EFFECTS OF U.S. DOLLAR PARITY

By Marcus Assalone, on March 22nd, 2010

On March 17th 2010, trading of the Canadian dollar rose to just over 0.992¢ in U.S. dollars, bringing thoughts of Dollar parity with the United States.  The problems of the United States dollar are well known and documented.  Their greatest problem is the historic levels of debt in the nation.  Deficit spending is rattling the [...]

March 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Economics | 6 comments

MICROSOFT SURFACE

By Marcus Assalone, on March 9th, 2009

With Microsoft Surface, we catch a
glimpse of the future of computing.  It is a
computer platform where the interface is a table top.
Cameras identify human movement and translate that
into an interaction with digital items just as if they
were physical objects.  There is no keyboard, or
mouse.

Many users can use the same surface
at the same time, [...]

March 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Real Estate Industry | Leave a comment