Video conferencing used to be a clumsy, slow and failure prone technology that at one time could be afforded only by people with fairly big budgets in either organizational or government settings. Later it moved to desktop PCs and became a lot [...] read more »
The Nexus 4 is currently the smartphone I am craving for. I was able to experience it just the other day and I must admit, every other smart phone experience pales in comparison. Even the Sony Xperia Z or the Samsung Note 2 cannot compete with it. Call it my affinity and loyalty to the Google lineage (I own a Nexus 7, and spazz about Google Glass) but nothing beats the Nexus 4! I was toying around with it and--somebody should've done a spirometry test on me because it was so hard to breathe--I fell in lo... read more »
Bob Pisani CNBC Image source: 2045.com How's this for a weekend conference: Some of the smartest people in the world are gathering in New York to try to figure out how to build lifelike copies of humans ... to be eventually uploaded with the contents of a real human brain.It's the brainchild of a Russian multimillionaire, Dmitry Itskov. ... And he says he's perfectly serious, and that it could be accomplished by 2035.Crazy? The New York Times gave Itskov a front-page profile on its Sunday Busine... read more »
Mark TurnerMysterious World6/15/2013On June 10th, a story fromPakistan says that eight cows have died in different areas in the province of Sargodha. A mysterious disease that has killed cows, goats, sheep and buffalo.Though the details are sketchy, one is left to wonder if this is a case of Mad Cow disease which infectsgrazer animals? The local population is upset and claim that no measures are being made by authorities to keep the situation under control. They demand vaccination, but of what type of in... read more »
Back in the waning days of this year's The-Winter-That-Would-Not-Quit, I mentioned in a post that I touched and killed the central CPU of my network and was forced to replace it with a new Dell. Well, my Midas Touchhas worked its magic again. The new (3 month old) server had streamlined some of my operations, all the software had been transferred and with very few exceptions, without the need to purchase new licences, and over 70 hours of music had been ripped so that every workstation could share my ec... read more »
This speech with Andrew McAfee is thought provoking. He provides some interesting demographics in his discussion worth considering. His discussion includes how education is failing for many students. Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like?Andrew didn't have anything to say about the school debt scam. His speech is still worthy of some pondering. His critics could easily suggest this is predictive programming, which he is just fostering, and is all about New World Order agenda.If the globalists an... read more »
Santa wanted to start a business. Santa decided to buy an auto rickshaw. Banta was confused. Banta asked that Santa does not even have license to drive an auto rickshaw. Santa said that he is not planning to drive auto rickshaw. Santa is planning to rent out the auto rickshaw. Banta cautioned that one must have deep understanding of the area of business before getting into it. Santa acknowledged the concern and reverted that it is not necessary that all aviation company owners must be pilots. Santa said ... read more »
The Android platform has naturally been one of the best options for developers because of all the features it provides. As an open source platform, it allows for unique editing, manipulating, and developing from a wide range of people. For game developers, [...] read more »
Unless you really haven't been paying attention to the news this week, you'll be aware of the NSA's "PRISM" program. On the one hand, there are a series of sources that say beyond Verizon handing over ALL call information, other companies are participating in the program, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Skype, and so on. On the other hand, there are now a number of statements from the same companies that categorically deny that they are participating. Either way, there's a few things that are not ... read more »
Explain the Stages Model of structure. Is it necessary for an organization to pass through all successive stages of growth? The experiences of many firms indicate that organization structure evolves through different stages. What structure an enterprise will have would depend upon its growth stage, apart from size and the key success factors inherent in its business. For example, the read more »
