Argus Ventures, LLC

VSM Retailers Meeting & Training Seminars

dguerrajr — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:59:56 +0000

Argus is holding a series of meetings throughout the month of January to educate businesses owners and managers about the Visit South Madison Project. At these meetings, we will help you set-up and manage your listing page and show you how to list products & services for sale on the Visit South Madison website. You will also have an opportunity to have your business featured in the daily email and to participate in the Visit South Madison Gift Card program. We hope you can join us.

If you have any questions please contact Daniel Guerra Jr. Email: dguerrajr@argusinvent.com | Voice: 608-240-0524

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Argus Virtual Classroom software debuts at RSNA 2011

dguerrajr — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:24:36 +0000

The arrival of the Argus Virtual Classroom software is here. Argus CEO Daniel Guerra Jr. debuted the software with AltusMedical Co-Founders Bob Timm & Elizabeth McDonald.

Altus Medical Co-Founders Bob Timm & Elizabeth McDonald

Argus CEO Daniel G. Guerra Jr. works with Bob Timm

iPad Apps Reach 100,000

dguerrajr — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:41:47 +0000

iPad Apps Reach 100,000: TouchPad, PlayBook Under Gun Can HP’s TouchPad, RIM’s PlayBook, or any other tablet touch Apple with its deep developer support?

Presentation: Social Media and the Facebook Open Graph

dguerrajr — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:13:31 +0000

Argus CEO Daniel G. Guerra Jr. at IB Extreme Networking September 2010

Dan Guerra Jr., Argus CEO will speak on Social Media and the Facebook Open Graph. Here’s an outline of the presentation:

Why should I care about Social Media
Popular Social Media Platforms
What is the Open Graph concept?
Why should I care about the Open Graph
How can this impact the user experience?
Is this something that should be in my Website? How can I be successful in adding this to my site?
Integrating the Open Graph into your website
What value does Social Media bring to me? Should I be using it?

We’ll be meeting at Murfie, a local startup offering a marketplace for trading CDs and mp3s. As always, the meetup starts at 6pm, presentation at 6:30.

Please keep your RSVP up to date–if you can’t make it, let someone else take your spot. Please RSVP to Ben Seigel

Update: Here is link to the presentation.

RIM PlayBook Gets Facebook App, Video Chat

dguerrajr — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:01:57 +0000

RIM PlayBook Gets Facebook App, Video Chat
BlackBerry World kicked off with Research In Motion introducing key applications that will be made available for the PlayBook tablet later this month.

13-year-old victimized by false Facebook page

dguerrajr — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:37:49 +0000

SOS: 13-year-old victimized by false Facebook page

This story appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on Sunday, April 24th.

Commentary: It is this kind of inexcusable behavior that ruins the online experience for everyone.

Adobe Flash Attacks Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilit

dguerrajr — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:59:40 +0000

Adobe Flash Attacks Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability No patch is yet available against threat targeting government workers that uses malicious Flash inserted into Microsoft Word documents.

Why Dell Is Wrong About The iPad

dguerrajr — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:58:59 +0000

Eric Zeman

March 30, 2011

Speaking in an interview with CIO Australia, Dell executive Andy Lark said, “Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.”

Lark believes that the high cost of the iPad (because, you know, peripherals are necessary) will cause business technology managers to stay far, far away from it as an enterprise computing tool. “An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse, and a case [means] you’ll be at $1,500 or $1,600; that’s double of what you’re paying. That’s not feasible,” said Lark.

LG’s Optimus 3D will be available sometime in the third quarter on AT&T. It runs Android, and is able to capture and play 3D — the latter without the need for 3D glasses. It uses TI’s OMAP 4 dual core processor.

The first obvious problem here is Lark’s math. The cheapest iPad costs $499. Let’s say you add a $30 mouse, $70 keyboard/stand, and a mid-range case for about $50. That totals $649, which isn’t anywhere near “$1,500 or $1,600.” Even if you add those peripherals to the most expensive iPad, you’re still only at $979.

By way of comparison, the Motorola Xoom costs $600 on contract. Peripherals, such as cases, stands, and keyboards are extra. If Lark doesn’t think that the PlayBook, TouchPad, Galaxy Tab — uh, the Dell Streak 7 — and other tablets aren’t going to also have peripherals that add to the cost, he’s kidding himself.

But this bad math isn’t the real reason Lark is wrong.

A company called SmithBucklin, which is a professional services company, just announced that it is giving its employees the iPad 2 both as a reward and as a way to enhance productivity. They’ll each be given a 32-GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi (but can upgrade to a different model for an additional fee). They’re also being given $50 for accessories.

Oh, by the way, SmithBucklin has 600 employees. Apple just scored an enterprise sale with a rough value of $360,000.

SmithBucklin isn’t alone. Wall Street firms have already been eyeing the iPad as a productivity booster, as are other financially minded companies.

Case in point, I attended an open house run by Intuit recently. Nearly all the personal and enterprise applications and services on display by Intuit and its partners were available on the Apple iPad.

You know what I didn’t see at any of the demo booths? Dell products.

I’ve seen iPads by the dozen at every major trade show I’ve attended in the last 12 months. They weren’t being used by teenagers for gaming. They were being used by professionals who need a portable computing product.

Like it or not, Dell, the iPad is already in the enterprise.

Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone

dguerrajr — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:32:04 +0000

Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone - Google’s Android will be in first place, but Microsoft’s WP 7 platform will come in second with 20% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015, according to IDC.

Salesforce.com To Buy Radian6 For Social Media Monitoring

dguerrajr — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:30:31 +0000

Salesforce.com To Buy Radian6 For Social Media Monitoring - Radian6 makes tools to monitor and analyze comments from 150 million websites, social media sites, blogs, and discussion forums.