The iBooks Profitability Puzzle
Apple’s iBooks textbook initiative, launched just last week, has clearly struck a chord in the market. Ditto its accompanying textbook authoring tool, iBooks Author. Both have taken off at a...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video?
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleRIM’s Heins: Change Investors Can Believe In?
There has been plenty of evidence that shareholders, to say nothing of customers, have been unhappy with RIM’s direction in the last few years. They have been calling for new leadership, new strategy,...
View ArticleDutch Court Green-Lights Galaxy Tab Sales
Samsung scored a victory on Tuesday, when a Dutch court rejected Apple’s appeal to stop the sale of its Galaxy 10.1v tablets. Apple had claimed the tablet infringed on its iPad design and trademarks....
View ArticleGood on You
My Aussie friends have an interesting saying that seems part complement and part benediction: “Good on you.” They pronounce it with an accent on the second word so that the phrase becomes a single word...
View ArticleApple Schools Wall Street
Apple on Tuesday revealed exactly how explosive holiday sales were for its iPhone 4S. The latest version of the company’s smartphone packed enough dynamite to double Apple’s earnings in its first...
View ArticleNew Money: The Rise of Alternative Currencies
When Paul Glover founded Ithaca Hours, a local currency in Ithaca, N.Y., more than 20 years ago, he didn’t intend to start a movement. He just wanted to give people in the town a way to invest in their...
View ArticleiPhone Bonanza Drives Apple to Record Quarter
Few expected Apple to slouch through the 2011 holiday season, but the numbers the company released Tuesday went well beyond the performance most Wall Street watchers had expected, reporting record...
View ArticleTynt Deal Could Make 33Across Irresistible to Microsoft
Brand graph company 33Across has acquired Tynt, a company that tracks user behavior for publishers. Both companies were mum about the amount of the all-stock deal. Tynt will take 33Across into a new...
View ArticleWill a Different Yahoo Be Good Enough?
When he announced plans to lay off 2,000 employees, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson said it was a necessary step in the company’s strategic plan to move forward. Critics noted, however, that he had not...
View ArticleGuardians of the Grid: Agencies Unite to Bulk Up Utility Cybersecurity
It’s one thing to have a computer system at a major bank, retailer or government agency invaded by cybercriminals. At best, such hacking incidents cause minor annoyances, and at worst, they result in...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video?
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleThe iBooks Profitability Puzzle
Apple’s iBooks textbook initiative, launched just last week, has clearly struck a chord in the market. Ditto its accompanying textbook authoring tool, iBooks Author. Both have taken off at a...
View ArticleGuardians of the Grid: Agencies Unite to Bulk Up Utility Cybersecurity
It’s one thing to have a computer system at a major bank, retailer or government agency invaded by cybercriminals. At best, such hacking incidents cause minor annoyances, and at worst, they result in...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video?
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleThe iBooks Profitability Puzzle
Apple’s iBooks textbook initiative, launched just last week, has clearly struck a chord in the market. Ditto its accompanying textbook authoring tool, iBooks Author. Both have taken off at a...
View ArticleRetail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video
The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn’t surprising. Ditto for Circuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video that rolled its end credits. The problem is, none of them...
View ArticleThe iBooks Profitability Puzzle
Apple’s iBooks textbook initiative, launched just last week, has clearly struck a chord in the market. Ditto its accompanying textbook authoring tool, iBooks Author. Both have taken off at a...
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