Software & Technology Articles For Entrepreneurs & Small Business OwnersStruggling for Ways to Monetize, Find New OpportunitiesHeyday it Ain’t – Families no longer huddle around the TV set to watch their content. There are too many options available and it’s a challenge to networks, service providers and people wanting to sell/rent their content. Hundreds of channels are being replaced by the Channel of You. NAB was chaotic, to say the least, […] It’s 4K All The Way, Drawing Line in The Sand, Storing StuffThunder – Like a bunch of buff guys, Blackmagic Design hit NAB this year and had people talkin’ and gawkin’. The Aussie Thunder Down Under crew showed they were seriously into the mainstream of content shooting/production. Television and movies always seem to be about surprise, drama and that just about summed up this year’s NAB […] Social Media Publicity – Watch, Play Hockey FirstA few weeks ago my in-laws were in town and we had to watch “her” Blackhawks play. Watching the game (the Blackhawks won by the way) made me think that social media is similar. Fast moving, requires a lot of thinking/talent, can be rough. People play hockey to win. People play at social media to […] The End of an Era, The End of New Devices“For the first time in my life, I’m scared. But the thing is, I like it. I want more.” – Dr. Michael Anthony Brace, Brainstorm, MGM, 1983 The recent EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe Report told you what you already knew … there is a crapload of stuff being prepared, sent, digested and used; and by […] Our Content is Overwhelming Us, Needs to Be Controlled“Well it’s kind of a – kind of a mass. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.” – Steve Andrews, The Blob, Fairview Productions, 1958 Most who watch big sporting events like Soccer’s World Cup, the Olympics or March Madness are only concerned about who is going to win. Then there are the rest of us […] Options for Gamers, Challenges for Developers, Industry Partners“Paranoids, Matrix Blaster, Vice Squad, a whole slew of them. I was this close to starting my own little enterprise, man. But enter another software engineer. Not so young, not so bright, but very, very sneaky.” – Tron, Walt Disney, 1982 If you stretch real hard, gamers just might put some buzz/fun back into PC/CE […] There’s Just Something About Your Storage You Can See, Touch“Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished.” – Stevie Wayne – “The Fog,” AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1980 We recently switched back to posting some of our documents from Google’s Gdrive (not as catchy as iDrive but…). Gdrive had “issues” and if the work didn’t fit into […] Digital Signage – They Tell, Sell, See, Will Do MoreThere are two aspects of the digital signage industry – what it is today (pretty darn rosy) and what it will be in just a few years (mind boggling). To most folks, digital signage is all of those gawdy signs they see in NYC’s Times Square, Vegas or the static and video signs you see […] When Should a New Business Invest in a CRM System?When should a new business invest in a CRM system? Some would say that it is never too soon, and others would bide their time to see how it goes. But all would agree that a CRM system is essential if a business is to succeed, and so the ‘When?’ question is one that every […] Social Networking For Your Home Based BusinessWhen you have a home based business, you want to get your name and business out there for the world to see. Luckily, there are many avenues in the world of social networks to help you create and sell your image. Which social networking platforms you use depends on your comfort zone and willingness to […] How Businesses Can Take Advantage of Cloud ComputingCloud computing has successfully changed the way businesses are run today. It has drastically reduced the overall cost of running a business (for those that know how to take advantage of it though). This article will be taking a look at how businesses that are yet to tap into this revolution, can take advantage of […] In Technology Leadership, the Big Dogs Play for KeepsApple … Amazon … Facebook … Google … Samsung – Each one is ahead in the game of content, devices, customers–depending on the report you read, the phase of the moon or your personal preference/prejudice. They have coopetition – cooperative competition – down to an art: – Cooperating one day on things like patents, license […] Machines, Things, Big Data, Quants – Next Stop …“You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination.” – Narrator, Twilight Zone, CBS, 1959 Government leaders, scientists, business leaders, health officials and educators are excited see how they can analyze the growing clouds of data you’re generating/depositing. […] The Internet … Now Everyone Wants to Own, Manage the Team“This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh… people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.” – Terence Mann, Field of Dreams, Universal Pictures, 1989 The one thing you have to say about anything developed […] Security is Only as Secure as the User“1668, the church kidnapped four Illuminati scientists and branded each one of them on the chest with the symbol of the cross to ‘purge’ them of their sins and they executed them, threw their bodies in the street as a warning to others to stop questioning church ruling on scientific matters. They radicalized them.” – […] CES The Greatest Show on EarthEveryone – except people who have a clown or big crowd phobia – loves the circus. CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is one of the world’s biggest circuses on the globe with acts of all shapes, sizes and quality; each hungering for the cheers of the crowd. It isn’t often you see a lawyer as the […] The Economy, Online World And Mobile Devices Changed It All“Then, they took everything about me and put it into a computer where they created this model of my mind. Yes! Using that model they managed to generate every thought I could possibly have in the next, say, 10 years.” – Jeffrey Goines, “Twelve Monkeys,” Universal Pictures, 1995 Depending on where you live on the […] How to Improve Loan Origination Revenues with Champion / Challenger TestingCredit scoring models have already become an essential part of loan origination systems. A growing number of lenders turn to Big Data technologies to set up a robust lending mechanism. John Thiel, Head of the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merril Lynch, says in his Forbes interview: “Big data is the ability to spot […] Machines Begin Taking Social Out of Social MediaMarketing and communications (publicity) folks were so busy jockeying to show they were running, managing and controlling social media they didn’t noticed they had lost it to the machines … all of it. The machines just like in “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “I Robot” had digitized, dehumanized people just as in TV’s “Person of […] People Want it All – Convenience and Privacy“What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area.” – Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard, “The Fugitive,” Warner Bros., 1993 Our kids love the fact that they have a couple of thousand Likes and Followers. Our daughter […] |
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