Monthly Archives: July 2011

Catching the Cloud

July 17, 2011 – 5:16 pm

TweetWhen it comes to contracting for a computer service, there is little choice but hoping for the best. Small or mid-size companies, especially those located outside the United States, are betting they’ll never have to go to court – usually one located 11,000km and thousands of dollars in legal fees away. Let’s face it: contracting [...]

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10 Years of Apple Stores: the non-celebration

July 17, 2011 – 5:15 pm

TweetApple and understatement aren’t close relatives. Not that they don’t have a right to strut a bit: after all, under its returning co-founder, Apple 2.0 performed the most stunning corporate turn around ever — and shows no sign of slowing down. As a result, product launches, developer conferences and quarterly earnings announcements all turn into [...]

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The ePresse Digital Kiosk: First Lessons

July 10, 2011 – 6:29 pm

Tweet[correction added about Relay.com's rate] On June 30th, the French consortium ePresse opened its digital kiosk. Six months of hard work for a very small team (the ePresse consortium is a three persons operation: a CTO, a marketing person, and a manager), and still a long way to go. ePresse brought up eight titles: five [...]

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HP’s Tortured WebOS Positioning

July 10, 2011 – 6:29 pm

TweetAs an old HP fan, the rebirth of WebOS is painful to watch. Palm, after missing the ‘‘App Phone’’ transition was effectiv ely taken over by an investor group led by Elevation Partners. They promptly installed Jon Rubinstein as CEO, banking on his successful Apple experience to breathe new life into Palm. He did: In [...]

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The New Faces of Digital Readers

July 3, 2011 – 10:14 pm

TweetFirst of all, note the evolving language: the term Online Readers is now passé as it morphed into Digital Readers. The shift reflects two trends: a broader range of device types and, in news consumption, the spectacular rise of mobility. Today, we’ll focus on a recent set of surveys that quantify these trends. And we’ll [...]

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