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New Waze: Community-Sourced Traffic Revisited

“Watch out! Accident ahead!” I just turned on Waze, the crowd-sourcing / navigation traffic app and I instantly found out what cause of a backup on a...

 
 

Robin: Siri-ously Great Voice App for Android

As an Android user, I have looked longingly at the Apple commercials featuring Siri. With big puppy-dog eyes, I have been waiting for the day I could speak to my...

 
 

SxSW 2012 Recap: Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) Content, ROI, Data and More

  @GuyKawasaki and Google's Vic Gundotra at SXSW 2012 (Wayne Kurtzman photo) Roald Dahl would have loved the South by Southwest conference and festival,...

 
 

It’s Not Easy Being Geek – Except Here And Now at SxSW

Pedicab at SXSW in Austin, TX (Wayne Kurtzman photo) To paraphrase the very social Kermit the Frog, It’s Not Easy Being Geek.  That is unless you are among...

 
 

Death, Taxes and NFC

Over 400 people gathered in Boston to hear about the future of NFC, or Near Field Communications from panelists from  PayPal, Verizon, semiconductor company NXP...

 
 

SxSW: Gaming The World for Business; Education

The world is a game and we’re playing whether we want to or not. Our education system, customer acquisition and even loyalty rewards all use gaming elements...

 
 

SxSW 2011: On The Nerdbird

I started the day at Boston’s Logan International Airport’s Terminal C discussing the upcoming SxSW (pronounced South-by-southwest) conference with a group of...

 
 
 
 

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