August 24th, 2010
Along with much of the world, we were deeply impressed with the Rolling Stone’s astounding coverage of The Runaway General
We understand that it is the first time a commanding general was forced to resign by an expose, especially one conducted with their tacit approval.
Note that there were comments galore about the implications of this story and that’s all good!
Today’s headline story, Bob Dylan Announces New Rarities Collection seems to be closed to comments. This is sad, because the song list that Bob Dylan is releasing was transformational when the original recordings were made, many have withstood the test of time [generations] and are now classic. The release of such recordings and specifically how/whether Dylan will see the wonderful possibilities for these tracks to become licensed to videographers for non exclusive syncronization and that the original writers work could be licensed for “covering” by modern music artists.
Given the “Gravitas” of Bob Dylan and his songs, such forward thinking on the part of his music publishers, record labels, managers and, above all, Bob Dylan could “change the way the world sees music”!
Bob Kiger – Videography Lab – Oceanside, CA
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August 2nd, 2010
Reports are flying all over the world that Blackberry mobile devices are set to be banned by the United Arab Emirates. Why would this powerful kingdom pick on little Blackberry when they could have banned iPhones or Droids or Nokia?
We recall the ruckus, after Barrack Hussein Obama was elected President, that the Secret Service was concerned about his Blackberry. They must have worked something out because that story did not stay long in the media.This weekends events between Research in Motion and the UAE come 18 months later and shortly after the leaks of many sensitive documents to Wikileaks from sources in the US military. People around the world are becoming much more knowledgeable about the otherwise invisible differences in how communications are shared by the different mobile devices.
As they say “the devil is in the details” and the details of of RIM’s secure servers are now quite public as shown in the Wall Street Journal and in Yahoo News.
This could be a big marketing boost for Blackberry . . . like the disclaimer in the Viagra TV commercials years ago, “Please consult your doctor if you have an erection lasting more than four hours“. That disclaimer is legendary for boosting Viagra Sales.
Gotta post now so we can buy some stock in Research in Motion
Tags: Battlespace Videography, Blackberry, communication, Droid, global marketing, intrigue, iPhone, mobile devices, Obama, UAE, Viagra, Wikileaks
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