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Laurene Powell Jobs should write about living with a modern day Newton

Posted on October 8, 2012 by markkolier

Now that I have finished Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs I have to admit that I wish I’d met the man – something I had never felt was all that important before I read the book. What I’d also … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball puts listening to the game behind a paywall

Posted on May 9, 2012 by markkolier

Over the weekend I came into the office to catch up on a couple of hours of work. On the way to the office I had been listening (on the car radio) to my beloved New York Mets’ – http://newyork.mets.mlb.com … Continue reading →

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Is Blackberry standing at death’s door?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by markkolier

Like so many RIM – Research in Motion – BB users, last week’s worldwide Blackberry outage was a big inconvenience for me. I was traveling and even more reliant on the efficacy of BB’s email platform. A by-product was that … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Tablet – I think I may try it

Posted on September 14, 2011 by markkolier

I don’t consider myself a technology nut although there are those that might disagree. For instance I do not own an iPhone (although I am moving closer to breaking down each and every day), nor an iPad. Actually I don’t … Continue reading →

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Do you sleep with your PDA or smartphone under your pillow?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by markkolier

Maybe you sleep with your mobile device right next to your bed? I’m continually impressed when I find out that many people I know keep their iPhone, Blackberry or Droid on their nightstand when they go to bed at night. … Continue reading →

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The BlackBerry Storm 2 – an improvement

Posted on June 21, 2010 by markkolier

Since the iPhone remains on the AT & T platform I am just not interested in experiencing the vagaries of AT & T service. That’s why I decided on sticking with BlackBerry in the first place. My first BB Storm … Continue reading →

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Good Apple/Bad Apple

Posted on May 21, 2010 by markkolier

It is said that revolutions happen one moment at a time. Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. have been consistently gone against the grain and in so doing created a company and I daresay even a movement counterculture based on the … Continue reading →

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Social media and Internet censorship in the office will not make things better

Posted on April 13, 2010 by markkolier

I heard a radio spot yesterday from Barracuda Networks. Their offer is to help companies make their workers more productive by blocking/firewalling them from websites and social networks that (as the ad infers) detract from employee productivity and company profits. … Continue reading →

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Palm Pre – why a rising star fell fast

Posted on March 22, 2010 by markkolier

Palm shares plunged this past Friday March 19th to their lowest level in more than a year.  The Palm Pre Smartphone was to be the ‘killer app’ forecast to bring Palm back to relevancy.  In fact Palm noted in a … Continue reading →

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Data streams are overflowing

Posted on December 10, 2009 by markkolier

A small article in today’s (December 10) NY Times – AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data had me shaking my head.   Here is a link to the article – http://bit.ly/8IgbCg.    For those that do not know AT … Continue reading →

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