffers to a decentralized, digital base versus sticking to their printed (legacy) orientation.
Posted in An Alp View
Tagged Blogski, Digital Media, Google Play, Smartphones, Tablets, Technology
Leave a comment
Fin-nished.
After the shock and subsequent fallout that upside to Nokia’s demise is a thriving Finnish start-up scene (as evidenced by Clash of the Clans and HayDay amongst others)…
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Finland, Nokia, Start-ups, Technology
Leave a comment
A Chip Off…
After wearable technology… now comes chips. Yes, that’s right. You too can get a chip implanted into your body (like what is being done at Epicenter a high-tech Swedish office block).
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Chips, Technology, Wearable
Leave a comment
$142 Billion.
Indeed, that’s what Apple is sitting on currently… a staggering amount of money that the firm retains versus utilizing for other purposes (including much the the chagrin / ire of shareholders i.e., paying a stock dividend!)
All Grown Up?
Apple’s first quarter record setting (the largest ever by a public company) looks to be another indication of Captain Cook’s focus on profits versus innovation as the post-Jobs’ era continues evolving…
Face-Blocked…
Facebook’s compliance with the Turkish government’s request to block a page that’s reportedly offensive to the Prophet Muhammed is yet another challenge regarding censorship versus free speech (and the on-going / underlying tension therein).
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Censorship, Facebook, Free Speech, Technology
Leave a comment
VP-Ended?
China’s continued crackdown on VPN’s is yet another indication of just how serious the nation is towards ensuring that ‘The Great Firewall of China’ is just that (as the country continues to increasing tighten the screws on ‘net access to … Continue reading
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Censorship, China, Technology, VPN
Leave a comment
In a Flash?
Adobe’s Flash (software) vulnerability demonstrates yet again how technology and the increasing ubiquity of such is anything but 100% fail-safe.
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Blogski, Flash, Malware, Technology, Windows
Leave a comment
Gemini.
If all goes as planned, Gemini will be launched later this year with the sole purpose of regulating virtual currencies (aka Bitcoin) yet another sign that said medium has matured.
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Bitcoin, Blogski, Technology, Trading, Virtual Currency
Leave a comment
The ‘Free’ Hand…
It’s clear that BlackBerry’s effort to lobbying for governmental regulation i.e., mandating that applications are developed that run on their platform is another indication of just how far the firm has fallen.
Posted in Convergence for a Converging World
Tagged Applications, BlackBerry, Blogski, Technology
Leave a comment