Archive for the 'Technology' Category


The News

The biggest story of the week is the death of the Flip camera.  From the cradle to the grave in four years.  I believe its death was collateral damage, any other company would have continued the business, but Cisco selling consumer products was like a record label selling blade servers, ridiculous. Still…what is the lifespan […]

Howard Goes Mac

And he can’t stop talking about his iPhone. First there was the switch to Verizon.  "I even have a connection in the basement!" Then there was the talk about BBM.  That was the rage, for a minute, using BlackBerry Messenger to stay in touch with your friends. But then Howard Stern switched to an Android.  […]

Digital Milestone

"Digital Sales Outstrip A Hardcover’s Debut" Unfortunately, this content is behind a pay wall.  But it states that Harper, for the first time sold more copies of a title in e-book form than hardcover.  Over the initial twelve days of sales, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" sold 6,500 digital copies as opposed […]

Square Card Reader

Square.com Did you know you could lend Kindle books? Miss one day in the news cycle and you’re out of it.  Don’t follow people on Twitter and you miss the heartbeat of the street. Friday night, Ian Rogers of Topspin retweeted Jill Sobule’s tweet: "Need a Square credit card reader to sell merch at our […]