Yesterday was an epic, game-changing day for Google (GOOG:NASDAQ). It alters the landscape in the smartphone industry. In one expensive move, Google made its first foray into proprietary hardware territory. The move was another kick in the head for top competitor Research In Motion (RIMM:NASDAQ). Google is now a hardware manufacturer. Never in […]
Blackberry Curve 8320
I went to my collegemate’s wedding last week and I found that he had replaced his Blackberry 7290 to Curve 8320, an awesome smartphone! I remembered that we bought the Blackberry 7290 almost at the same time last year .He guy replaced the cellphone very fast ! After the wedding I tried out the […]
David Carr and Michael Wolff Spar on the Future of Media
The following is the transcript of I Want Media’s Future of Media forum. The webcast was produced by GroundReport and powered by Mogulus. Catch the full video on-demand on www.groundreport.com/tv. I Want Media held its first-ever discussion forum, The Future of Media, at New York University on June 4, 2008. The Future of Media presented […]
The victorious bank account
I learned yesterday that I need a new evaporator coil for the air conditioner. This will cost roughly a third of an entirely new furnace/AC unit to purchase and have installed. Professionals seem inclined to replace the entire unit, which is a little more than half-way through it’s expected life-span at 11 years old. Their […]
The Park Ave Doorman: An Interview
Single women adore him, D’Agostino supermarket delivery men are indebted to him, and some dogs whimper when walking past the street he works on if their owners don’t let them stop in to greet him. He’s not the neighborhood friendly Spiderman, but he’s not far off. He’s Victor Velez, the neighborhood friendly doorman. Eight years […]
East of Tragedy
The intimate portrait of a New Orleans East couple who are in the midst of rebuilding their home and recovering the pieces of a joyful life twenty months after the levees broke. Beatrice Haynes anxiously walked up to the single story home she and her husband Milton, both 48, have owned in New Orleans East […]