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What’s Wrong at Best Buy?
Electronics retailer Best Buy is in hot water. Near as I can tell, they shouldn’t be. What’s gone wrong at the Minneapolis-based…
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Uncommon Uses – SMS Based Interfaces
Beyond voice, probably the simplest and most ubiquitous technology on the mobile phone is text (SMS), North America has been a bit of a laggard adopting this technology but in the last year or so has really started to use text. I think the voting on American Idol might have been one part of the tipping point for texting in the US. I’ve certainly seen…
Interview with Web Analyst Thomas Carrillo
Continuing my series of Interview with Analysts, here is my interview with Thomas Carrillo. What is your current position and the name of the company you work for?
Live Search Gadgetizes Vista
A couple of new Live Search gadgets designed for the Vista Sidebar add out of the browser search and traffic results to Microsoft's latest operating system.
Baidu’s Fortunes Go Up, Down, All Around
It’s best when an article has a clear direction and a smooth flow. Prepare for some turns and bumps, though, because Baidu just isn’t cooperating in this matter. The Chinese search engine company is doing well or poorly, depending on what sort of timeframe you choose, and although Baidu is still beating Google (by quite a lot), it appears that the margin is shrinking.
Search Is Changing, But We Knew That Already
We hate to say "I told you so." Wait. No, we really don't. Analysts at Piper Jaffray & Co. took a good, hard at look at things and decided we are in the midst of a media – well, everything – revolution and it's all the Internet's fault. E-Life as you know it is about to change.
