In the Wall Street Journal their was a very interesting article about hacking on the internet.
"At least one previously unreported attack in 2008, code-named Byzantine Candor by American investigators, yielded more than 50 megabytes of e-mail messages and a complete list of user names and passwords from an American government agency, a Nov. 3, 2008, cable revealed for the first time. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/asia/05wikileaks-china.html?_r=1
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
WikiLeaks salaries to be revealed in new report
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/02/salaries.wikileaks.wired/index.html
Verizon to Begin Its 4G Network on Sunday
Forget 3G, 4G networks from Verizon are now available.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/02verizon.html?ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/02verizon.html?ref=technology
Mixed Reaction to F.C.C. Internet Plan
How do you feel about the new FCC plan?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/02fcc.html?_r=1&ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/02fcc.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Sorry, Google -- Groupon would rather sell to Exxon
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/technology/groupon_google_exxon/index.htm
A universal language for robots
Really cool article about the future of personal robots :)
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/30/technology/willow_garage_robots/index.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/30/technology/willow_garage_robots/index.htm
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=147395
The FTC proposes new laws on tracking for internet advertising!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Cracker Barrel tests charging stations
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/12/01/cracker_barrel_tests_charging_stations/
Cracker Barrel is known for their laid back atmosphere, rocking chairs and older times in now moving forward. They look to modern technology to exist in a few of their restuarants. In 24 Cracker Barrel restuarants in Tennesse they are going to install Blink chargers. Blink chargers are provided by Ecotality Inc, which will be able to charge customer's electrical vehicles. Most of the Cracker Barrel restuarants in Tennesse are near a highway, which they think will be benefical in having a charge station in those locations. Charges will usually take 30 minutes in 12 locations and a little longer in the other ones. This is an extremely new form of technology that Cracker Barrel is offering and looks to see how it will all turn out.
Cracker Barrel is known for their laid back atmosphere, rocking chairs and older times in now moving forward. They look to modern technology to exist in a few of their restuarants. In 24 Cracker Barrel restuarants in Tennesse they are going to install Blink chargers. Blink chargers are provided by Ecotality Inc, which will be able to charge customer's electrical vehicles. Most of the Cracker Barrel restuarants in Tennesse are near a highway, which they think will be benefical in having a charge station in those locations. Charges will usually take 30 minutes in 12 locations and a little longer in the other ones. This is an extremely new form of technology that Cracker Barrel is offering and looks to see how it will all turn out.
Google's bid for Groupon
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/googles-gambit-for-groupon-raises-concerns/?ref=technology
Google has recently put a $6 billion dollar bid on Groupon, which is an online coupon start-up company. Google hopes this will initially help start local advertising and also help in the long run with social networking. This deal has many investors worried because of the high price and their doubts about how effective Groupon will be in generating sales and profits for Google. If Groupon agrees to Googles offer, than this will be Google's largest acquisition. Google wants this acquisition because Groupon offers discounted coupons to local stores, restaurants and services.
Google has recently put a $6 billion dollar bid on Groupon, which is an online coupon start-up company. Google hopes this will initially help start local advertising and also help in the long run with social networking. This deal has many investors worried because of the high price and their doubts about how effective Groupon will be in generating sales and profits for Google. If Groupon agrees to Googles offer, than this will be Google's largest acquisition. Google wants this acquisition because Groupon offers discounted coupons to local stores, restaurants and services.
Get “FarmVille” Cash With Amex Rewards Points
http://mashable.com/2010/11/30/zynga-american-express/
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
European Commission to investigate Google
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/30/europe.google.probe/index.html
E-Commerce Growing Like Gangbusters
This is a really cool article about the effects of e-commerce on the holiday shopping season: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71325.html
Monday, November 29, 2010
Ultrasounds 'go mobile'
Really interesting video!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/11/29/nr.ultrasounds.go.mobile.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/11/29/nr.ultrasounds.go.mobile.cnn
Holiday shoppers head online this year
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/29/technology/cyber_monday/index.htm
Shooting video at a TSA checkpoint? Here's what you should know
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/25/shooting.video.tsa/index.html
Holiday shopping goes mobile, social
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/25/tech.tools.shopping/index.html
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Advances in mobile technology provide the blind with new tools
Zhenya Pankova sends and receives 200 text messages a day. That’s typical for a ninth-grader. But to read her texts, she presses her Samsung cellphone to her ear. Pankova is blind.
Jury orders SAP to pay Oracle $1.3b
SAN FRANCISCO — SAP, the largest maker of business application software, must pay $1.3 billion to Oracle Corp. for copyright infringement by a now-defunct software maintenance unit, a federal jury decided yesterday.
Nuance stock jumps on false news of sale to Apple
Shares of Nuance Communications Inc., a maker of speech-recognition software based in Burlington, rose 12 percent yesterday morning after investors spotted an online video interview with Steve Wozniak, who cofounded Apple with Steve Jobs 34 years ago. In the video, he mistakenly said the company had acquired Nuance.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
New Black Friday twist: 'Check in' and save big
Anyone with FourSquare use this over the break?
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/24/technology/black_friday_checkin_deals/index.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/24/technology/black_friday_checkin_deals/index.htm
5 tips for holiday electronics shopping
Shopping on Black Friday? Check out this article!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/25/electronics.shopping.tips/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/25/electronics.shopping.tips/index.html
Apple cuts iPad price to $458
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/26/apple.black.friday.sale/index.html
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
'The Daily' will be first iPad-only newspaper
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/22/5510255-the-daily-will-be-first-ipad-only-newspaper
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/hautelook-brings-flash-sales-to-facebook/?ref=technology
Just another way for people to advertise on facebook!
10 deliciously insane cooking gadgets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40283480/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
SAP Readies Software for RIM's New Tablet
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703531504575624922298533194.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/technology/23netflix.html?_r=1&ref=technology
This is an interesting article about ordering movies online. We just got a movie box on campus so it will be interesting to see if students keep using that or start using services like this
How Microsoft learned to stop worrying and love open Kinect
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/23/microsoft.open.kinect.wired/index.html
Monday, November 22, 2010
New York Times Article Facebook
Facebook, the world's largest social network, announced in July 2010 that it had 500 million users around the world. The company has grown at a meteoric pace, doubling in size since 2009 and pushing international competitors aside. Its policies, more than those of any other company, are helping to define standards for privacy in the Internet age.
