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Mobile Applications Are Breaking Sales Records!

mclynd — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:31:16 +0000

Flurry: App Store Sees Record Breaking Christmas, 50% Growth from November to December. – Not surprised given the convience that mobile apps give you. Facebook, Twitter, GMail and many other apps are even better when you have more access. After all, you never know when the modd will hit ya!.

Via Techcrunch

More People Around The World Get Their News Online From Google News Than CNN

mclynd — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:32:07 +0000

More People Around The World Get Their News Online From Google News Than CNN. Wow…by golly…there is something to this here Internet thang…huh???

Via Techcrunch

The US Gets A Chief Of Cybersecurity – You Read That Right

mclynd — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:30:01 +0000

The US Gets A Chief Of Cybersecurity – You Read That Right. Howard is a great fit and a guy with impeccable credentials and work ethic. We served on the advisory board for Airtight Networks and he was always highly spoken of. Congratulations Howard!

Via Thenextweb

The Rumors Are True: We Spend More And More Time Online

mclynd — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:16:08 +0000

The Rumors Are True: We Spend More And More Time Online. – Very interesting….I guess we shouldn’t be that surprised afteral you are reading this online at a blog with a limited audience.

Via Tech Crunch

1,000,000,000,000,000GB Is A Yottabyte, Only At The NSA

mclynd — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:48:50 +0000

NSA to store yottabytes of surveillance data in Utah megarepository. – Very interesting story as the technology that the NSA, DIA and CIA often finds its way to the commercial market quite quickly. So get your yottabyte on…it is only 1,000,000,000,000,000GBs.

It is an amazing amount of surveillance data…one has to wonder how much of this data comes from Echelon and other dark programs and systems. The computing and storage power of the NSA is incredible.

Via Techcrunch

Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

mclynd — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:36:44 +0000

Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World. – Great map and very interesting content, it will amaze you as to which countries are the most and least expensive for Internet service.

Statistics – Energy Could Eat Up To 40% of IT Budgets.

mclynd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:57:35 +0000

Energy could eat up to 40% of IT budgets.
–Gartner, November 2006

300,000 entrepreneurs will use Skype as their primary means of business communication in 2007. –Albert Lin at American Technology Research, November 2006

Via Entrepreneur.com

Small Business – Mobile Tech Statistics

mclynd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:23:15 +0000

Small Business – Mobile Tech Statistics. By the end of 2008, roughly 50% of airlines worldwide will allow calls from mobile phones while in flight.
–Airline IT Trends, November 2006

59% of all airlines plan to offer internet and e-mail access by the end of 2008.
–Airline IT Trends, November 2006

By 2009, the number of mobile workers in the US is expected to reach more than 70% of the total workforce.
–IDC, October 2006
via entrepreneur.com

Novels Written On Mobile Phones???

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:13:49 +0000

The New Nomadism | The Economist - “Five of the ten bestselling novels in Japan last year were written on mobile phones.” This is very interesting as the variety of uses for mobile phones continue to grow and the dependence upon them is increasing. hhhmmmmm…

Living with numbers

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:56:06 +0000

This is a new category I have started to highlight and encourage knowledge around the numbers and statistics that surround us on a daily basis. Statistics and numbers can be fundamental to your existence and help you make educated decisions. But, be alert as they can be manipulated to mislead you as well. In this category will will attempt to explore deeper into the science or pseudo-science of numbers/statistics in our daily lives. I hope you like it.