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The iPhone’s Ultimate Role
Watching the video of Apple CEO Steve Jobs giving his keynote address at Apple’s developer conference last Monday, I was struck by…
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Yahoo and Google – How Bad is it?
It’s time for another edition of Good Idea/Bad Idea! Good idea: Making more money. Bad idea: Making more by admitting that you suck and your competition is so good at this that you’ll let them make the money for you. Actually, other than the “admitting you suck and your competition is so good,” that doesn’t sound like an entirely bad idea, does it? I mean,…
Yahoo Punted Recent $9B Microsoft Proposal
An alternative to a full takeover of Yahoo presented the company with a Microsoft offer of a billion dollars for Yahoo's search assets, and $8 billion to buy back stock from corporate raider Carl Icahn and other investors.
Google Users Inclined To Spend Cash Online
The government's plan to stimulate spending by sending out checks may or may not have worked - new Hitwise data doesn't help a lot there. But other stats indicate that Google fans are a little more prone than Yahoo users to pump money into the online economy.
9 Million People Have Made Purchases On Mobiles
Making purchases using mobile devices such as cell phones is increasing in the U.S. with 9 million mobile subscribers saying they have used their mobile to pay for goods or services and nearly half (49%) saying they plan to try mobile commerce in the future according to a new report from Nielsen.Men were found to be more likely then women to use their mobile phone…
Microsoft Sets Up Digital Manners Police
If at first it seems creepy, go with that gut instinct. You're probably right. Microsoft's patent application for "digital manners policy" (DMP) technology is part iRobot, part destined-to-be-used-for-nefarious-purposes. Here's how it is supposed to work: You walk into a movie theater, the movie theater sets your mobile phone to vibrate for you. You stroll into a museum, the museum disables the flash on your camera…