The company, founded in 2004 by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg, began life catering first to Harvard students and then to all high school and college students. It has since evolved into a broadly popular online destination used by both teenagers and adults of all ages. In country after country, Facebook is cementing itself as the leader and often displacing other social networks, much as it outflanked MySpace in the United States.
But it has also come to be seen as one of the new titans of the Internet, challenging even Google with a vision of a web tied together through personal relationships and recommendations, rather than by search algorithms. In a major expansion, Facebook has spread itself across other websites by offering members the chance to "Like'' something -- share it with their network -- without leaving the web page they're on.
In November 2010, Mr. Zuckerberg introduced Facebook Messages, a new unified messaging system that allows people to communicate with one another on the Web and on mobile phones regardless of whether they are using e-mail, text messages or online chat services.
Analysts say that if Facebook Messages proves successful, it could greatly increase the time users spend on the site, making Facebook even more dominant.
The company, founded in 2004 by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg, began life catering first to Harvard students and then to all high school and college students. It has since evolved into a broadly popular online destination used by both teenagers and adults of all ages. In country after country, Facebook is cementing itself as the leader and often displacing other social networks, much as it outflanked MySpace in the United States.
But it has also come to be seen as one of the new titans of the Internet, challenging even Google with a vision of a web tied together through personal relationships and recommendations, rather than by search algorithms. In a major expansion, Facebook has spread itself across other websites by offering members the chance to "Like'' something -- share it with their network -- without leaving the web page they're on.
In November 2010, Mr. Zuckerberg introduced Facebook Messages, a new unified messaging system that allows people to communicate with one another on the Web and on mobile phones regardless of whether they are using e-mail, text messages or online chat services.
Analysts say that if Facebook Messages proves successful, it could greatly increase the time users spend on the site, making Facebook even more dominant.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
OnLive to start selling streaming game console
NEW YORK—Video game streaming company OnLive plans to start selling its small gaming console for $99 on Thursday, with delivery starting on Dec. 2.
MySpace users log in to Facebook, too
NEW YORK — In a sign of the companies’ divergent fortunes, MySpace will let its users log in to their Facebook accounts through their MySpace page.
Samsung’s tablet isn’t ready to take on iPad yet
Know somebody who owns a Zune? Well, Samsung Electronics Co. has created the perfect tablet computer for anyone who does.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
MySpace to Facebook: OK, We Surrender
(AP) In a sign of the companies' divergent fortunes, MySpace said Thursday it will let its users log in to their Facebook accounts through their MySpace page.Doing so will port the likes and interests they have listed on their Facebook profiles to MySpace, where they will get a stream of entertainment content based on these interests.MySpace users have already been able to sync their status updates to their Facebook profiles. Thursday's announcement is a deeper integration of Facebook's technology into MySpace. It doesn't involve any financial transactions.The integration of Facebook Connect into MySpace's home page will be followed by the addition of Facebook's "Like" buttons across MySpace, the company said.Once a mighty rival, MySpace has conceded that it is no longer a social network but a social entertainment destination - think MTV for the Web 2.0 generation. To this end, the company recently overhauled its website to give its mostly young audience more ways to consume music, videos and celebrity gossip. CEO Mike Jones said in a conference call Thursday that the users' initial response to the redesign is "very, very positive."Facebook, meanwhile, is working to become the social overlay of the Web. Dan Rose, a Facebook vice president, called the integration with MySpace a "powerful demonstration of the Facebook platform." MySpace: Mashup with Facebook Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005. After a promising start, the site began to lose its luster. Users and advertisers flocked to Facebook. In its most recent quarter, which ended Sept. 30, News Corp. said its "other" business segment, which includes MySpace and the rest of the Digital Media Group, reported an operating loss of $156 million, $30 million greater than a year earlier. The main reason for this was lower search and advertising revenues at MySpace.
Hi-tech robots search ocean floor for ancient shipwrecks
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/18/titanic.robots.shipwrecks/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/18/supercomputer.china/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/18/supercomputer.china/index.html
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Google's computers want to dress you
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/17/google.shopping/index.html
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Google unveils Hotpot, a recommendation engine for Places
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/16/google.hotpot.mashable/index.html
.Is Asurion Cell Phone Insurance Worth It?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20101116/bs_bw/1047b4204045368736
Kinect officially a hit with 1 million units sold
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20022878-75.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
Why film studios are betting on Web again
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20022759-261.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/technology/16facebook.html?ref=technology
This goes along with Kates article about e-mail and Facebook
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/business/media/16apple.html?_r=1&ref=technology
iTunes to sell Beatles Titles...
I know this doesn't really have anything to do with IT for the purposes of this class, I just thought it was interesting!!
I know this doesn't really have anything to do with IT for the purposes of this class, I just thought it was interesting!!
What your e-mail address says about you
Interesting article - what does your email say about YOU?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/16/email.users/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/16/email.users/index.html
Do dedicated GPS devices have a future?
Is your smartphone going to replace your traditional GPS device...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/15/future.of.gps.devices/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/15/future.of.gps.devices/index.html
Monday, November 15, 2010
'Project Phoenix': Aol tries to raise email from ashes
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/14/aol-launches-project-phoenix-mail-service/
Is this the first step toward a flying car?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/11/flying.car/index.html
Facebook Offers New Messaging Tool
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/technology/16facebook.html?ref=technology
Great Holiday Expectations for E-Readers
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/business/media/15ereader.html?ref=technology
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Web
The World Wide Web - How it Started
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1&ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Value of a Clever Ticker in Texting, Tweeting Age
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704865704575610911325869000.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Tweeting to Sell Cars
Auto Makers Turn to Social Media 'Influencers' to Drive Sales.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658204575610593926104822.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658204575610593926104822.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
Microsoft Unveils Alliance in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704756804575608212193008050.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
In the Grip of the New Monopolists
Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can't imagine life without them—and that's the problem.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704635704575604993311538482.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704635704575604993311538482.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Capturing Hearts, One Upgrade at a Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/business/14every.html?ref=technology
Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/business/14digi.html?ref=technology
Zagat Aims to Regain Its Online Balance
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/technology/14zagat.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Mass Twitter campaign supports airport threat tweeter
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/12/twitter.viral.campaign.airport.bomb/index.html
A game they couldn’t win
Media giant Viacom Inc. revealed yesterday that it plans to sell Harmonix Music Systems Inc., a major reversal of fortune for the Cambridge maker of the Rock Band line of video games. The move comes four years after Viacom spent $175 million to acquire Harmonix, one of the Boston area’s most prominent video game developers.
