The End of the High-Margin Mobile-Device Money Machine Is Nigh
AT&T introduces Dell's new Aero at $100 because of feature competition from other handsets, but erosion of prices and margins among mobile devices will only spread.
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3D: You Can Build It, but Consumers May Not Come
Some segments of high tech and entertainment have grasped 3D to their chests like a life preserver. But they may have fooled themselves about consumer adoption.
Old School: New Roxio Software Brings 1950s 3D Tech To Customers
Digital photo manager Roxio said its latest software will support 3D. The problem: It requires virtually the same cheap, headache-inducing 3D glasses used in 1953's It Came From Outer Space.
Corporate America Doesn't Love the iPad for Its Body, but For Its Mind
Sure, it doesn't have a keyboard to spill coffee on. But business loves the iPad for its software.
Seth Godin: A Canary in the Coal Mine for Publishers and Book Retailers
As authors use ebook and print-on-demand technology and connect directly to customers over the Internet, they can actually cut out not only traditional publishers, but retailers as well.
Subscription TV Is Dying; Long Live Web TV!
The supposedly invulnerable subscription TV industry just had its worst quarter ever. The time is ripe for web TV to start winning over cautious couch potatoes.
7 Ways Companies Like Foursquare Can Hold Off Giants Like Facebook
Facebook's new check-in service threatens Foursquare, but the start-up may find that it, like other small companies, can use powerful barriers to beat back the competition.
Yahoo's Problem: Bartz Is the Wrong Type of Turnaround CEO
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz faces heavy criticism for being unable to increase revenue and improve the company's competitive standing so far. But the board needed a different type of expertise.
Cloud Apps for Small and Medium Business Leave MobileMe Users Envious
Forget software as service. Today's crop of small biz software blows the doors of consumer-grade offerings from Apple and Google with a kind of openness that the big guys only talk about.
HP and Dell in War over 3PAR Acquisition -- and Big Corporate Sales
By bidding on 3PAR, HP has turned Dell's would-be acquisition of the storage company into a bidding war. The question is who needs to snap up the company more.
Apple Conflict of Interest: Manager Competes with iPhone and iPad Developers
By allowing a manager with responsibility for the app store, Apple has created a conflict of interest and left regular app developers at a strategic disadvantage.
Why Demand Media Won't Make a Profit Soon, IPO or Not
When Demand Media commissions articles, they can be really silly. But if the company is going to be serious about profitability, it will have to reconsider a content model that can scrape bottom.
Actually, Facebook Places Doesn't Compete with Foursquare
Places and Foursquare don't do the same thing -- in fact, no one is quite sure how people are using them.
Verizon, AT&T, others hold secret net neutrality talks
Verizon, AT&T, and other telecom and cable representatives are holding secret meetings to discuss broadband policy. Chances are, no good for anyone else will come of this.
Apple Nixes Nudes in Playboy iPad App -- and Any Hope For Success
Playboy (PLA) enters the popular mobile pornography market with its new Apple (APPL) iPad app, but with no nudity. Now digital users will have to read it just for the articles.
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