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Free iPads!

Posted on May 2, 2015 by John

As Japan’s geriatric population continues growing/living longer, Japan Post’s upcoming Pilot Program to provide 1,000 senior citizens with tablets loading with apps to assist them has the potential to be an excellent prototype for the rest of the OECD.

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May Day!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by John
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Tattoo You?

Posted on April 30, 2015 by John

Reports are surfacing that Apple’s iWatch does not always work with those sporting them!

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Smart Pedals

Posted on April 29, 2015 by John

Connected Cycle’s Smart-pedals GPS-tracking idea is a good idea and crowd-funded concept that’s already achieved 171% of their goal. Nevertheless, it would seem that an internally-based, frame-device is also an anti-theft consideration (which may or may not already be under-development).

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There’s an Error for That?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by John

The faulty third-party application that caused American Airlines to cancel a number of flights demonstrates once again the increasing and on-going challenges of hardware/software reliance…

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Hacked.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by John

Russian hackers who gained access to the White House’s email system (last year) demonstrate once-again the on-going, e-vulnerability that global organizations ranging from business to governments potentially face.

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iReady?

Posted on April 26, 2015 by John

With Apple’s official iWatch just roll-out under way, only time will tell (pun intended) how well the First-generation fares. Leaving the advance order backlog aside, if preliminary reviews are accurate the firm looks to have hit on their hands.

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Project Fi.

Posted on April 25, 2015 by John

For the sake of genuine competition, let’s hope that Google’s Project Fi (Wireless Service) shakes-up America’s (essentially) Telecommunications duopoly!

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In the Cloud…

Posted on April 24, 2015 by John

Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) continues growing robustly despite the firm’s reported overall losses last quarter. While this is good news for the firm it also shows the increasing Cloud-dependence of organizations s ranging from the CIA to Netflix and the potential hacking … Continue reading →

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Steal This!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by John

Two researchers have reportedly discovered a way to capture identification data for Samsung’s S5 fingerprint recognition software via hacking the handsets’ memory… just another day in the never-ending saga of ‘the-more-humanity-becomes-tech-dependent-the-greater-the-level-of-hacking-possibilities.’

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