Google data is focus of probe
WASHINGTON — Google Inc.’s collection of wireless data using cars taking photographs for the company’s Street View product is being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission, the agency said yesterday.
First Apple computer to be sold at UK auction
LONDON—The first Apple computer -- together with a letter signed by Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs to the original owner -- will be sold at a London auction this month.
Mag Publishers Cozy Up to Android, Leave Apple in the Cold
Is this the solution for the dying publishing industry?
Friday, November 12, 2010
Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703848204575608970171176014.html?mod=WSJ_article_LatestHeadlines
10 Businesses the Smartphone is Destroying
http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-whatsmartphonekilled/products-the-smartphone-destroying%20/
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Samsung's Galaxy Tab Is iPad's First Real Rival
Now that Samsung has created the Samsung Galaxy tab will it make consumers second guess buying the IPad or will it be the runner up to the Ipad?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/10/hyper.texting.teens/index.html
Study links too much texting, social networking to health risks
Ask.com to Return to Old Service
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/technology/internet/10ask.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Firefox 4 gets much, much faster
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20022442-12.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
An inside look at the testing of Windows 7 Phone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20022285-56.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
Mozilla launches F1, a new way to share links
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/11/mozilla.f1.mashable/index.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/tech-talk-podcast-a-social-web-browser/
Interesting about podcasts. I don't really participate in podcasts but after reading this article it seems like something I should start doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/technology/11photo.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Interesting artlice on new photo sharing.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Mobile phones may diagnose STDs
When do smart phone apps cross the line??
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/09/diseases.mobile.phone/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/09/diseases.mobile.phone/index.html
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Glitch will make iPhone alarms late Monday
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/04/kinect.dark.skin/index.html
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Lighting affects Kinect's face recognition, report says
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/04/kinect.dark.skin/index.html
Google Instant goes mobile
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/05/google.instant.mobile.mashable/index.html
Glitch will make iPhone alarms late Monday
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/11/05/apple.alarm.daylight.savings/index.html
Google avoids fine, though it breached Britain’s privacy laws
PARIS — British data protection officials said yesterday that Google had committed a “significant breach’’ of privacy laws when its Street View mapping service gathered e-mail messages, computer passwords, and other personal information without the owners’ knowledge.
Big banks consider allowing iPhones
Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. are considering whether to let employees use theApple Inc. phone as an alternative to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry for corporate e-mail, said three people familiar with the plans. The banks are testing software for the iPhone that’s designed to make it secure enough for company messages, said the people, who didn’t want to be named because the plans aren’t public.
AT&T sets up division to target health care
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/04/att_sets_up_division_to_target_health_care/
NEW YORK—AT&T Inc., the country's largest telecommunications company, on Thursday said it is setting up a division to target the health care industry, hoping to have a significant seat at the table when industry adopts electronic medical records, doctor's visits by video-conferencing and wireless gadgets like remote glucose monitors.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The Fascinating Things Web Crawlers Can Tell You
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/The-Fascinating-Things-Web-Crawlers-Can-Tell-You-71170.html
Facebook knows when you'll break up
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/02/facebook.breakups/index.html
Samsung Makes Push in Tablet Market
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805704575593550749221716.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Yet another tablet to hit the market...
Yet another tablet to hit the market...
Online Behavior Tracking and Privacy: 7- Worst Case Senarios
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/04/behavior.tracking.mashable/index.html
Panasonic invests $30million in Telsa
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/03/panasonic_invests_30m_in_electric_car_maker_tesla/
Panasonic invested $30 million dollars in Telsa Motors Inc which is an electric car maker. Panasonic's reasoning for this investment is a look into the future and a global market for green vehicles is on the up rise. Shares in Panasonic jumped 3.7% after the announcement of their deal with Telsa. Panasonic looks to follow in Toyota's footsteps which are the world's number 1 automaker. Toyota invested $50 million into high-end electric car maker and they have come up extremely successful. Panasonic hopes this investment will help the company exceed in the market and create an increase in revenue for them.
Panasonic invested $30 million dollars in Telsa Motors Inc which is an electric car maker. Panasonic's reasoning for this investment is a look into the future and a global market for green vehicles is on the up rise. Shares in Panasonic jumped 3.7% after the announcement of their deal with Telsa. Panasonic looks to follow in Toyota's footsteps which are the world's number 1 automaker. Toyota invested $50 million into high-end electric car maker and they have come up extremely successful. Panasonic hopes this investment will help the company exceed in the market and create an increase in revenue for them.
Facebook deals with Electronic Arts Inc.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/03/ea_facebook_in_virtual_currency_deal/
The video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc, signed a 5 year deal with Facebook making Facebook virtual currency, Facebook credits the main way to pay for virtual items on their site. EA has one of the top ten games located on Facebook. Some of EA games consist of football, soccer, Monopoly and many others. About 200 million people play games every month on the Facebook site. After this deal shares of EA rose about 40 cents to $16.20.
The video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc, signed a 5 year deal with Facebook making Facebook virtual currency, Facebook credits the main way to pay for virtual items on their site. EA has one of the top ten games located on Facebook. Some of EA games consist of football, soccer, Monopoly and many others. About 200 million people play games every month on the Facebook site. After this deal shares of EA rose about 40 cents to $16.20.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Final nail in coffin for Net neutrality?
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/03/technology/net_neutrality_election/index.htm
'Invizimals' brings fantasy creatures to your real world
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/02/invizimals.review/index.html
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Flash coming to iPhone and iPad - really
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/02/technology/skyfire/index.htm
The unvarnished truth about unsecured Wi-Fi
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20021188-245.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
Monday, November 1, 2010
Thousands of Web Users Delete Profiles From RapLeaf
This article is about how web users decided to delete their accounts on RapLeaf.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
IPad Opens World to a Disabled Boy, NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyregion/31owen.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Automated Lines' Softer Tone, WSJ
Companies Alter the Voices on Customer-Service Systems — From 'Cold' to 'Homey'
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339504575566582601887698.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339504575566582601887698.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304173704575578241730802982.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RIGHTTopCarousel_1
Why E-Books Aren't Scary, Wall Street Journal
Cellphone service reaches the top of the world
Thanks to 3G towers newly installed near Mount Everest’s base camp, explorers can surf the Web, tweet, and post Facebook updates without worrying that their signals will disappear into thin air.
