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Although this website features Mike Berman's Techtalk column, which covers everything and anything having to do with personal computers, it also features Andy Marken's Content Insider columns, which deal with marketing trends affecting the public relations and advertising industry and tech/computer companies. You can also follow the ongoing battle over issues affecting geeks worldwide as Mike and Dave Berman go head-to-head in their Berman Vs. Berman debates.

Technology that Brings Us Together Also Drives Us Apart

“I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise.” – Chuck Noland, “ Cast Away ,” 20 th Century Fox, 2000

First, it was Al Gore inventing the Internet. Then, Tim Berners-Lee came up with the Web.

Finally, we were able to do things on a global basis.

Motorola’s Martin Cooper showed off the mobile phone and phone booths started to disappear.

Then, Jobs introduced the iPhone and folks mashed all of the communications tools together.

Suddenly, normal human contact changed – seeing people, talking to them, arguing with them, fighting with them, celebrating with them, being with them.

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There's Nothing Ironic about the Fitbit Ionic

Good Content Should Be Paid For, Protected

Category: Andy Marken's blog

Published on Tuesday, 03 October 2017

“Though the world has changed, our enemy remains the same.” – Selene, “ Underworld Awakening ,” Screen Gems, 2012    

With this year’s Emmys, it was still obvious that diversity and equality come slowly for the M&E industry – heck, every industry – except for one area.

People prove there is diversity, equality in the stuff they watch.

They’ll almost any piece of professional content they can get their eyeballs on without paying for it!

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