Tag: Killer Apps
Sometimes using one?s smartphone is like playing a game of, well, ?telephone.? Half the time no one can hear you and when they can, the message gets lost in translation ? even when it?s not actually being translated. I?m convinced that mine is actually a ?smart-ass phone? given how...
That a large portion of one?s customer service call are outsourced to India or other exotic locales is old news. We?ve all been patched through to a phone bank half a planet away to speak with someone trained to suppress their native accent and make...
Money makes the world go around?really, really fast?which is why one's head tends to spin with each new billion-dollar valuation and smug twenty-something on a magazine cover. This isn't anything new; it's even something of a Bay Area tradition. Or at least that's the impression...
They look like the bastard offspring of a crossword puzzle and a crop circle. QR codes, also known as "quick response" or "quick read" codes, are often seen lingering on the corner of magazine ads, clothing tags or band fliers as a bridge for our...
Sad Comics droll addition to iTunes' burgeoning (comic) book store
Somehow, someone in every generation claims to have had the inaugural issue of ? insert comic book title here ? stowed in the attic, garage or under the bed only to discover that their mothers had disposed of it with...