Cool as it is, Google’s Revue for TV has plenty of weak spots
Google Inc. handles my Internet searches. It manages my e-mail. It’s even taking over my telephone. But I’m not putting Google in charge of my TV.
Nintendo experiences their first loss
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/28/nintendo_sinks_into_the_red_for_first_half/
Nintendo just experienced their first half loss in the past seven years. Nintendo reported a 2.01 billion dollar loss and sales dropping 34% for the six months through septemeber. Nintendo is an extremely large and powerful company that have been successful for many years are now worried after thei first half year loss in such a long time. Nintendo are creators of many new, improved, advanced and successful products. They hope to have success with their new product called 3DS which is a 3-D technology game system and have an increase in profits.
Nintendo just experienced their first half loss in the past seven years. Nintendo reported a 2.01 billion dollar loss and sales dropping 34% for the six months through septemeber. Nintendo is an extremely large and powerful company that have been successful for many years are now worried after thei first half year loss in such a long time. Nintendo are creators of many new, improved, advanced and successful products. They hope to have success with their new product called 3DS which is a 3-D technology game system and have an increase in profits.
Google's Logitech Revue
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/28/cool_as_it_is_googles_revue_for_tv_has_plenty_of_weak_spots/
Google's new product is called the Logitech Revue, which is the first Google TV set-top box. This product is priced at $299 which is expensive compared to their competitor apple whose TV is priced at $99. The Revue has plenty of weak spots and still needs to be perfected and the price needs to come down before it can be successful. The Revue is a sleek box that is hardly noticeable but the remote control is extremely large. The remote is a full-size keypad that will look out of place when located in the living room.
Google's new product is called the Logitech Revue, which is the first Google TV set-top box. This product is priced at $299 which is expensive compared to their competitor apple whose TV is priced at $99. The Revue has plenty of weak spots and still needs to be perfected and the price needs to come down before it can be successful. The Revue is a sleek box that is hardly noticeable but the remote control is extremely large. The remote is a full-size keypad that will look out of place when located in the living room.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Driverless van crosses from Europe to Asia
Really interesting article about a driverless van traveling from Italy to China!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Barnes and Noble Updates Nook
Barnes and Noble is trying to encourage consumers to purchase its nook by comparing its new color version to Apple's ipad, claiming the nook has advantages over the ipad in size and price. Barnes and Noble also is trying to create younger customers by making children's books available on nooks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303341904575576672594942424.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303341904575576672594942424.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Travel Sites Ally to Block Google Deal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304248704575574710753536950.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
If you use websites such as Expedia, or Travelocity, read this article!
If you use websites such as Expedia, or Travelocity, read this article!
Don't like Google Street View? Just move, says CEO
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/25/5349165-dont-like-google-street-view-just-move-says-ceo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/media/26adco.html?ref=technology
If you have a smart phone and are a savy shopper you should read this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/technology/26telecom.html?_r=1&ref=technology
A Chinese Telecom corporation makes a push to succeed in U.S. Market
Monday, October 25, 2010
Firesheep Highlights Web Privacy Problem
Very interesting article on privacy issues dealing with web-tracking, and how it is affecting Firefox and Facebook and how they are trying to improve this situation by using add on programs.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/25/firesheep-highlights-web-privacy-problem/?KEYWORDS=facebook
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/25/firesheep-highlights-web-privacy-problem/?KEYWORDS=facebook
Some networks blocking shows on Google TV
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Decision does not affect the viewing of those shows through the broadcast TV part of Google TV.
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(CNET) -- Google TV has the network television industry's attention.
Certain television shows on the Web sites of broadcast networks CBS and ABC are currently being blocked when Google TV users try to access those sites.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that NBC confirmed it was blocking streams to Google TV users, although CNET was able to view shows on NBC.com using Google TV. (CBS.com is published by CBS Interactive, which also publishes CNET.)
The decision to block the programs only seems to affect full-length episodes available on the Web sites of those companies, and it began in earnest this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
It does not affect the viewing of those shows through the broadcast TV part of Google TV, just the streaming of those shows to Google TV.
Google declined to comment on the matter beyond a prepared statement.
"We're in the early phases of Google TV and already have strong partnerships with Best Buy, Logitech, and Sony, among others. We are excited about the opportunities our new platform creates for both established media companies like Turner and HBO, and tens of thousands of content creators large and small.
Google TV enables access to all the Web content you already get today on your phone and PC, but it is ultimately the content owner's choice to restrict their fans from accessing their content on the platform."
Turner Broadcasting owns CNN and is making some content from its cable networks, including CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, available to Google TV users.
Google TV is one of the more high-profile attempts in recent history by the tech industry to marry the PC-based Internet and the traditional television world.
Logitech and Sony released devices running the software earlier this month, which allows users to watch regular old broadcast television while pulling up a series of Internet-based applications and Web sites.
The idea is to give people something they're familiar with--regular television--while introducing them to something new, video over the Internet.
Several companies, such as TBS, have agreed to optimize their streaming-video Web sites for Google TV while others, such as NBC Universal, agreed to build applications for the software. NBC Universal's CNBC division actually built one of the default applications that ships with the software.
However, the major networks appear skeptical. The WSJ reported that some networks, such as ABC, had expressed concern that Google wasn't blocking access to search results that contain sites with pirated versions of their shows.
Also, Hulu, a Web video joint venture owned by Disney (ABC), NBC, and News Corp. (Fox) is still blocking access from Google TV devices. Google and Hulu are said to be in talks for access to the Hulu Plus service, but clearly no deal has been reached.
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Hulu is still blocking access from Google TV devices
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(CNET) -- Google TV has the network television industry's attention.
Certain television shows on the Web sites of broadcast networks CBS and ABC are currently being blocked when Google TV users try to access those sites.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that NBC confirmed it was blocking streams to Google TV users, although CNET was able to view shows on NBC.com using Google TV. (CBS.com is published by CBS Interactive, which also publishes CNET.)
The decision to block the programs only seems to affect full-length episodes available on the Web sites of those companies, and it began in earnest this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
It does not affect the viewing of those shows through the broadcast TV part of Google TV, just the streaming of those shows to Google TV.
