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By Greg  |  June 21, 2011  |  Business News , Reviews  |  Be the first to comment

A picture of waves near Samara Beach Costa Rica

About a week down and I’m already finding it tough to find great pictures to liven up the old blog. Luckily, a photographer named Richard Freedman had some great shots of waves crashing around Samara Beach and I thought “Hey, this will be a great blog shot.” Enjoy!

I will be the first to admit that I fell into the Color hype. When I heard the phrases, “$41 million in venture funding”, “proximity based social networks” and “photo sharing”, I was intrigued. Intrigued enough that I downloaded the app, tried it out, got some coworkers/friends using it on their iPhones, then never used it again.

The first version of Color was (how can I put this mildly?) quite possibly developed to be some type of bizarre torture device. Not only was the app as intuitive as neurosurgery, but there was absolutely no documentation. Yes, there was a demo, but the video was more sales pitch than legitimate tool for getting help. Theoretically simple functions (like sharing photos) went way over my head. And when I went online to find help, all I found were a litany of similar complaints. Definitely not the first experience you want with an app…

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By Greg  |  June 16, 2011  |  Business News  |  Be the first to comment

Research in Motion (aka – the company that makes Blackberry devices) announced today that it was going to cut jobs as part of a ‘cost optimization program’. RIM did not announce how many jobs they would be cutting. The company (which is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario) said:

The company also announced that it will begin a program to streamline operations across the organization, which will include a headcount reduction. This realignment will be focused on taking out redundancies and a reallocation of resources to allow us to focus on the areas that offer the highest growth opportunities and align with RIM strategic objectives, such as accelerating new product introductions. We expect to implement this program beginning in the second quarter with the benefits impacting results primarily in Q3 and beyond.

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