Category Archives: Innovation

Mobile data service in Asia – Verizon and 4G phones are a bad match

Posted on June 4, 2012 by markkolier

4G mobile phones are still being labeled as ‘next generation’ but I am already looking forward to the following generation since my Motorola Droid Razr with Verizon service is not only bad – it’s mostly non-existent. Verizon is one of … Continue reading →

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Foursquare continues to be more than public check-ins

Posted on May 11, 2012 by markkolier

I’ve said for a long time that Foursquare’s location based platform originally based on user check-in’s, is one of the most interesting social media applications around. An article in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/IT3IVJ did nothing to dampen my enthusiasm. … Continue reading →

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Personal handheld computers have already won

Posted on May 4, 2012 by markkolier

This week my associates and I had two different ‘pitch’ meetings with companies that were vastly different. One of the companies was a large electronics and appliance retailer primarily doing business in the New York DMA. While they do sell … Continue reading →

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Having both a digital AND print subscription is best for readers

Posted on April 13, 2012 by markkolier

Enjoy it while you still can since the days of offering a print and digital subscription for the same price are numbered. The main reason is of course that the print subscription is so much more costly to print and … Continue reading →

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A Kindle Fire is cool, an iPad is cooler – an iPadlet could be coolest

Posted on March 19, 2012 by markkolier

When I got my Amazon Kindle over the past holiday season I had my first opportunity to use a tablet for any length of time. I liked the smaller compact size – it fit into my briefcase better than an … Continue reading →

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Cutting the cable cord but not the network cord – the crowdsource knows the score

Posted on February 15, 2012 by markkolier

Today (Valentine’s Day 2012) a company called Aereo announced (Barry Diller of IAC did the announcing) in the NY Times Media Decoder blog from Brian Stelter http://nyti.ms/y5uJfZ it will begin offering a new television service that will stream local television … Continue reading →

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Why didn’t I think of that?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by markkolier

Does that ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. Yesterday I read about the idea of having a ‘Guest’ application on a mobile phone such that you could offer your phone to someone else to use … Continue reading →

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Today’s 3D movies don’t add much value except to the cost of a ticket

Posted on December 26, 2011 by markkolier

When I went to see Avatar in 3D in 2009 I felt it was an interesting and worthwhile experience. What I did not realize is that the story and imagery were woven so well together that they transcended the fact … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Kindle Fire – Version 1.0 is an ok start

Posted on December 14, 2011 by markkolier

On Monday December 12, New York Times’ writer David Streitfeld quasi-reviewed the hot-selling Amazon Kindle Fire http://nyti.ms/ruVyId. Skewered might be a better description. I have had my own Amazon Kindle Fire for two and a half weeks and have not … Continue reading →

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Affordable portable mini-printers are useful now but not for too long

Posted on December 5, 2011 by markkolier

Last night as we traveled back from the airport I was hungry and decided to order a small pizza. There’s a place http://www.PlanetPizza.com that makes good pizza near to our house. On their website they always have coupons for discounts … Continue reading →

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