Google declined to comment on the matter beyond a prepared statement.
"We're in the early phases of Google TV and already have strong partnerships with Best Buy, Logitech, and Sony, among others. We are excited about the opportunities our new platform creates for both established media companies like Turner and HBO, and tens of thousands of content creators large and small.
Google TV enables access to all the Web content you already get today on your phone and PC, but it is ultimately the content owner's choice to restrict their fans from accessing their content on the platform."
Turner Broadcasting owns CNN and is making some content from its cable networks, including CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, available to Google TV users.
Google TV is one of the more high-profile attempts in recent history by the tech industry to marry the PC-based Internet and the traditional television world.
Logitech and Sony released devices running the software earlier this month, which allows users to watch regular old broadcast television while pulling up a series of Internet-based applications and Web sites.
The idea is to give people something they're familiar with--regular television--while introducing them to something new, video over the Internet.
Several companies, such as TBS, have agreed to optimize their streaming-video Web sites for Google TV while others, such as NBC Universal, agreed to build applications for the software. NBC Universal's CNBC division actually built one of the default applications that ships with the software.
However, the major networks appear skeptical. The WSJ reported that some networks, such as ABC, had expressed concern that Google wasn't blocking access to search results that contain sites with pirated versions of their shows.
Also, Hulu, a Web video joint venture owned by Disney (ABC), NBC, and News Corp. (Fox) is still blocking access from Google TV devices. Google and Hulu are said to be in talks for access to the Hulu Plus service, but clearly no deal has been reached.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
A Web Pioneer Profiles Users by Name .
The article "A Web Pioneer Profiles Users By Name" discusses the company Rapleaf. Rapleaf, an online tracking company, is able to gather names, email addresses, and other personal information from web users. It sells the information to companies who use it to target potential consumers for successful marketing. Rapleaf installs a cookie on a personal computer to track an individual and gather information about the individual. Rapleaf sells the information to companies looking for a targeted audience. Rapleaf does use social networking sites to gather information. The company also has been successfully applied by political campaigns in order to secure votes.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304410504575560243259416072.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollection
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304410504575560243259416072.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollection
Sony teams up with Google
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/sony-reaches-out-for-help-with-tvs/?ref=technology
Sony has been a champion of networked televisions for many years. They have teamed up with Google in order to link their TVs with Sony gadgets and be able to link to the Web. Sony is attempting to bridge the gap between PCs and the living room. Sony has tried for years to create a TV-based web surfing application in their TV until the help of google. Both companies Sony and Google and hoping that this new product is successful and consumers adapt to using the internet through the TV.
Sony has been a champion of networked televisions for many years. They have teamed up with Google in order to link their TVs with Sony gadgets and be able to link to the Web. Sony is attempting to bridge the gap between PCs and the living room. Sony has tried for years to create a TV-based web surfing application in their TV until the help of google. Both companies Sony and Google and hoping that this new product is successful and consumers adapt to using the internet through the TV.
Microsoft aims for a game changer
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/business/24kinect.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Microsoft has created a system called Kinect which is a $150 add on for the X-box 360 console. This product is suppose to hit stores next month. With this new system players are allowed to use their own movements to play the game. This system is like the Wii but individuals don't have a controller and the Kinect system picks up on their movements. Players can navigate menus by moving their hands back and forth. Also this system allows players to run, jump, swing, duck and so on and act like they are avatars in each game.
Microsoft has created a system called Kinect which is a $150 add on for the X-box 360 console. This product is suppose to hit stores next month. With this new system players are allowed to use their own movements to play the game. This system is like the Wii but individuals don't have a controller and the Kinect system picks up on their movements. Players can navigate menus by moving their hands back and forth. Also this system allows players to run, jump, swing, duck and so on and act like they are avatars in each game.
Windows Phone 7
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/21/windows_phone_7_has_what_it_takes
Microsoft has a winner and its name is Windows Phone 7. Microsoft withdrew their old phone called Windows Phone 6 after being in the market for 6 weeks it was a disaster. After the success of apple and google with their smartphone sales, Microsoft looks to compete. The phone is incredibly sleek, powerful and the software is advanced. The phone is currently not on sale but it goes on sale November 8th and Microsoft hopes for an increase in sales and to become a competitor in the mobile phone market.
Microsoft has a winner and its name is Windows Phone 7. Microsoft withdrew their old phone called Windows Phone 6 after being in the market for 6 weeks it was a disaster. After the success of apple and google with their smartphone sales, Microsoft looks to compete. The phone is incredibly sleek, powerful and the software is advanced. The phone is currently not on sale but it goes on sale November 8th and Microsoft hopes for an increase in sales and to become a competitor in the mobile phone market.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
H-P Releases Its $800 Slate, the Latest iPad Rival .
We've seen the Ipad, heard about Verizon's new tablet, and now HP is entering the market as well!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303738504575568173818767894.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303738504575568173818767894.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Some networks blocking shows on Google TV
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/10/22/networks.blocking.google.tv.cnet/index.html
Users ditch computers, TVs for smartphones
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/21/smartphones.as.computers/index.html
What kind of beetle? This app knows
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/22/citizen.scientists.app/index.html
Starbucks adds free Web content perk
The coffee chain’s new digital network promises customers free e-books, movies, and other exclusives, including free access to some paid websites such as The Wall Street Journal, and is meant to get customers spending more on drinks and content they buy through the site.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/20/starbucks_adds_free_web_content_perk/
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/20/starbucks_adds_free_web_content_perk/
New Mac, new operating system
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/21/new_mac_new_operating_system/
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc.’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, yesterday unveiled a lighter MacBook Air laptop and a version of the Macintosh operating system called Lion, saying he was drawing inspiration from Apple’s touchscreen mobile devices.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc.’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, yesterday unveiled a lighter MacBook Air laptop and a version of the Macintosh operating system called Lion, saying he was drawing inspiration from Apple’s touchscreen mobile devices.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39759394/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Verizon to sell Samsung's iPad rival for $600
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/16/the-genocide-behind-your-smart-phone.html
The Genocide Behind Your Smart Phone
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Apple Flips the Playbook, Putting Mobile Tech in PCs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/technology/21apple.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Verizon Wireless to Offer $15 Data Plan
Verizon to offer more affordable Data Plans to customers!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510704575562091702677062.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510704575562091702677062.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Skype adds Facebook tabs, group video chat
With Facebook integration and the ability to have group video chats, Skype is getting more social.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/14/skype.facebook/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/14/skype.facebook/index.html
With surprise boost from Steve Jobs, news app is a hit
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/18/pulse.news.app/index.html
Big brands tap into China's online habits
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/18/china.brand.online/index.html
Smart wireless networks to the rescue
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20019992-266.html?tag=topStories1
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Facebook in Privacy Breach
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEADNewsCollection
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Cars Born to Run With Smartphone Apps
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/automobiles/autospecial2/14ELECTRONICS.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Digital photos can reveal your location, raise privacy fears
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/10/15/photo.gps.privacy/index.html
Beautifully Mindless Apps
The cynic calls them time-sucks. The realist, though, sees the ever-growing number of shamelessly brain-numbing smartphone apps for what they are—synaptic downtime, self-hypnosis or even, when they're really good, time travel. Here are three apps meant to be played with in airports, bank lines or anywhere your brain doesn't want to be.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550091289725832.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews#articleTabs%3DarticleFriday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tech, Electronics Dominate Breakaway Brands List
Technology has become such an important part of our lives that technology and consumer electronics brands dominate the list of Landor Associates top 10 list of Breakaway Brands for 2010.....
