Entries by Daniel Barre

Why Samsung Design Stinks

Blame Steve Jobs Syndrome. Kevin Lee calls it “Steve Jobs Syndrome.” As the former head of product strategy and user experience design at Samsung Design America, Lee watched as the $100 billion Korean tech giant wrote check after check to countless Western design firms to develop future products for the Korean company. The designers would […]

Tattoo Removal Cream is the Answer to Your Regrettable Ink 

Image via Wikimedia Commons. Whether it was the result of a drunken night in Vegas or a souvenir from a traumatic prison stint, tattoos are difficult, expensive, and painful to remove. And while some people choose to tattoo new images over their old tattoos, sometimes tattoos evoke distressing memories they’d much rather have erased from […]

8 Ways to Decisively End Indecision

In this increasingly more with less business world, we can’t afford to let our employees be more or less checked out.  And yet an astonishing 70% are just that, disengaged at work, according to Gallup polls.  It’s almost impossible not to disengage when toiling in the paralysis of indecision.  It’s hard to imagine anything more […]

US wireless carriers now legally have to unlock our phones

After two years behind bars and a whole lot of petition-signing, US mobile phone owners have regained their gadgets’ freedom: we now have the ability to legally unlock our phones and take them to whatever network carrier has compatible cell towers. The major US wireless carriers promised to unlock customers’ phones or tablets – as […]

Marketing Is Dead, and Loyalty Killed It

So, you’ve worked your way up the corporate ladder to become Chief Marketing Officer. Pat yourself on the back – you deserve it! All done? Good. Now, please accept my condolences. Your job is obsolete, and unless you turn yourself into a Chief Loyalty Officer, you’re sure to eventually be replaced by one. Want proof? […]

Moscow-Based Security Firm Reveals What May Be The Biggest NSA “Backdoor Exploit” Ever

Since 2001, a group of hackers – dubbed the "Equation Group" by researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab – have infected computers in at least 42 countries (with Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Syria most infected) with what Ars Technica calls "superhuman technical feats" indicating "extraordinary skill and unlimited resources." The exploits – including the […]