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Robert Reich thinks of Apple as a hero of the economy and an unworthy target of federal investigation. Unfortunately, he makes the common mistake of confusing a smartphone monopoly with the restraint of trade that Apple seems to exercise.
US Patent and Trademark Office plans to reduce the major backlog in processing patent applications is likely to force small companies to give up their inventions and leave large competitors in comfortable positions they can easily defend from disruptive technologies.
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide is one of the umpteen Google (GOOG) phones coming out this year. However, unlike the Droid or the Incredible, it isn't geared towards fanboys, but the tween and teen set. The good news is that T-Mobile captured this group before with its million-selling Sidekick series....
A new proposed online privacy bill is a problem that marketers have invited for years. Now that they got what they requested, going back to self-regulation is unlikely.
Google want to sell e-books and rent video. Getting into the content business would make a lot of sense, but Google will need to acquire a company that really knows the business.
Openness doesn't have to be preachy or unprofitable -- it just has to feel right to the end user.
Steve Jobs runs Apple as though he had a death wish. And given the amount of regulatory interest focusing on the company, he may get what he's looking for.
The mortgage dealings of banks like Goldman Sachs not only failed to spread the risk of sub-prime mortgages, they magnified it.
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up is making use of sophisticated satellite and underwater imaging, but oil companies have paid little attention to improving the actual removal technology, largely because they see no financial advantage to it.
Ebay should stop wasting money in a niche where it can't compete.
Sirius has become so dependent on subscriptions through automobile sales and rentals that it is now at risk from the disruptive combination of smartphones and Bluetooth links to car sound systems.
The new Nokia N8 smartphone highlights a serious problem confronting companies that manufacture point-and-shoot cameras -- namely, in the era of multiuse devices, how do you market a one-trick pony? The issue isn't new, but the situation is now dire for companies like Kodak (EK), Canon (CAJ), Sony (...
Why did Apple succeed with the iPad while Microsoft, HP, Dell, and others continue to lag in getting a tablet to the market? Because, unlike the others, Apple executives are not afraid to fail.
Could Android be the first OS to truly allow road warriors to leave their laptops at home?
Apple is willing to accept any amount of bad press and negative consumer sentiment in exchange for more control over the digital supply chain.