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=137584
Bing emerging with the help of Facebook
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/14/bing_searches_to_share_facebook_likes/
Bing is runned by Microsoft Corp. and they are starting to incorporate what your friends do on Facebook right into its Bing search engine. You will be able to use Bing to search for a topic in the news, articles that friends have shared on Facebook might appear, along with their names and Facebook profile photos. Because Facebook is so popular and globally used many companies are looking to feed off them. The only problem with Bing is that privacy becomes an issue and there is a lack of it with Bing and Facebook.
Bing is runned by Microsoft Corp. and they are starting to incorporate what your friends do on Facebook right into its Bing search engine. You will be able to use Bing to search for a topic in the news, articles that friends have shared on Facebook might appear, along with their names and Facebook profile photos. Because Facebook is so popular and globally used many companies are looking to feed off them. The only problem with Bing is that privacy becomes an issue and there is a lack of it with Bing and Facebook.
Yahoo shares rise in talk of a Buyout
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/10/14/yahoo_shares_rise_on_buyout_talk/
The price of Yahoo Inc shares have increased because of talk that AOL Inc and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company. The stock has climb 68 cents or 4.5% in afternoon trading after talk of this buyout. Their stock prices have been going up and down for the past 52 weeks ranging between $12.94 and $19.12. A deal between AOL and Yahoo would merge two great companies and help them compete against competitors like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
The price of Yahoo Inc shares have increased because of talk that AOL Inc and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company. The stock has climb 68 cents or 4.5% in afternoon trading after talk of this buyout. Their stock prices have been going up and down for the past 52 weeks ranging between $12.94 and $19.12. A deal between AOL and Yahoo would merge two great companies and help them compete against competitors like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
Interest Growing in Private Cloud Computing
Many organizations are looking to take virtualization of their websites to the next level. Mobility, self-provisioning, and metering and chargeback capabilities are all functions which can be incorporated through the private cloud computing service. Public cloud computing services are not under the direct control of a company. By applying a private cloud, organizations will be able to incorporate a security policy in their virtual environments.
Read more: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Interest-Growing-in-Private-Cloud-Computing-444314/
Read more: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Interest-Growing-in-Private-Cloud-Computing-444314/
New Web Code Draws Concern Over Privacy Risks
This article relates a lot on what we have talked about in class. How websites and "cookies" can know our personal information. I feel that this is good for companies since they get to learn more about their consumers and what their needs and wants are, but at the same time I feel like it is invading personal privacy. What do you think?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11privacy.html?_r=2&hp%20.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11privacy.html?_r=2&hp%20.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/technology/13chip.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Intel creates new products!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Cheaper, simpler Android phones to hit market this fall
More affordable Android phones....
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/12/simpler.android.phones/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/12/simpler.android.phones/index.html
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
With Apple Move to Verizon, a Shift in the Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/technology/09phone.html?_r=1&ref=technology
When glass touch screens feel like sandpaper
Interesting article about touch screens.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/08/tesla.touch.disney/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/08/tesla.touch.disney/index.html
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Retailers Team Up Against Amazon
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703843804575534062509989530.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
After the Verizon IPhone, what next??
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/07/after-the-verizon-iphone-whats-next/
Google TV will revolutionize television once viewers understand it
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-tv-will-revolutionize-television-once-viewers-understand-it/39996?tag=mantle_skin;content
PayPal's iPhone app now scans your checks
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20018826-248.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
Electronic medical records: great, but not very private
http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/06/technology/electronic_medical_records_safety.fortune/index.htm
Motorola files patent suit against Apple
http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/06/technology/motorola_apple_suit/index.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/business/smallbusiness/07sbiz.html?ref=technology
Interesting article on social networking.
Facebook to let users create personal groups
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/06/facebook.event/index.html
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Skype Wants to Connect to Offices
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/skype-wants-to-connect-to-the-office/
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
iPad adoption rate fastest in electronics product history
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/10/05/ipad.adoption.ars/index.html
Syria charges teen blogger with espionage
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/05/syria-charges-teen-blogger-with-espionage/
Blogging got this woman put in jail.
Blogging got this woman put in jail.
HP merger with Compaq
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/04/technology/04DEAL.html?scp=1&sq=HP%20merger%20with%20Compaq&st=Search
HP and Compaq two giant technology companies have just merged together to form one company. HP acquired Compaq in a $25 billion dollar deal. This merger puts HP with a total revenue of around $87 billion dollars which is slightly lower than I.B.M. which are the largest computer company. Now combined the company will have around 145,000 employees and have operations in more than 160 countries.
HP and Compaq two giant technology companies have just merged together to form one company. HP acquired Compaq in a $25 billion dollar deal. This merger puts HP with a total revenue of around $87 billion dollars which is slightly lower than I.B.M. which are the largest computer company. Now combined the company will have around 145,000 employees and have operations in more than 160 countries.
