Welcome to another installment of Tips and Tricks. These articles aim to teach you some handy things you might not know about your Apple stuff. Let’s continue the series by looking at iTunes, with an eye to making things easier and eliminating some clutter. Read More »
Archive for January 2011
Verizon has agreed to buy Terremark, a provider of managed and cloud services for $1.4 billion. The deal is an aggressive move to gain customers in the red-hot cloud computing market, and makes sense, as the network and the computer are moving ever closer. Read More »
TV manufacturers hope that by bundling developer platforms with TV hardware, they can move up the stack and increase margins on TVs. Just as mobile apps were pivotal in accelerating smartphone adoption, apps on the TV will usher in a new age of connected TV usage. Read More »
One of the new features at Macworld 2011 this year was an Industry Forum day where various Apple luminaries were invited to deliver their own “State of the Union” about where the market is headed. Here are some key highlights from that event. Read More »
Google justified its CEO swap by saying the company needed to become more flexible. But what if the search giant’s biggest problem isn’t a lack of flexibility, but a fundamental inability to create new lines of business? What if it’s just a gargantuan one-trick pony? Read More »
LinkedIn has filed to trade on the public market Thursday seeking to raise up to $175 million. Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn has grown to a profitable company that has sales of $161.4 million in the first nine months of 2010. Read More »
The ability to write clearly is becoming more and more important, especially in organizations that work primarily online. Whether you’re using an IM client, a project management app or email, clear writing will speed up the process and minimize problems. Read More »
With Apple itself not in attendance, the focus of Macworld has shifted to how the Apple user community is applying the company’s technologies, rather than about the technologies themselves. There’s no better example of that kind of application in action than what Majek Pictures is doing. Read More »
Corporate investors will play an increasingly important role in the energy technology world and perhaps even outshine the traditional VC firms. The latest evidence: NRG Energy, Conoco Phillips and GE have created a $300 million greentech fund. Read More »
We all know that it’s better to keep existing customers than to spend the time and effort getting new ones. So when a friend and fellow business owner asked me for advice on how she could raise her prices, here’s the procedure we came up with. Read More »
Should you buy an Internet-enabled TV? Before you get all app-happy on the big screen, read this cautionary tale of a so-called smart TV from Vizio crashing, crashing and crashing some more. Read More »
Today is Jan. 27, and that means it was exactly one year ago that Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad at a special event held at the Yerba Buena Center. The iPad has reached lofty heights since then, and here’s a short history of those achievements. Read More »
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