Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Jerry Yang is stepping down as CEO of Yahoo. The press release is worth a laugh, if only for how much effort they put into finding something nice to say about the man who ruined the company and tanked their retirement.
Posted in Business, Web |
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Alesh Houdek on the poor state of the auto industry:
The legion of workers it employs are the only plausible argument for saving it, but ultimately you’d be doing them no favors. Bailing out an industry and then regulating it to “improve” really is straight Socialism. And even if Republicans are ...
Posted in Business |
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
From Macworld:
“I’m not saying they’re not going to be a factor, but we’re in a world with Symbian, we’re in a world with BlackBerry, we’re in a world with Linux Mobile,” he said. Google might be a factor someday, but right now these competitors “look a little tougher to me.” ...
Posted in Apple, Business |
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
The story looks pretty good; tons and tons of iPod, iPhone, and Mac sales. But because Steve Jobs didn't announce an $11 trillion profit, AAPL is down 6.95 today. Right now is a great time to buy.
Posted in Apple, Business |
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
From AppleInsider:
Acccording to Fortune, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a proposal from the National Music Publishers' Association to raise the rates paid to its members on songs purchased from digital services like iTunes from 9 cents to 15 cents a track.
Apple doesn't want to ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Music |
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
From Kotaku, the rumor is that Nintendo is preparing a a new iteration of the DS, this time with a camera, music playback, and improved wireless. Some are jumping to the conclusion that this is Nintendo's answer to the push Apple is making into the handheld gaming market with the ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Design, Games |
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Just when I was starting to get annoyed that twenty08 wasn't fixing bugs, Saverio informs us that the blame falls on Apple:
I understand that people are frustrated and are tired of waiting and Shaun and I feel absolutely terrible. However, all I can offer is your money back. For that, ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Software, XMPP |
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Ah, TechCrunch. Is there anything you can do? Don Reisinger gets it completely wrong in his posting:
Cisco announced today that it has acquired Jabber, an open-source IM and presence protocol used by Google Talk and Gizmo, for an undisclosed sum.
This is so flawed as to be laughable, and very well sums up the quality ...
Posted in Business, XMPP |
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Some selections from the 2008 Rankings: Google at #10, BMW at #13, Cisco at #17, and Apple at #24.
Posted in Apple, Business, Design, Google, Technology |
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Ben Schumacher said it best:
Argh mateys, Jabber has been boarded by Cisco: http://tinyurl.com/4juk53
Posted in Business, XMPP |
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Penny Arcade sums up the new Microsoft ads.
Posted in Business, Web |
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Kotaku, on the long gap between "core" games from Nintendo:
So if they take 2-3 years to make...where are the ones you started working on 2-3 years ago?
As we get deeper into this hardware cycle, I become convinced that the Wii is more lucky accident than ingenious savior. Nintendo needs some quality leadership ...
Posted in Business, Games, Technology |
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
At first, I thought it was a joke. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington suggests that Amazon open their Kindle e-book reader for third-party clones. My advice to Amazon is to always do the opposite of whatever Arrington says. Just ask Apple what clone programs do for revenue and brand identity.
Posted in Business, Technology |
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
How, you ask? With better marketing.
Their new attempt to bring users back into the fold is reportedly fueled by $300 million. Sounds serious. $10 million of that is going to Seinfeld. That’s not a bad fee for selling out after featuring Macs so long as his computer of choice ...
Posted in Business, Software |
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
I bet nobody saw this coming.
Posted in Business, News |