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Steve Jobs: A bulb that burns twice as bright burns half as long
I was thinking about typing this note on my old Mac Plus, which I pulled from under the attic eves last night. I abandoned the idea, not because my old Mac no longer worked (it did), but because I...
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Qwikster is dead, at last
Well, that was certainty interesting. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced today that Qwikster, the proposed DVD-delivery offshoot of Netflix, is no longer. In a statement emailed to subscribers,...
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Tough times for Best Buy, but mobile stores are not the answer
Things are not looking very good for Best Buy. Its last quarter, which ended March 3, had it down by $1.7 billion, a figure even more disheartening when you consider that the loss included an...
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Best Buy is leaderless…So what is different?
I hate to harp on Best Buy yet again, but boy, when it rains it pours. Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn unexpectedly resigned due to a personal conduct investigation underway and all I could think was what a...
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Careful Microsoft, tablets are a risky venture
To no one’s surprise, Microsoft will be releasing its own line of tablets, called Surface, and, while its tablet cover/keyboard is a pretty darn cool spin on things, I am not sure how the actual tablet...
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Major changes are coming to the video game industry
Over the past month, two pieces of news have caught my attention. The first was Sony’s purchase of Gaikai, a cloud-based video game site that allows big-named game titles to be played through an...
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Fujitsu’s attempt to attract women a little insulting
Fujitsu has developed a laptop specifically for women, which smells like a strategic mistake to me. The “Floral Kiss,” as its called, will debut in Japan on November 2. This is one concept that should...
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Surprising developments at Dell
Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computer, looked like a cinch to reclaim private ownership of the company as recently as last month. Hold on. New bidders have arrived. The Blackstone Group and Carl...
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Cable TV’s time is running out
Many of us would love to get rid of our cable TV provider. The cost is out-of-whack high and – with the availability of digital and mobile television – cable is fast becoming irrelevant. A Belkin and...
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We are officially in the post-PC world
Bad news for PC makers, especially the ones that carry Windows 8. According to International Data Corporation, shipments of personal computers have fallen 14 percent from last year. There are numerous...
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Even Microsoft has a hard time seeing the future
There is a simple fact about technology. It always moves forward. When Steve Jobs introduced the concept of the iPod and iTunes, Sony – the company best positioned to develop them because of its huge...
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A brand man’s emotional reflections on the life of Nelson Mandela
The news wires and tweets are alive with words to express the appreciation of the life of Nelson Mandela. I never met the man. The closest I ever came to him was when I was working on South Africa...
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Why that SpaghettiO’s tweet drew so much ire
Often, we lament that companies fail to steal market share because they think inside-out instead of outside-in. They promote what they think is important to them, not what is important to those they...
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Amazon Drones won’t be the first
When I first heard of Jeff Bezos’ lofty plan to add drones to Amazon’s delivery service, I flinched. The whole drone delivery idea isn’t anything new. About a year back, Domino’s toyed with the idea of...
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In a sea of uniformity, farmersonly.com is different
I was in my family room recently watching a basketball game when I got a text from my wife saying, “Forgive me, but I have to check out farmersonly.com.” In a matter of a minute, I got another text...
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Idaho potatoes: Yes, a state can have meaning
Can a state be a brand? Of course it can. Anything can be a brand if it has coveted meaning. Consider Idaho potatoes. For whatever reason, we associate that state with the best potatoes in the land,...
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Spotify steps over iTunes Radio and Pandora
The streaming radio music provider, Spotify, has just one-upped the competition in a major way. This week, Spotify CEO Daniel Elk announced that it would begin offering unlimited streaming of all its...
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Coming soon: Amazon’s Pantry
Amazon seems to be all the rage these days. Its founder, Jeff Bezos, pronounced on 60 Minutes that it would be delivering product by drones in the near future. (We are doubtful.) During this holiday...
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Predictions for 2014
Tom Cruise walks through a shopping mall in 2002’s Minority Report where his identity is at risk by personal, interactive advertising as he walks through each store. The movie is takes place in 2054,...
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The strangest TV ad you will ever see
If you were one of the millions who watched the NFL playoffs over the weekend, you probably caught sight of the strangest TV commercial I’ve seen in a long time. Old Spice’s “Momsong,” a David Lynchian...
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