Anthony Farrior

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Moving Up is Hard to Do (in IT): CIO Strategies for Career Success

Moving up in IT is hard to do. When you start off you have to follow many policies along with your regular job. When you receive promotions, the polarity changes, and you become the one implementing policies. Being the owner of a technology company is even more daunting, because you have your worker’s hopes and ...

Motorola Cliq XT First Impressions

This is my first Google Android phone and I must say that I’m very impressed! The screen is great, the phone itself is very light and the overall design is attractive. I asked myself: “Would I leave the HTC Touch Pro 2 for this?” The jury is still out. Even though I do miss the ...

98% Of ATT Smartphone Customers Use less than 2 GB of Data Per Month.

 Or so they think. I asked a couple of my AT&T sources about the new pricing and they did manage to produce new data: We think the new plans will enable even more people to enjoy the benefits of the mobile Internet.  That’s what the plans were designed for and that’s what we think they’ll ...

Apple TV Could be the Cheapest Game Console Ever

MG over at Techcrunch echoes Engadget’s tip/rumor about Apple coming out with a 99.00 Apple TV box running off of their iPhone 4.0 operating system. Does anybody else see what I see here? At present, the only thing Microsoft had a comfortable lead over Apple was the Gaming console = Xbox and Xbox360. [Editor’s Note: ...

Facebook’s All-Hands Meeting: Just Like Amy Winehouse at Rehab

My “moral weather-vane” for technology Jason Calacanis has set his cross-hairs on Facebook and their privacy issues. As a user of Facebook, I worry that giving us too many choices as to privacy is bad. There will always be a chance that I will miss a choice that might be pivotal to my privacy. I ...

Testing the T-Mobile Nokia 5230 Nuron. Would You Buy It?

I think I spoiled my wife. Right after Nokia created their first all touch phone, I bought it and eventually gave it to my wife. This has unfortunately made her go “bleh” to Nokia’s first official all touch phone for  Tmobile. One of the brightest spots about the Nokia is its integration with Ovi Maps. ...

Redux – for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad ?

So be it. If the only way to get good video on the iPad, iPhone and iPod is via apps then bring it on. Redux carried over their brilliant video entertainment to Apple and I’m sure it’s going to be a hit there too. Not too sure? Clink the download link below. I’ll forgive you ...

RIM Releases It’s Beta Twitter Blackberry App

It’s only been an hour since RIM’s beta app release. Just the trademark Twitter “T” was impressive to me. The app has a very clean look and feel and everything is where it should be. If this is a beta, what do you call Ubertweet’s version? The upside with this app is that you have ...

Tap Tap Radiation: Made Just For The iPad?

As everyone speculated, games on the iPad will be big! I just don’t mean size-wise, lol. Games on the iPad will be big business. Imagine playing your favorite iPhone game on a 10″ screen. When developers see the stats on game apps bought for the iPad, expect a windfall of old and new games… Trying ...

iPad’s Not Charging? No Worries…

So you just skipped from the Apple store to your home and instead of using it’s supplied power-cord, you tried to connect it to your PC. Wait, what’s that message? Battery not charging? Are you telling me my PC USB aren’t strong enough to charge the iPad? Yes, this is true but not surprising. Most ...