Carrier IQ Is EVIL! Not Really

Nobody likes to be spied on. We hold our privacy close to our hearts which is slightly contradictory in today’s world of social media and online profiles.  Yesterday we were yelling about Facebook selling our data to third party advertisers.  Today, the biggest controversy is Carrier IQ, the software in our cellphones that logs our […]

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Are Tablets Killing Television?

I’ve been saying for quite some time that I want to get rid of my television. The flashing box in the corner isn’t exactly a healthy or positive addition to our household. As far as I’m concerned, it just churns out brainwashing, boring content that encourages me to cement myself to the sofa and slob. […]

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The Friday#: Google Music

Welcome to the Friday# This week in The Sizzle: Yahoo shares rise. The Fri-Up: Google Music. The Sauce: Jeremy Clarkson in a microwave. The Sizzle iPhone’s Siri in anti-abortion controversy Iranian authorities ban Battlefield 3 Why internet trolls are good for business Spotify opens platform to app developers Yahoo shares rise in anticipation of Alibaba bid The Fri-Up Google Music […]

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Agile: In Mobile Era, Not Just for Developers Anymore

I’ve never worked in IT, but I imagine that the relationship between system administrators and their programming counterparts is often tense, with each camp jockeying for resources and alpha-dog status. So I hope I’m not opening a can of worms by suggesting that IT could learn something from their developer pals. In the past decade, […]

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What Does The Future Look Like?

Amid the freeform frogspawn, misshapen, rusting detritus and general flotsam and jetsam I’ve picked up, sniffed at, and discarded back into the canal of experience, one thing remains constant as regards ‘The Future’: it’s largely seen as taking place in a time we’ve yet to experience. We anticipate it will come, but it effectively has […]

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Razors and Blades: Nothing Wrong with the $199 BlackBerry PlayBook

I don’t think you can compare HP’s $99 TouchPads with RIM’s $199 PlayBooks. The former was a fire sale by a company exiting the (non-Windows) tablet business. RIM, on the other hand, is showing its firm resolve to stay in the tablet game. I once proposed that a formula for determining user satisfaction for a […]

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