Google TV
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/technology/05google.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Goolge has announced that they are making their own TV. This TV will have both television and internet on it. The major television networks working with google are ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX while the main internet companies are Twitter, Netflix and Amazon. Also HBO will be offered on the google. TV. Google is competing with the Apple TV as well as all other television companies. Google is expanding and creating new products in order to be more successful in the business society.
Goolge has announced that they are making their own TV. This TV will have both television and internet on it. The major television networks working with google are ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX while the main internet companies are Twitter, Netflix and Amazon. Also HBO will be offered on the google. TV. Google is competing with the Apple TV as well as all other television companies. Google is expanding and creating new products in order to be more successful in the business society.
Monday, October 4, 2010
A Machine that Teaches Itself
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/science/05compute.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Microsoft to launch Windows Phone 7 Next Week
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/04/windows.phone.seven.launch.wired/index.html
Facebook-Skype Deal must go beyond voice chat
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/04/facebook.skype.partnership/index.html
Google using Chrome to help slow websites
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20018437-264.html?tag=topStories2
Microsoft's Latest Surface Computer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20018451-56.html?tag=topStories1
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Target begins selling Apple's iPad in stores
Target has begun selling Apple's popular iPad tablet computer, a move the retailer hopes will drive traffic to its stores this holiday season.
The six models available include 16-, 32- and 64-gigabyte versions of both the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models. They are available in-store only and start at $499.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101003/ap_on_hi_te/us_target_ipad;_ylt=AhoNWSA_6dsMIpGfMfvHEpYjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJmNGtncW42BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAxMDAzL3VzX3RhcmdldF9pcGFkBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawN0YXJnZXRiZWdpbnM-Aiming at Android, Microsoft sues Motorola
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20018305-56.html?tag=topStories3
New HP chief sees software as 'the glue'
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20018241-260.html?tag=topImage1
Friday, October 1, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Report: U.S. virtual goods market growing
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/09/28/virtual.goods.market/index.html
I find this article very interesting because I found it hard to believe that some people would actually pay for these games and a lot do.
I find this article very interesting because I found it hard to believe that some people would actually pay for these games and a lot do.
BlackBerry unveils PlayBook tablet
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/27/technology/RIM_tablet/index.htm?cnn=yes
Monday, September 27, 2010
Fake earthquake disaster drill tests Facebook, Twitter
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/24/emergency.drill.online/index.html
Testing disater reports on social networking sites.
Testing disater reports on social networking sites.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Facebook Says It Is Working on Technical Troubles
Facebook faced its worst outage in four years.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/facebook-says-it-is-working-on-technical-troubles/?ref=technology
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/facebook-says-it-is-working-on-technical-troubles/?ref=technology
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
FCC Opens Unused TV Signals for Broadband
Article about what we've talked about the past 2 classes concerning the new broadband policy!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703384204575509881468343558.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703384204575509881468343558.html
Tough Times for Independent IT Dealers
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/20/zuckerberg.facebook.list/index.html
Why is facebook Blue-- six facts about Mark Zuckerberg
The relatively private life of Facebook's founder -- or at least a fictionalized version of it -- is about to get much more public. A movie called "The Social Network," based on the life of Facebook's sweatshirt-wearing co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, hits theaters on October 1.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/20/zuckerberg.facebook.list/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/20/zuckerberg.facebook.list/index.html
RIM Readies Its Answer to iPad
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. could unveil its new tablet computer—as well as the operating system that will power it—as early as next week at a developers' conference in San Francisco, said people familiar with RIM's plans....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575506160515163820.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575506160515163820.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Nielsen Testing a New Web-Ad Metric
Nielsen Co. is working on a service that would offer advertisers and Web publishers a new stream of data to improve audience measurement for online advertising, a move that may bring more ad dollars to the sector.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704814204575508100589715696.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704814204575508100589715696.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Tough Times for Independent IT Dealers
Sales at XS International Inc., a 10-employee company that sells refurbished electronics like computers, disk drives and servers, have shrunk 50% in the past two years. The problem, the company says, is that it no longer qualifies for roughly half the government contracts it once did....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703376504575492263117060630.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703376504575492263117060630.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Facebook Promotes Its Credits as Path to Dollars
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/technology/23facebook.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A Chinese stake in GM? Bravo!
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/21/news/international/SAIC_GM_stake.fortune/index.htm
Bonding With Fans Who Can’t Get Enough
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/business/media/21adco.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Google's social networking weapons
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/20/technology/google_social/index.htm
Interesting article, Google is now competing with Facebook.
Interesting article, Google is now competing with Facebook.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Cookies' Cause Bitter Backlash
This article on Cookies Cause Bitter Backlash was in the Wall Street Journal. I found this article to be very interesting because it is scary how smart phones and computer websites can find out important personal information, which is good for companies but not for the individual's sake.
"Mobile tracking is also on the rise, as online advertisers attempt to reach consumers on smartphones. Apple declined to comment on the use of the iPhone in the alleged practices, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has previously said companies should ask consumers "every time" if they want to use their data."
"Mobile tracking is also on the rise, as online advertisers attempt to reach consumers on smartphones. Apple declined to comment on the use of the iPhone in the alleged practices, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has previously said companies should ask consumers "every time" if they want to use their data."
The Stakes in the Barnes & Nobles Spat
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/in-barnes-noble-spat-more-is-at-stake-than-seats-on-the-board/?ref=technology
Tech Guru Mario Armstrong has more on Explorer 9 and new features on Twitter
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/09/18/nr.armstrong.explorer.cnn
Interesting video on Internet Exlorer 9.
Interesting video on Internet Exlorer 9.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
A phone from Facebook?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20016910-71.html?tag=inside
There have been talk about Facebook attempting to make a phone. Facebook has denied the fact that they are not working on such a product but there are many signs that show they really are. Facebook is looking to expand and feel being social is the future, one great way to be social is through the phone industry. They just hired Erick Tseng who is Android's lead project manager which shows how seriously Facebook is for moving towards the mobile network. The major question to the public is would you buy a phone from facebook?
There have been talk about Facebook attempting to make a phone. Facebook has denied the fact that they are not working on such a product but there are many signs that show they really are. Facebook is looking to expand and feel being social is the future, one great way to be social is through the phone industry. They just hired Erick Tseng who is Android's lead project manager which shows how seriously Facebook is for moving towards the mobile network. The major question to the public is would you buy a phone from facebook?
