BitDepth#969 - December 30

"In day to day use, the larger screen is addictive. Samsung has added useful touches to the standard interface which make good use of the increased screen real estate.
Buttons offer much larger targets, more information about calls shows up when you dial and everything feels much roomier, like moving from a standard room in a hotel into a penthouse suite." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#968 - December 23

"A three-year-old will quickly figure out YouTube, and it’s necessary to exercise careful oversight over the use of the abundantly stocked content outlet.
On the one hand, a child can quickly begin exploring all kinds of interesting thumbnails, discovering things that won’t normally appear in the careful programming of network television.
On the other hand, that."
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BitDepth#967 - December 16

"It was also argued that the region’s market for telecommunications solutions though small, is under penetrated.
Making regulatory decisions for the situation as it stands at the moment will be challenging enough, but regional regulators face a situation in which the speed of technology advancements will bring into question even the most sane and sensible decisions that are likely to emerge from last week’s discussions." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#966 - December 09

"The result, an edit of 250,000 images later, is Fearless Genius, a gritty black and white document of the seminal years of Silicon Valley between 1980 and 1990.
Menuez has spun the project, which leverages a selection of 7,000 scanned photos, into a lavish book, a web app, a documentary, a television and web series as well as a schools education programme." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#965 - December 02

"The result, an edit of 250,000 images later, is Fearless Genius, a gritty black and white document of the seminal years of Silicon Valley between 1980 and 1990.
Menuez has spun the project, which leverages a selection of 7,000 scanned photos, into a lavish book, a web app, a documentary, a television and web series as well as a schools education programme." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#964 - November 24

"Now that Microsoft has moved virtually all its productivity and enterprise support software to the cloud and made clear its intention to pursue subscription models that can be extended to most computing devices, it’s surprising that the company would still be selling features over implementation models to the extent that it was last week." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#963 - November 18

"Professor Fossum began his work on the technology that would become the CMOS sensor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was charged with making digital capture devices that were smaller, lighter and more energy efficient to fit into the smaller spacecraft that the space agency was building." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#962 - November 11

CWC’s Phil Bentley described TSTT as a “failing enterprise,” in a May Business Guardian interview.
CWC would later be announced as one of the applicants for a third mobile telecommunications license for T&T.
“At the end of the day,” Bentley told the BG, “this is a business. We invest money and hope to get a return. If we can’t get a return, we will go somewhere else. We have got lots of options.”
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BitDepth#961 - November 04

“Young journalists wanting to break into the field are willing to take more risks, but here’s a need for security protocols and safety procedures.”
“Journalists must place more emphasis in planning and preparation. You simply can't go into a conflict zone without proper training, insurance and a satellite phone.”
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BitDepth#960 - October 28

"The Note 4 is an evolutionary upgrade to the company’s market-defining line of larger smartphones, and it’s one that’s surprisingly small, tidy and neat for its physical specifications. At least part of the reason for that is Samsung’s thinner bezel, which pushes the screen much closer to the edges of the device, creating the illusion of a smaller box." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#959 - October 21

"Digicel’s hopes to go quadplay and to branch into cable telephony and entertainment might be making Flow and TSTT nervous, but the company hasn’t stopped there, and media houses might want to take note of what comes next.
Digicel is now dipping its toe in content creation, buying a majority stake in St Lucia based regional cable sports agency SportsMax in September from International Media Content Limited." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#958 - October 14

"There is, however, a gulf of difference between a selfie, which tends to capture an engaging and personally appreciated moment for further appreciation, and a self-portrait, which tends to be a more deliberate and considered effort at defining oneself visually." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#957 - October 07

"My own installation, which downloaded briskly and installed even faster in an old VMWare Fusion virtual machine takes up 10GB on disk, not bad for a modern OS installation.
But this is a version of Windows for adventurers, columnists and the technically adept. Using is on a production machine is probably inadvisable, no matter what your friends tell you." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#956 - September 30

"BlackBerry is putting it to their users that they really need a square tank to be efficient, and they may be the only smartphone maker with a business base dedicated enough to survive the asking." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#955 - September 23

"The Android app store can’t compare, particularly for creatives, to the thriving abundance of apps available for Apple’s iPhones.
At least part of the problem is the curious problem of Android fragmentation. OpenSignal reports that in August 2014, there were 18,000 individual Android devices in the market awaiting the attention of a potential developer." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#954 - September 16

“As OCD as I am, I thrive on perfection and seeing cars parked outside of lines, in handicap parking spaces when they should not be or simply parking badly causing inconvenience to others really started to bother me and I thought I would share this with others who I know feel the same way as I do.”
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BitDepth#953 - September 09

“If there is a problem, I assume you can take it to him but there is nothing preventive.”
“I do maintenance from time to time so the machine is in good shape. However, I had to (ahem) subvert certain security controls, in order to do it.”
“Most parents could not do this, and the other laptops I have seen, those that can still boot, are in a mess.”
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BitDepth#952 - September 02

"But customers of UHDTV displays are going to run into another problem long before those enhancements come along, and that’s finding content that’s capable of filling these curvy displays with the pixels they hunger for.
Standard definition TV, better known as “the stuff we’ve been watching for years,” tops out at around 704 pixels per inch on the longest side." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#951 - August 26

"What emerged most clearly was a disconnect between the Internet as a business and the Internet as a commons, both of which are necessary aspects of maintaining the most remarkable technological network ever built.
Freedom and openness encourage innovation and enterprise, the type of thinking that builds businesses like cunning VOIP systems as well as the deeply complicated code that expands and enhances our experiences on the web." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#950 - August 19

