This clearly detracted from its value as an "always-on" tool but, as I thought then, was something PALM could address in future design revisions.
Bruce Schneier: Corporations and governments are turning the internet into a colossal, always-on surveillance tool.
So the world of pulse surveys, always-on feedback tools, anonymous suggestion systems, and corporate "Like Buttons" is upon us.
What is needed, according to Mr. Meakin, is a smart "always-on, listening widely" tool to detect emerging security threats — typically software bots intent on pilfering information and committing fraud.
Chances are you also have always lusted after Snap-on tools, but getting your hands on them (they're only sold to professional mechanics, right?) has been impossible.
Not all intermittency is gone, despite management trends and collaboration tools pushing the always-on ethos.
Figure3a shows the initial situation, i.e., the always-on network as obtained from the GRAND tool.
Are these tools to jump-start innovation and collaboration, or mainly an always-on distraction?
Now, armed with their always-on smartphones, such risk-taking is also mostly out of the question: Amazon's price-comparison tools are always here to help.
Intended to be kept by the back door, this bag means a gardener's tools are always on hand for quick forays into the garden.
"You're always on the lookout for various tools that can help enhance what you do," said John Ricco, the Mets' assistant general manager, who, like other team staffers, would speak only vaguely about the technology the device offers.
