Gary Reiner

A Fortuitous Happenstance – Finding James Radcliffe

Just the other day, while working on writing a blog of my own by a fortuitous happenstance, I landed on James Radcliffe’s WordPress site. What a joy that turned out to be. Here was someone who was passionate about some of the same things I am. I discovered that Radcliffe is a 100% listener-supported artist who writes, … Continue reading →

Get Your Free Nook Tablet Today!

This morning while looking over several internet news links about Barnes & Noble, I came across something that sounded too good to be true – a Barnes & Noble store in New York was giving away a free Nook tablet today to any customer coming in the door asking for one. Kyle Leary, mentioned as … Continue reading →

Samsung’s Bold Step Introducing the Tizen Smartphone

Samsung plans to launch its Tizen Z, the world’s first commercial Tizen smartphone, later this year in Russia. Samsung has spent the last several years developing Tizen. Up till now Samsung used Google’s Android to run its Galaxy smartphones and tablets. However, with Tizen Z, Samsung has confirmed it’s serious about trying to use Tizen as … Continue reading →

St. Louis Cardinals Complete Triple Play

Yesterday, Friday 6-6-2014, the St. Louis Cardinals pulled off a nifty Triple Play against the Toronto Blue Jays!  See a great write-up and video of the Triple Play action brought to you by MLB, just click here.  

Google Shopping Express & Amazon Fresh Go Head to Head

Google and Amazon are battling a high stakes game with their home delivery services. Both companies have recently announced plans to expand their geographical reach. Google’s Shopping Express was launched less than a year ago in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The shopping service delivers retail products straight to homes on the same day … Continue reading →

Sprint Plans to Buy T-Mobile for $32 billion

 OK, so another big merger is underway, this time Sprint plans to buy T-Mobile for $32 billion. The outcome of such a transaction would create an even more limited choice of major cell providers, leaving us with Verizon, AT&T, and the Sprint-T-Mobile conglomerate. How can these companies be allowed to consolidate to the point of … Continue reading →

D-Day & Doughnut Day Anniversaries Today!

Today we observe the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, along with the 77th Anniversary of National Doughnut Day, another war-time remembrance. D-Day honors those serving  the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. D-Day commemorations have served as a reminder of the shared sacrifice of American, Canadian, British and other Western forces to free Europe from the threat of … Continue reading →

eBay’s Huge Security Breach

eBay announced this past Wednesday it was hit by a huge cyber attack sometime during the February and March time period of this year. The attack exposed the personal data of up to 233 million registered accounts. Attackers gained unauthorized access to eBay’s main database which contains usernames, passwords, email, and physical addresses.  eBay’s response … Continue reading →

Beatles Media Goes Full-Circle

Chromebooks – Benefits & Limitations

One of the clearest write-ups to date providing the benefits & limitations of using a Chromebook. The benefits win out in many cases. Catch the article on betanews.