Authors urged to produce more to feed e-reader appetite
Not too long ago popular authors could get away with banging out a new book each year like clockwork. And being a recluse — holed up alone in a mountain [...]
View ArticleApple prevails in lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, for now
In August 2012, Apple won a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement lawsuit with far-reaching ramifications. The ongoing battle over smartphone and tablet design has...
View ArticleBlackBerry maker struggling in sales and TV commercials
I’ve seen these Samsung commercials mocking people who camp out in anticipation of the new iPhone. In one of them, a newsboy-cap-wearing hipster, happily using his Samsung Galaxy S III, [...]
View ArticleRandom House, Penguin to merge
Despite cheeky calls for the new entity to be named Random Penguin, the merger of the world’s two largest publishers will be called Penguin Random House, and it plans to [...]
View ArticleSmart light bulbs could be game changer for lighting industry
The light bulb is the universal symbol for new thought and invention. Now the ubiquitous bulb is living up to its image with the introduction of a new lighting technology [...]
View ArticleMaking Macs in the US: Growing trend or wishful thinking?
With wages in low-cost countries on the rise, the growing complexity of far-flung supply chains, and increased concern about working conditions in offshore factories, there’s been a lot of talk [...]
View ArticleNew Dun & Bradstreet infographic: Tablet supply chain risks
If you don't have a tablet yet, you may find one wrapped under the Christmas tree this year. Tablets are the gift of the season and only growing in popularity. Althought having the most popular product...
View ArticleMade in (and exported from) the USA
Earlier this month Honda exported its one millionth US-made vehicle, and within two years it expects to export more vehicles built in North American auto plants than it imports from [...]
View ArticleEurope’s music stores are facing extinction
It took longer, but the retail music business in Europe is headed the way of the business in the US: into oblivion. The same technological and economic forces that wiped [...]
View ArticleJCP CEO OUT!
BIZMOLOGY — The news late yesterday that struggling department store chain J. C. Penney fired its CEO came as no surprise to observers of the retailer’s death spiral. Indeed, Penney’s [...]
View ArticleFrom textbooks to tablets
BIZMOLOGY — As more school districts adopt tablet technology, the opportunities for manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung — not to mention Amazon, with its tablet-esque Kindle Fire — will […]
View ArticleAuthors urged to produce more to feed e-reader appetite
Not too long ago popular authors could get away with banging out a new book each year like clockwork. And being a recluse — holed up alone in a mountain cabin or seaside bungalow to write the great...
View ArticleIs Automaker Tech a Flop with Consumers?
For years carmakers have played catch-up with consumers’ seemingly insatiable appetite for all things tech. Billions have been spent to leverage technology to enhance infotainment systems and safety...
View ArticleApple Bets on Bigger iPad to Win Corporate Customers
Has Apple made a tablet that corporations can love? And, more importantly, can their employees use it productively? The new iPad Pro (it even has a business-friendly name) that the company announced...
View ArticleMicrosoft Shows It Can Do Hardware Too
In the 1990s Sears ran an ad campaign called the “Softer Side of Sears,” which drew attention to the women’s clothing available at the store known for its Craftsman tools. This week Microsoft displayed...
View ArticleWho Will Finish First in the Autonomous Car Race?
The Tokyo Motor Show opened on Friday with a myriad of fantastic, beautiful, and sometimes freaky concept cars. But the subtext beneath the show, and beneath all major international auto shows in...
View ArticleExecutives on the Move: The Week of December 14th – 18th
Here are just a few of the interesting executive changes making headlines over this past week: F5 Recycles Its Leadership for Personal Reasons Application delivery networking company F5 Networks has...
View ArticleCarmakers Converge on CES
Among the drones, wearables, virtual reality gadgets, and an odor-emitting alarm clock on parade at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the automobile is garnering its fair share of...
View ArticlePC Sales Tumbled in 2015
Companies and consumers just aren’t that much into personal computers anymore. PC sales continued to drop in 2015 as buyers maintained their preference for mobile devices or, in perhaps the best case...
View ArticleFoxconn Bids to Revive Sharp
One might think of Sharp as the company that makes TVs and ran the ad campaign with the tagline “From sharp minds come sharp products.” But Sharp has taken a sharp turn. The Japanese company has lost...
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