away we go…with mobile

I tend to travel quite a bit both professionally as well as personally with my wife and small children. There are a few constants that stay with me – my smartphone and my mini laptop. While my mini with WiFi card allows me access quick flight and hotel information, sometimes my cell phone has to [...]

iPad + Le Mans Race = Exposure at Crack Speeds

With over 3 million iPad’s sold, why wouldn’t you advertise on iPad! Audi gave owners of the iPad a chance to attend last weekend’s “24 Hours of Le Mans” auto race. At least virtually. The effort made Audi sponsor of real-time race coverage on SkyGrid, an app that aggregates real-time news for [...]

Google Smoogle…

This is going to be a ‘rant’ filled blog about how much I hate Google Maps.  So, if you like Google Maps, sorry, bottom line it’s unreliable, and for god sake, blue dot? Come ON!

So, here is my tale… my co-work Karla and I are driving down Bristol in Costa Mesa because we were trying [...]

Google’s got App Developers Crazy

Yes, you read that right.  Not app crazy or crazy for apps, but just plain old crazy.  With the latest Android release, Google now has at least 4 different versions of the Android in the wild.  With a variety of versions must come a variety of app releases.  With each version, developers have to change/modify/adjust [...]

Milk-A-What?

Every year I look forward to the Super Bowl, no, not for the gut clenching action or men in tight pants, but for the four delightful hours of socializing, alcoholic beverages, finger-foods, and most importantly, the highly entertaining commercials.

With an unparalleled rise in mobile marketing, I was certain that this was the year that big [...]

Mobile Hardware in a Soft Market

When was the last time you were in Ace Hardware? Better yet, when was the last time Ace Hardware crossed your mind when doing any kind of home improvement?!

In 2007: Ace Hardware Corp. ends bid to transition from a co-op after discovering $154 million accounting error. – http://leep.it/eE

In 2008: Total revenues for the first quarter [...]

“No way, my daughter is too young to do that”

Over the holidays I was visiting my girlfriend’s family which included a lovely 18 month old. This particular 18 month old did typical 18 month old baby things, ate typical 18 month old baby food, desires typical 18 month old baby things, like mommy & daddy, and played with the family dog, like a typical [...]

Shopoholics now mobile.

It is evident that mobile devices are replacing PC usage in yet another form for consumers as the year’s progress. As people become more and more mobile, their necessities seem to follow lead with the innovations and technology that phones seem to create for us each year.

During the past holidays everyone turns into shopping gurus, [...]

In Which I Am A Luddite

**This post is courtesy of Brian Leubitz and was original posted on Calitics entitled “In Which I Am a Luddite”

I love technology. Love, love, love. Gadgets, computers, phones, all of it. If it has electrons powering its innards, I’m probably going to like it.

Yet, this video chills me to the core. Probably not for [...]

Android needs QT – Quality Control (… and Quality Time)

As of recent, it seems as though nearly every mobile phone manufacturer is coming out with Google Android enabled phone: HTC, Samsung, Motorola, LG, etc.  There is no end in sight.  The tech-community thinks that Android will be “taking over” as the most widely used OS on mobile phones very soon.  Though this may be [...]