There’s always a good side to things and a bad side
and that includes the ever-expanding world of
mobile apps. A recent news article in the
Washington Post talks about inappropriate content
finding its way into mobile apps that are geared
towards children. Violent and suggestive content
are the culprits here and parents are complaining
they don’t have any real way to monitor what their
kids are exposed to.
The Federal Communications Commission keeps an
eye on more traditional forms of media but as far as
mobile apps are concerned, developers are still in
charge of giving themselves ratings. More fodder
for those who say it’s the parent’s responsibility to
stay on top of what their children see and do.
RIM and the Arrow
As you might expect, recent reports are saying that
RIM could owe tons of cash to right the fallout from
their recent outages. The recent numbers are $100
million US in lost revenues and there’s more to it
than that, none of which is good for the Canadian
company that was the biggest hope that country had
since the Avro Arrow.
Making the problem worse for RIM is the fact that
wireless carriers worldwide have promised to
compensate their users for the downtime. The
whole mess couldn’t have come at a worse time for
the beleaguered company and worst case scenarios
for the estimated 70 million users worldwide put
refunds to 35 million as the number bantered.
The whole Blackberry mess has some interesting
spinoffs when it comes to how people deal with
even the temporary loss of this kind of technology.
Consider a recent article from a New Jersey
professional who writes that people should know
someone they can call in their office to check
emails on their computer there when the
BlackBerry network goes down. The article goes on
to point out the obvious fact that you can send a
text, but I think something even more relevant is
being missed here.
BlackBerry Overkill?
Maybe the whole idea of having a Blackberry is
overkill and being constantly hooked up to emails
24/7 from a device that you carry around with you is
a case of too much technology. I mean, how many
people can really do anything about even the most
urgent email until they get back to the office
anyway? I’m not talking out of school here because
I have one and I find myself constantly looking for
the little red light that tells me I’ve got mail like one
of Pavlov’s dogs. I have to admit too, I did get a
little nervous when my emails weren’t getting
through regularly but I’ve still got to wonder if we
all don’t need some kind of safe zone away from all
of these things once in a while.
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