As a developer, I always have a few web start-up ideas incubating. And as the technology arm of a new venture, it’s up to me to get something put together quickly so that we can start building an audience and a name for ourselves. At the same time, I have to balance that with quality […]
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Last Monday was my birthday, and I took a personal day to go downtown and enjoy my favorite NYC cheesesteak. While relishing my sandwich, I couldn’t help but overhear a group of guys talking at the next table. “I mean, who sends a fax anymore?” one of the young men asked his group. As they […]
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Just about every review site has a mobile app and many small business owners have a love/hate relationship with these apps. On one hand, a slew of negative reviews could wreck a budding entrepreneur’s vision. On the other hand, well-placed positive reviews could sway a potential client and gain their trust. Online reviews are a […]
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RIM’s big announcement on Sunday, where they named their former COO of Products and Sales Thorsten Heins as President and CEO, may not be the seismic change that Blackberry fans have hoped for. Many voices of the blogoshpere are openly wondering about the decision to appoint someone who has been long ingrained with the RIM […]
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My mother called me a few days ago with a simple question: “What kind of tablet should I buy for your father’s Christmas present?” Should be easy to answer, right? But, she had a few requirements: – Must be 4G – Large, bright screen – Easy to use – less than $400 And with that […]
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I recently got a demo pair of SOL Republic Tracks headphones and I couldn’t have been more excited. Honestly, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning when I unboxed them. Everyone with a mobile lifestyle knows that headphones are a vital part of your day. As a New Yorker, I wear headphones a lot; […]
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A while back I wrote about my LiveScribe Echo smart-pen. At the time, I was totally enamoured with the tool, and it was perfect for use at my job. Now it’s a few weeks later and I’ve changed jobs, and I have to say the Echo smart-pen is just as awesome as it was when […]
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Since the debut of Siri, the voice-controlled virtual assistant included with the iPhone 4S, there has been a race to offer the same capability on Android devices. The latest attempt, Cluzee, seems to be creating buzz as an app that might equal (or even surpass) Siri’s offerings. However, can Cluzee really surpass Apple’s electronic Jeeves? […]
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In business, development time can mean serious money. There’s a delicate dance of cost vs. benefit – processes that could potentially be automated aren’t because the time it would take to write the code isn’t worth the time that would be saved. Luckily, the industry is changing, and we’ll soon see a day where your […]
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Adobe is going through some serious changes, one of which involves the cutting of close to 750 jobs as part of a broad restructuring; probably not what we need in this economy, but times are tough all over. The second rumor is also surprising, and bad news for many: according to ZDNet, Adobe will no […]
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