The architecture of the iTunes app store was created for tracks of music, and was based on rights management issues tied to licensing of the mechanicals, the words and the recorded works, which is why the iTunes store and App Store architecture is country specific. To gain access to a specific country's app store or … Read more
I'm not giving up on Apple. No way. But what I do like about Android is the true multi-tasking that it offers. Lately, I've been using my Androids and iPads more for multimedia and less for work. Being home helps, of course vs. the 32 days of business travel I did between mid-October through mid-November, … Read more
Why do credit card companies do the following: 1. Make you call in to tell them when you are leaving your market area? They already have my spending history. They know where I travel too based on prior usage patterns? 2. Why do they want me to sign my card? Forgery is easier than … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Verizon's Wireless needs a dose of reality. Using Twitter to tell the public that they are aware of the LTE outage this past week, is neither media relations nor public relations. It's hiding in plain sight. It's like a public company putting out news on a Friday afternoon, after the market … Read more
In sports there’s an old saying by the hawkers of the game’s program book or scorecard that goes something like this…”You can’t know the players without a scorecard” referencing the players names and uniform numbers on their backs and how a scorecard would make it easier for the fan attending the game. Well for those … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I’ll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my “get away” from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I'll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my "get away" from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
With AOL buying the Huffington Post we're seeing the start of a media buying media spree. This is all about ad serving, not about content. Don't be deceived. AOL's future is in serving up ads something they are deperately trying to do by aggregating pop-culture content on a global level and with Patch.com on a … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Every once in a while I get alerted to some fun events. Three are coming to mind right now, and one is just around the corner. Rhone Discovery Week, or in French, Decouvertes du Vallee du Rhone, is March 1-6 and starts this time in the Northern Rhone town of Ampuis. That … Read more
Image via Wikipedia We're heading into the annual trade show season, where events seem to come up and out of nowhere for some, and for others are part of the business of their business. For me the seasons starts with the AT&T Developer Summit which is just one day before CES, moves to IT Expo which includes … Read more