"Creating is hard. It's so much easier to do work that passes muster than it is to do something that challenges or even defies expectations.
Being funny is hard. You can't really be funny without being a bit wicked and the best humour is downright nasty. Every joke has a butt and it’s often roundly kicked." Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#949 - August 12

Android phones ship with with a wide range of software, but some of it is hardly best of breed. These five apps are. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#948 - August 05

Jeffrey Alleyne's successful film about ghetto life in T&T gets widely pirated. This is the story of the making of the film and its widespread theft. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#947 - July 29

TSTT's acting CEO George Hill explains the company's status and strategy for its five year recovery plan. Click here to read more...
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Two days of copyright talks later…

Reporting for the Trinidad Guardian on two days of copyright discussions related to Carnival. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#946 - July 22

Two days of deliberations on matters related to copyright in Carnival prompt strong responses from its stakeholders, including this author. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#945 - July 15

Facebook quietly allows a University research team to influence the feeds of the social media website. Here's why that shouldn't surprise you. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#944 - July 05

DigicelTT announces a ban on Voice over IP software, prompting a national discussion on net neutrality. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#943 - June 30

The National Carnival Commision reveals the results of their analysis of Carnival's traffic and parade flows and preliminary proposals for the parade route. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#942 - June 24

An explanation of BitCoin and its likely applications to e-commerce. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#941 - June 17

Accvent introduces a line of mobile and computer accessories to the Trinidad and Tobago market. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#940 - June 10

Apple previews a new version of its flagship operating system, Mac OS Yosemite. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#939 - June 03

For today's web publishers, Wordpress is the overwhelming choice. My experiences with the content management system in creating a new website. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#938 - May 27

Steelcase introduces a new chair for the tablet and laptop user. Click here to read more...
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T&T a key market for Microsoft

Microsoft's Vice-president of the Sales, Marketing and Services Group, Barry Ridgway explains his strategy for the region. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#937 - May 20

Nokia disappears into the portfolio of Microsoft and a bold and innovative company that once ruled the business of cell phones pays a heavy price for not keeping pace with the changes in the market. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#936 - May 13

Three hard drive crashes in two weeks prompt a review of my backup regime and the hardware supporting it. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#935 - May 06

A team of young developers from the University of the Southern Caribbean win a Microsoft software development challenge. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#934 - April 29

A shockingly violent video of corporal punishment sets the Internet on fire in Trinidad and Tobago. Some thoughts on the debate. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#933 - April 22

More impressions of the Samsung Gear Fit and all the ways it both succeeds and falls short of its potential. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#932 - April 15

First experiences with a smart watch, the Samsung Gear Fit. Click here to read more...
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One. Then five to fifteen.

Talking to Carnival students at UWI on a new media panel, I offer some perspectives on the status of the festival in this talk and explore the issues that are likely to shape its future. Click here to read more...
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Carnival conversation

Carnival always seems to be on the verge of Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#931 - April 08

Samsung's announcement of not just a new smart watch but also a new OS for one of its new devices points to some new strategy from the Android market leader. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#930 - April 01

Microsoft announces a version of Office for the iPad. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#929 - March 25

As Carnival comes to an end, a national conversation about the festival still looks back at the event's past. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#928 - March 18

Putting an Android powered camera, Samsung's EK-GC100, to the test on Carnival Tuesday. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#927 - March 11

What a day at the Socadrome taught me about the future of Carnival. Click here to read more...
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More transparency in Carnival

My editorial for the Guardian for March 10 calls for more transparency in the operations of the state agency responsible for convening Carnival and its most senior stakeholders. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#926 - March 04

Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago should be much further along than it is today. Some thoughts about why that's the case. Click here to read more...
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The Geography of Carnival

Editorial for the T&T Guardian written on March 02 on the controversies surrounding the routes taken and planned for Carnival 2014. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#925 - February 25

Leslie-Ann Boiselle, BC Pires, Dean Ackin, David Rudder and Kenwyn Murray all have a stake and interest in Carnival. These are their thoughts on how Carnival might be improved. Click here to read more...
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Elitism or entrepreneurship?

Editorial written for the T&T Guardian for February 26 considering the implications of the Socadrome and its potential impact on Carnival 2014. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#924 - February 18

Copyright issues arise again during Carnival 2014 with no apparent solutions or common sense evaluations of the actual law in sight. Click here to read more...
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What the NCC should do

On January 23, I responded to a request from the NCC asking for suggestions on media accreditation and handling. This is the document I supplied to them and later in the season, to the management of the Socadrome. Click here to read more...
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Zorce on accreditation

A letter from Zorce boss Narend Sooknarine about his experiences applying for Click here to read more...
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Yooz seeks more for its users

Reporting for the Business Guardian on Yooz, an electronic payment system that works on all phones. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#923 - February 11

Facebook's new post distribution algorithm creates problems for publishers and marketers. Nicole Phillip Greene of WhenDidIBecomeMyMom.com offers some solutions and approaches to handling the issue. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#922 - February 04

TSTT introduces its first Gigabit Community to a gated housing project in Chaguanas. Click here to read more...
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The Gigabit Community

Business Guardian news reporting on TSTT's Gigabit Community project. Click here to read more...
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BitDepth#921 - January 28

Apple's Macintosh, 30 years later. Click here to read more...
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