Friday - November 27, 2009
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. However, they aren't necessarily selling more copies. Here's why: Since April 1, new auditing rules have made it easier for newspapers to count a reader as a paying customer. These looser standards are especially helpful to a newspaper if it sells an "electronic edition." That can include a subscriber-only Web site, such as what The Wall Street Journal has, or it can be a digital replica of a newspaper's printed product.
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Friday - November 27, 2009
It's OK if your boyfriend doesn't like the digital camera you bought him. So long as he doesn't open the box. As you begin your holiday shopping, remember that return policies vary greatly, even among products from the same store. For example, some retailers charge a 15 percent restocking fee on digital cameras and other electronics if the packaging is unsealed.
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Thursday - November 26, 2009
Big businesses often use big bucks to go green. Small businesses, on the other hand, haven't a dollar to spare even for a good cause like saving the environment. Shouldn't they just pass on the whole green scheme -- at least until the economy improves? Not necessarily.
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Thursday - November 26, 2009
The current economic recession may be pummeling companies around the globe, but amid all the dire reports and grim statistics littering what can only be compared to a bloody battlefield, one oft-cited exception appears to be still standing tall: free and open source software. That's what the common discourse seems to suggest, at least, and there's some anecdotal evidence to support it.
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Thursday - November 26, 2009
Many small businesses fail to fully utilize automated time-reporting tools or shy away from them altogether. However, once a business starts to reach about 30 staff members, time reporting helps them understand costs, improve efficiency, and focus on the right areas, said Journyx CEO Curt Finch.
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Wednesday - November 25, 2009
Major magazine publishers are about to launch a new attempt to digitize their content, according to a recent article in the New York Observer. The publishers reportedly include Conde Nast, Hearst and Time. It's said they're getting ready to form a new company that will prepare digital versions of their products that can work across multiple platforms.
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Wednesday - November 25, 2009
Fifty-nine U.S. senators are asking European antitrust regulators to conclude their review of the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The move, led by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is an unusual one for the U.S. legislative body. It follows a similar action by the Department of Justice, which also urged the Commission to wrap up the investigation.
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Wednesday - November 25, 2009
You may think it's annoying when you see the same commercial repeated during a 2:30 ad break in prime time, but have no fear -- there is a method to an advertiser's madness. They simply want to make sure you are exposed to that product's branding/logo even as you're fast-forwarding past it on a digital video recorder.
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Wednesday - November 25, 2009
As we begin to wrap up development efforts for the holiday lockdown, we often get into conversations with our partners about strategies and priorities for 2010. (Yes, we'll be there before you know it!) For retailers interested in expanding their distribution channel, social media and social networks are quickly becoming an area they cannot ignore.
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CUPERTINO BUSINESS REPORTiPhone's Asian Adventures
Wednesday - November 25, 2009
Far from being put off by the iPhone's lukewarm reception in China, Apple is reportedly trying to sign up other wireless carriers in the country besides its existing partner, China Unicom. China Mobile is still holding talks with Cupertino, the carrier's Chairman and CEO Wang Jianzhou announced at the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong last week.
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Wednesday - November 25, 2009
I am still thinking about the George Soros quote from a recent posting. The billionaire financier and philanthropist was quoted in Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money saying that "Every bubble consists of a trend and a misconception that interact in a reflexive manner." What he meant was that trends become what we think the underlying idea is -- and that can be very different from the original.
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