Blake DowlingJanuary 9, 2021
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Have you set your goals for 2021?
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Blake DowlingJanuary 12, 2019
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I have a radical idea. Make marijuana illegal everywhere. For those who will see no ill effects, plenty more will see adverse consequences if recreational marijuana is made legal in Florida one day. Ten-year minimums (and things of that nature) need to go away for weed crimes, but an inconvenient truth to all this hippie […]
Blake DowlingMarch 3, 2018
6min446
Facebook has been a modern American success story that continues to break boundaries and reinvent itself. They have also been in the news a lot lately, not for innovation, but what some people are calling, pay-to-play, exclusion, the “Facebook Apocalypse,” and more. Some publishers and advertisers are not happy, as the platform jacks up rates […]
Blake DowlingSeptember 6, 2016
9min220
Hermine rocked Tallahassee in a big way. Florida’s capital city is still reeling with thousands of businesses and homes without power. I awoke Friday morning at 6 a.m. to a scene from the set of “The Walking Dead.” My home had no power. As I attempted to leave, several downed trees were blocking the driveway. […]
Staff ReportsAugust 29, 2016
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Tallahassee-based Aegis Business Technologies, one of Florida’s leading business technology companies, will soon be led by its current chief business development officer. The company announced Monday that Blake Dowling will step up to CEO on Sept. 1, replacing Pam Butler, who becomes chairman of the board. “Pam leaves big shoes to step into, but I’m proud that we’ll continue to […]
Blake DowlingMay 31, 2016
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In early 2016, I wrote a column for Florida Politics.com about the island of Bimini, located in the Bahamas about 50 miles from Miami. Hemingway wrote some books there, Gary Hart got busted for some shenanigans there. It’s a small fishing village with some seriously cool spots to check out — nature, watering holes, possible […]
Blake DowlingMay 11, 2016
4min214
Price discrimination has reared its head again. Just like most things, technology has taken something old school and rolled out a high-tech version of it. Not to be confused with “price gouging” mind you. This is where some run-down hotel in a college town charged you $300 a night for a $60 room. They should […]
Blake DowlingApril 17, 20164min204
This battle between Apple and the FBI is one of the most controversial technology stories of the year. The FBI, while trying to get into the phone of the two San Bernardino terrorists, took Apple to court. The agency demanded that Apple help the agency get data off the locked phone and then said “never […]
Blake DowlingApril 7, 20165min154
Ransomware has been a scourge since it first reared its head a few years back. The original Cyptolocker virus continues to cause problems worldwide and has been doing so since 2013. The original version would work like this: you receive a fake email pretending to be from UPS etc. and you click the link. BAM. […]