A year ago, the iPad was announced by Steve Jobs, and our earliest blog postings covered the event and the product. The iPad received a roasting for its name and a cautiously optimistic welcome from most hands-on reviewers. MKCREATIVE focused especially on how the idea of a tablet/pad/portable computing device (iPad or the many others […]
#Tech: Consumer Electronics in 2011 – Tablets, Pads, Phones
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been the starting line for a myriad of technologies over the last forty three years, some of which have, of course, failed to make inroads in the consumer electronics market (My car still doesn’t fly). All the chatter this year seems to be on the fact – the […]
#Philanthropy: Apple – The Bad Apple In The Corporate Philanthropic Bushel?
We have often discussed the roles corporate philanthropy plays both in supporting environmental, social, educational (etc.) causes and in the arguments that corporations should not be preemptively philanthropic as corporations (though even those who criticize ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’/CSR tend to encourage share-holders to be philanthropic). A recent argument has flared up over Apple’s unwillingness to […]
The Atlantic Says: “Apple Wins!” But Is The Competition Over?
If you already own an Apple product or two, you might already have become one of those endearing/irritating Apple Evangelists excited by any new product announced from Cupertino. Or you might see your Appleware as the best of a crowd of good products. Or you might find the whole cult-of-Apple think rather weird. But you […]
#Tech: Nielson Reports Smartphone Use Up To 28% In US
The people at the Nielson rating agency have just posted information about the use of smart phones (phones with an operating system for applications beyond phone/text communications) in the United States. For those of us who follow the industry, the numbers are striking though not surprising: Adaptation of smartphone technology continues to outpace traditional cellphone […]
#OURCLIENT: BoxTone, Inc.
BoxTone is a global BlackBerry Management Software and Service provider headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, USA. Their platform of enterprise-grade, plug-and-play software modules is used by more organizations than any other to manage, monitor and support mobile users provisioned to the BlackBerry platform. MKCREATIVE Design has provided BoxTone, Inc. with graphic design services since 2008.