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I would not have ever though of myself as a 'blogger'.
I enjoy a number of things and believe that I have learned and grown in my experiences over the years so in the spirit of sharing, I thought a blog would be an interesting way to give my thoughts and views on all things I find interesting.
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Do You Really Need a Case for Your iPhone?
Posted on September 22, 2012 | No CommentsOne of my biggest pet peeves and frankly, one of the craziest things to do in my no so humble opinion is to put a case on your iPhone. Seriously, you really think a case adds any value or protection to your iPhone? -
RIMM – A Company on Life Support With No Hope
Posted on June 28, 2012 | 1 CommentThe biggest and most telling issue though was the announcement that they will be cutting a further 5,000 employees and that the new BB10 based devices are further delayed to 1Q 2013. This is the signal to finally take the company off life support and just let Canada mourn over yet another 'made in Canada' solution that could not make it in the end. -
RIM Finally Reacts – But is it Enough?
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsResearch in Motion today announced that Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two co-CEOs and co-Chair's on the board have resigned. A company insider, Thorsten Heins, who prior to joining RIM four years ago was with Siemens. -
Apple Gains on Android Based on iPhone 4S Sales
Posted on January 10, 2012 | No CommentsApple made significant gains on Android over the Oct / Nov 2011 period primarily based on iPhone 4S Sales according to research firm NPD. -
RIM needs to take a page from Apple’s history – too bad they can’t
Posted on December 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe management of Research in Motion have pretty much driven their company into the ground. While RIM may have been the market leader two years ago in the smartphone market, the concept of 'what is a smartphone' has dramatically been altered by Apple and Google. -
Siri Poses Significant Threat to Google – It’s True!
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsSiri is going to be revolutionary. As it matures and as more and more people understand what it is all about and what you can do with it, Apple will effectively cut Google out of a lot of search based Ads and revenue. People will naturally ask Siri their questions and Siri will obediently and gladly respond with the answers - not referencing Google at all. -
RIM Falls Yet Again – Three Quarters in a row
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsResearch in Motion has yet again failed to meet investor or analyst expectations with their second quarterly results which was announced after trading hours yesterday, September 15th. -
Google loses Nortel Patents
Posted on July 2, 2011 | No CommentsGoogle, which in April started the bidding at $900M for 6,000 Nortel patents, indicated that claiming these patents was crucial to shoring up their ability to forestall future patent infringement lawsuits. -
Lazaridis Fails at D:Dive into Mobile Conference
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsMike Lazaridis was a scheduled speaker at the D:Dive into Mobile Conference held on December 6th and 7th in San Francisco, CA. He was in a roundtable discussion moderated by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, who are both technology columnists for the Wall Street Journal where the topic was RIM's survival plans. -
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RIM Experiences Yet Another Blackberry Outage
Posted on December 22, 2009 | 2 CommentsIt was reported tonight that there is an outage of services affecting North America based Blackberry users. To my recollection, this is about the fifth major outage event affecting Blackberry […]