Archive for the ‘Business’ Category



Good Riddance

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.

Die, American Auto Industry

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 ...

Lalala, Balmer Can’t Hear you

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.” ...

Apple Quarterly Earnings

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.

Apple Says No to Royalty Hike

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 ...

New DS Rumored

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 ...

MobileChat Updates Rejected by Apple

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, ...

Jabbisco

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 ...

Best Global Brands

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Some selections from the 2008 Rankings: Google at #10, BMW at #13, Cisco at #17, and Apple at #24.

Cisco

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Ben Schumacher said it best: Argh mateys, Jabber has been boarded by Cisco: http://tinyurl.com/4juk53

Consensus

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Penny Arcade sums up the new Microsoft ads.

Nintendo Working on “Core” Games

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 ...

Kindle Clones

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.

Microsoft and Seinfeld Address Vista Quality Concerns

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 ...

Bigfoot Debunked

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

I bet nobody saw this coming.