A few years ago, my old friend Brad McCallum (who is now at APOS integrating BI and GIS) and I were doing a trade show for ESRI when Brad had...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Flash Mobile Dies Quietly - Or Does It? - As Adobe Kisses Apple's Ass
Copyright, Joseph Lackow 2011
An Adobe blog post today by Danny Winokur, VP & GM of Interactive development, included this little tidbit.
"Our...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
GeoLoco Conference Convenes Tomorrow In SF
GeoLoco convenes tomorrow at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco!
Geo-Loco is a location based services and advertising...
Friday, October 21, 2011
New Cellphone Study Finds No Cancer Threat - Or Does It?
In our continuing coverage of this topic, the results of another large Danish study on cellphone use as a carcinogen were published yesterday...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Vaya Con Buddha, Steve Jobs
Every product development person alive feels sick and sad right now at the passing of Steve Jobs, the greatest new product...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Apple Magic - Poof?
I thought the new iPhone 4s looked pretty cool at the unveiling today. It's got the iPad 2 dual core processor under the hood now, better...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Much Ado About Windows 8
Photo: Joseph Lackow
We're back from a cool Southern California summer break, just in time to cap it off with the Microsoft Windows 8 BUILD...
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Android Share Hits 40%
June data from Comscore reveals that 78.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the second quarter of 2011, and 40.1%...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Mobile Access To Internet Doubles as XP Usage Falls Below 50%
NetMarketShare is best known for measuring browser usage, collecting data on user visits to more than 40,000 websites.
But they also detect...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
GIS Enthusiasm at ESRI Business Summit
Photos & Video: Joseph Lackow
Last week's ESRI Business Summit was, for the very first time, visualized and presented as a business conference...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
ESRI 2011 User Conference Features Arvest Bank, Edward Jones
The ESRI 2011 User Conference in San Diego is nearly upon us, so get out those travelin' shoes. Scott McClymonds of Arvest Bank will be...
Friday, June 17, 2011
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em
CapOne bought ING yesterday, for $9 billion in cash and stock. This moves CapOne up to #5 in deposits in the U.S. from #8. The...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Merchants Rejoice as Senate Upholds New Debit Card Rules
Courtesy of National Public Radio, 2011
Banks will really need to find other ways of earning fee income now. The Senate voted Wednesday...
Monday, June 6, 2011
U.N. Classifies Internet Access a Fundamental Human Right
On Friday, the U.N. Human Rights Council released a special report that underscores more than ever how important the Internet has become. ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Cellphone Safety: Another Perspective
The Announcement
On May 31, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (an agency within the World Health Organization) announced...
Twitter Adoption Strongest Among African-Americans
Who uses Twitter? Research released today by Pew Internet shows that usage skews towards the young and better-educated. No news...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Are Cellphones Safe, Part 2
Today, the World Health Organization via the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields...
Friday, May 27, 2011
Banks Have PayPal In Their Sites, As Google Goes NFC
Looks like the big three banks, where one-in-three Americans have their checking account, want in to PayPal's gold mine. No kidding.
Wells...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Characteristics of Closed Bank Branches - Trade Area Lifestyles
Last week, we began our analysis of closed bank branches, suggesting that the next steps are profiling the trade areas involved, in terms...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Netflix & BitTorrent Eat Half The Internet
Sandvine reported today that Netflix traffic has increased nearly 50% over the past year, and now accounts for what is approaching one-third...
Monday, May 16, 2011
Analyzing Characteristics of Closed Branches
Along with the decision of when and where to open a new branch office, one of the key decisions made by banking administrators is when and where...
Friday, May 13, 2011
Great Debate - Interop Weathermen Tell Which Way The Cloud Blows
The session on "The Great Debate - Are Clouds More Secure?" revealed two things. This is a rather simplistic question, and the answers...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
IDC Reveals Cloud Adoption Keys At Interop 2011
If you made it to the 7:30am IDC breakfast today, you learned the two most important things in life.
Never rat on your friends, and always...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Vint Cerf Blasts Off Into Space
Vint Cerf stressed extending the Internet into space, and into us, in today's discussions at Interop.
Among other things, Cerf noted that...
Cisco Embraces Video at Interop 2011
Want to know how to manage video on a corporate net?
Cisco's keynote presentation on Borderless Networking at Interop this morning was really...
Monday, May 9, 2011
Interop Forecast - Cloudy With A Strong Chance of Reign
Interop Vegas 2011 gets going for real tomorrow, with several keynotes that just might prove memorable and a conference session on just how...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Apple iOS Update Offers Location Cache Fix
Apple released a 4.3.3 update to iOS today to deal with privacy concerns about the location database cache.
Now, you can actually stop it from...
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