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King of the Alphabet

It's the final lap of 2019 - we are less than thirty days from beginning a new decade. While many folks may be thinking of the joys of...

Walking a Tight Rope

I was in high school when I first learned the internet could be cruel. Beforehand it had been rumors started by classmates but this...

What Tech Regulation Could Look Like

"Did you hear the news?" asked my employee early Friday morning. "What news?" I responded. "Fitbit's being acquired by Google" she typed...

Cloud(y) Times Ahead

After a nice two week hiatus, The Beta Byte is back in action! A reader asked me a few weeks ago if I took a break because there was not...

Forget Me Not

Delete…..Delete... Delete..Delete.Delete Untag, Untag, Untag, Untag. Block. Unfriend. Unfollow. With each strike of my fingers on the...

No Such Thing as Free Shipping

"$97 for FedEx 2 Day delivery?!" I repeated back to the shipping manager assisting me. It was 6PM PT on a Wednesday night and I was under...

It's a Hard Knock Life

I have a confession - I've never liked babies. It's challenging to pinpoint the exact reason why. If I'm on an airplane with a baby, I...

The Next Wave of Entertainers

Read my take on where the next wave of entertainers will come from.

Do the Timehop

Over the summer my sister introduced me to timehop - the app that allows you to take a period of time, say an hour, and pare it down to...

Can I get a connection? (Part 2)

"I don't know what I'm going to do the next four hours without WiFi" the woman next to me lamented. I nodded in agreement. We'd both...

Can I get a connection? (Part 1)

In the month of July, I embarked upon an ambitious endeavor - travel every weekend. Already an active traveler, this plan put me on par...

Shake Shake Shake

I always seem to find myself living in cities beset by inclement weather. As a child, I grew up in the Midwest, in a region known as...

Revisiting Reality

Six months later, has anything changed for the mixed reality industry? Hear my thoughts on it.

You Can Change Your Name...

Get my take on Apple's news that it's long time service, iTunes, will be sunset later in 2019.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

To me, there's no better feeling in the world than opening up my mailbox to find a handwritten letter resting inside. Giddy with...

Filled with Customer Comments

Let's play a game. What do the following topics have in common? Proposed Transfer of Control of Sprint Corporation to T-Mobile Gray Media...

Your One App

As the ship pulled away from the dock, so did my connection to the mainland. For the next two weeks, I was headed towards the South Pole...

Digital Me

Reader Discretion Notice - This week's blog discusses in detail topics related to violence and mental health. If you'd like to enjoy...

Vine 2.0

"Have you ever heard of this app? It's called TikTok" one of my readers emailed me a few weeks back. "Yes, I have" I responded but then...

Changing times for the movie industry?

In honor of Avengers Endgame which is poised to break all box office records - this week's blog post is dedicated to the movies! And this...

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