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TastyBytes Panel and Location Based Services
Yesterday I went to the Boston tastybytes discussion (hosted by Compete) on location-based services (LBS). The panel was a great collection of personalities featuring Mike Schneider (Allen & Gerritsen), Aaron Strout (WCG Group), Nataly Kogan (WHERE), Gary Leopold (ISM), and … Continue reading
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Flip. Out.
It looks like the little video camera that could will soon join the Minidisc player in tech heaven now that Cisco announced that they will shutdown production on the Flip. Wired submitted their take on the Flip flop and narrowed … Continue reading
Another Layer in Online Choice: Curating
Do you have a friend who has never let you down with restaurant recommendations? If he or she is one of your first trusted sources, then that’s your restaurant curator. Now it’s online. Branded curator sites have been popping up … Continue reading
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Amazon, Cloud-Based Streaming and a Little Less Plastic
Baby-step, stream remotely… As Amazon announced its cloud-based storage for personal media last week, we witnessed one more significant step towards uberaccess – consuming your personal media wherever/whenever/however. It’s a foregone conclusion that the next players in the game will … Continue reading
Game Dynamics
You might be hearing a lot about game dynamics entering the commerce space. Some of this is nothing new, however the medium has evolved and new creative solutions are picking up. Gaming allows brands, retailers and other institutions a way … Continue reading
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Capitalizing on Chaos
We don’t all speak the same language but there are services to educate or ad hoc translators for the non bilingual. We don’t all carry the same currency but we exchange with banks or airport kiosks as needed. Given that … Continue reading
Android Branding: Auto Pilot?
“If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one company, one carrier was the future.” – Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra, on why the company made Android Quite a tall order for a product’s … Continue reading
Gold Meddling
Ladies and Gentleman, your new Chair of the House Finance Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy… Ron Paul appeared on the Colbert Report last night to discuss how our current form of paper currency is rubbish and we need to collectively … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, Libertarian, Near Field Communication, Ron Paul
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Meanwhile in Another Part of Town (AT&T)
Following up to my last post about telecoms jumping on the 4G wagon, there was an obvious omission from the pack since AT&T hasn’t joined the competition in touting faux-4G. Obviously the iPhone has served as the one leg upon … Continue reading
Not So Fast…
The 4G hype is in full force, but that’s all it is… hype. Though most of the telecom marketing jargon seems to fall into grey areas, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) out of Geneva notes that 4G speeds must be … Continue reading