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Carphone Warehouse, UK-based mobile phone retail chain, which has made (and lost some of its) name as Talk Talk, a free broadband provider, in the UK is looking to cross the pond and come to the US, to open… a chain of cell phone stores. The company is currently working with Best Buy on a [...]

A few weeks after Google made an astonishing $3.1 billion bid for DoubleClick, The New York Times is reporting that Yahoo will acquire the remaining 80% of New York-based Right Media, an online ad-exchange company, backed by Redpoint Ventures, for about $680 million. Yahoo had previously bought 20% of Right Media.
Yahoo’s decision to snap up [...]

You either love it or you hate it. The New Yahoo Mail that is. Check out this interesting story and interesting observations about what went wrong (and right) from a User Experience standpoint with the new Yahoo Mail.

Every time we mention broadband penetration as a metric, a raging debate breaks out amongst our readers. Last week, when OCED data showed that US had slipped in broadband penetration rankings, similar discourse took place. While we all appreciate that broadband is crucial for global competitiveness, it might not be enough.
That is why, Economic Intelligence [...]

Vudu, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based start-up is getting a lot of buzz this morning, thanks to a rather extensive article in the New York Times. Their set-top box is supposed to make downloading and watching movies a pleasurable experience, and do an end run around Cable companies’ Video-on-demand offering.
If Vudu succeeds, it may mean goodbye [...]

ANALYSIS (Q1 2007 Earnings Season): Internet companies are playing a game of stump the analysts. And they’re winning.
For the second straight quarter, the research desks on Wall Street have significantly and pretty consistently fallen short in their earnings estimates.
This is no small matter for analysts. Their job is to query the company, talk to its [...]