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Our kids are connected – Are you?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ January 28, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

We all knew this was coming. The 8-18 year-old generation is tomorrow’s business leaders. This generation will be 100% connected when they hit the workforce because it’s been a normal way of life all of their lives. A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that … today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 [...]

Fascinating Video – What’s coming to our world in 2010?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ December 23, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

I stumbled across this really cool interview Robert Scoble (Rackspace Hosting) did with Jeremiah Owyang (Altimeter Group, formerly of Forrester Research) and Ray Wang (Altimeter Group, formerly of Forrester Research). I can’t remember the last time I didn’t stray from a 27 minute video. These guys are fascinating and definitely forward-thinkers that you should follow. [...]

Paid Hot Spot Wi-fi – Would you pay?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ October 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Would you, do you still pay for hot spot Wi-fi? Is the lower speed of data travel through your Edge or 3G smartphone enough of a trade off for the session costs of wi-fi at an airport or Starbucks?

Battle of the Smartphones

By Keith on the BlackBerry ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’m at this month’s Internet Marketing & Technology meeting in Chesapeake. The speakers are discussing the advantages of both the iPhone and the Blackberry line. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Text while you drive in Virginia, pay a $20 fine. Oooh.

By Keith Parnell ⋅ July 1, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Several new laws have gone into effect beginning today, July 1, 2009. Of them is making it illegal for drivers to text or email while behind the wheel. The fine for such an offense: $20. Yikes. Who is that going to deter? List of new laws in Virginia*: Ban reading or sending text messages or [...]

A Connected World and how important is it?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ March 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I think a very important question for company decision-makers is, How Tethered Should My Team Be? My world is very interesting and overall I think unique. Not unique for the tech industry but unique as compared to the work force as a whole. I require myself to be electronically connected at almost all hours of [...]

History of the BlackBerry: 1998 – 2008

By Keith Parnell ⋅ February 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Research In Motion held an event to celebrate the opening of a new plant in Sydney, Australia. At the event, they had a nice panel showing the history of BlackBerry devices dating back to the RIM 950 Wireless Handheld (bottom left) released in 1998, followed by the 957 model in 2000 (top left). RIM unveiled [...]

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