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Photo credit wikipedia Special Operations Command (SOCOM) recently released a Broad Agency Announcement soliciting proposals for several types of technologies that they are looking for in cooperation with the private sector. We are interested in all forms of disrupting technologies at  Crucial Point LLC and after looking this wish list from SOCOM it is  pretty clear they are looking for disruptive technologies as well. Below is a breakdown of what they are looking for. If your company can help in any of these fields you can check to the BAA here. AREAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE FOR SRSE (SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE, & EXPLOITATION)  Tags – Tagging, Tracking, and Locating technologies.  SOCOM is looking for lightweight, low cost, and low energy GPS and non-GPS trackers, biological and chemical taggers, various beacons, audio and video recor... (more)

Dear Google, I am not buying Plus

Google+ might be a decent alternative to Twitter, but it does not play well with others Okay Google, we get it. You make some really great products. But what’s the deal with Google+? The service is seems to aspire to be mix between Facebook and Twitter, yet is lacking the critical differentiators that both of Facebook and Twitter offer. Facebook and Twitter have become huge for a few reasons. The first, is a low low barrier to entry. The second, is the ease of integration for Facebook/Twitter with each other – and the number of ways to access. Android and iPhone both offer deep... (more)

Apple has $46B Quarter – But what does it mean?

Apple knocked it out of the park this quarter - but is it enough? Apple Inc just had their first $40B quarter ever – to the tune of $46B dollars in revenue.  They sold 37M iPhones, 15M iPads and 15M iPods. Additionally, they sold 5M Mac computers. These numbers are ridiculous. Right now Apple is stacking away a ton of cash – so much so that it makes the $100M they wasted on a spurious lawsuit against HTC merely a drop in the bucket. These numbers are astounding – but are actually not surprising. In this quarter, Apple released the iPhone 4S and was bolstered by holiday spending. ... (more)

Apple Quietly Appeals ITC’s HTC Decision

Apple has taken the International Trade Commission's month-old decision finding HTC's Android gismos infringe only one of the patents it asserted and letting it ship the products while it fixes the problem to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). The patent-watching Foss Patents blog says Apple quietly lodged the appeal on December 29. The blog learned from an Apple filing with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a case against Motorola Mobility that the ITC's administrative law judge had sided with Apple and found HTC guilty... (more)

Apple's Surprising and Disappointing Marketing Fail - Software Malpractice?

Apple's Surprising Marketing Blunder Along with hoards of other people, I upgraded my perfectly good iPhone 4 for the new iPhone 4S. Why? Siri. Am I happy?  No. I "listened" to the iPhone 4S launch - from live blog streams. I was honestly quite disappointed.  A faster processor?  The iPhone 4 was fast enough for me. Same "defective" exposed-glass design that is guaranteed to shatter the first time you drop it (my first iPhone 4 lasted two days).  Heck, you can't even show your new iPhone off because it looks identical to the old one. No crowds of people asking you "what do you thi... (more)