Fresh Apples
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/16/revamped_ipod_line_packed_with_features/
Apple started out in the year 2001 creating music devices, phones, computers and have continue to do grow as a company. Over the past nine years they have sold over 275 million ipods. Apple is continuing to advance they are products and create new ones for the public. Apple is just about to launch their new line of apple products in the near future.
Apple started out in the year 2001 creating music devices, phones, computers and have continue to do grow as a company. Over the past nine years they have sold over 275 million ipods. Apple is continuing to advance they are products and create new ones for the public. Apple is just about to launch their new line of apple products in the near future.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Ready with iPad apps
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/03/31/ready_with_ipad_apps/
Steve Jobs runs Apple Inc., one of the world’s biggest and most successful consumer electronics companies. Gregory Raiz runs Raizlabs Corp., a small software development shop in Brookline.
Steve Jobs runs Apple Inc., one of the world’s biggest and most successful consumer electronics companies. Gregory Raiz runs Raizlabs Corp., a small software development shop in Brookline.
I.B.M.: Africa Is the Next Growth Frontier
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/i-b-m-africa-is-the-next-growth-frontier/?ref=technology
Samuel J. Palmisano, I.B.M.’s chief executive, doesn’t jet around the world to make an appearance every time the technology giant wins a services contract. But the announcement Friday morning in Nairobi is different, says I.B.M.
Verizon won’t sell Windows phone yet
Apple planning digital newsstand for devices
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/09/18/apple_planning_digital_newsstand_for_devices/
Apple Inc. is developing a digital newsstand for publishers that would let them sell magazines and newspapers to consumers for use on Apple devices, said two people familiar with the matter
Apple Inc. is developing a digital newsstand for publishers that would let them sell magazines and newspapers to consumers for use on Apple devices, said two people familiar with the matter
Retailers Turn to Gadgets for the Holiday Season
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703376504575491533125103528.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Twitter Unveils New Features for Users and Advertisers
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=145892
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
University bans Facebook, Twitter for a week
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/14/university.bans.social/index.html
Very interesting and not too far away from us in Harrisburg. They wanted the students to expierience life without technology.
Very interesting and not too far away from us in Harrisburg. They wanted the students to expierience life without technology.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Burglars Pick Houses Based on Facebook Updates
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/burglars-picked-houses-based-on-facebook-updates/?ref=technology
Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad
This article from the New York Times was very interesting and is relevant to what we have talked about it class. It's interesting to see how technology is changing the way students are being taught in the classroom. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/replacing-a-pile-of-textbook-with-an-ipad/
Why Business Need Mobile Apps
This article discusses how many businesses are looking to expand their products and services onto mobile apps and API's. Consumers today are looking for the quickest and easiest routes. With mobile apps, they can find just what they are looking for right at their fingertips, at any time. Mobility allows companies to extend their services beyond online and retail sales.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
A Tech World that Centers on the User
As the world becomes more digitally inept almost anything is possible. The world is revolving around the user and anything can be made public and communicated to others simply by using a smart phone.
IPad vs. Newspaper, Fly-Swatting Edition
The Newsday App for the Ipad represents the debate over Print vs. Digital in a humorous advertisement
Search Takes a Social Turn
Interesting article about how search for various companies is integrating social networking sites in order to increase word of mouth about their products or services
Online Shoppers Skip Middleman During Fashion Week
Interesting article about how technology has changed luxury shopping.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/business/12shows.html?ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/business/12shows.html?ref=technology
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Google Instant Stirs Advertisers' Fear and Loathing
This article demonstrates the effects of Google's new instant search engine on internet advertisers:
Friday, September 10, 2010
Google Unveils Tool to Speed Up Searches
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/technology/techspecial/09google.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Doing Real Business in a Virtual Office
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Doing-Real-Business-in-a-Virtual-Office-70766.html
iPad competitiors are lining up
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/09/07/ipad.competitors.cnet/index.html
Google Instant: Search for the Now Generation
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20015902-265.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
$400,000 Robot available for purchase
If you owned a business, would you pay $400,000 for a robot??
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/your-very-own-400000-robot/?ref=technology
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/your-very-own-400000-robot/?ref=technology
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Worldwide View
The United States is not the only innovative nation, others around the world are catching up in the e-commerce business.
http://ecommerce-journal.com/articles/29604_internet-and-e-commerce-industry-senegal
http://ecommerce-journal.com/articles/29604_internet-and-e-commerce-industry-senegal
Why E-Commerce I.P.O.’s Will Be a Smarter Buy
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/why-e-commerce-i-p-o-s-will-be-the-smarter-buy/?scp=1&sq=e-commerce&st=cse
Nokia to Finally Confront iPhone, Android With New N8 and E7 Smartphones Next Week
Interesting article about new smart phone competition in the American market.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2010/09/07/07venturebeat-nokia-to-finally-confront-iphone-android-wit-26219.html?ref=technology
http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2010/09/07/07venturebeat-nokia-to-finally-confront-iphone-android-wit-26219.html?ref=technology
Toshiba Plans to Release Tablet - Creates Competition for I-Pad
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575468683851520738.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sony Introduces New E-Readers
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/sony-introduces-new-e-readers/?scp=1&sq=e%20commerce%20news&st=cse
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Additional convenience is emerging for shoppers through mobile Apps:
Role of SEO in Internet Marketing
Search Engine Optimization plays a very big role in professional internet marketing:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Twitter Gets Into E-Commerce
Interesting article demonstrating the efforts of social media sites (such as twitter) to enter the e-commerce game: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/twitter-gets-into-e-commerce/
Closing Barnes' doors
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/closing_barnes_doors_ewCNkV59SIlSq611d1IEmO
Illustrates some of the trouble Barnes & Noble is facing due to the growing popularity of digital readers.
Illustrates some of the trouble Barnes & Noble is facing due to the growing popularity of digital readers.
Monday, August 30, 2010
MasterCard and Borderlinx Collaborate to Enhance E-Commerce Experience Around the World
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastercard-and-borderlinx-collaborate-to-enhance-e-commerce-experience-around-the-world-2010-08-30?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Very interesting article about how MasterCard established an agreement with Borderlinx to enhance global ecommerce shopping.
Very interesting article about how MasterCard established an agreement with Borderlinx to enhance global ecommerce shopping.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
E-Books Rewrite Bookselling
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg. Wall Street Journal (Online). New York, N.Y.: May 20, 2010.
NEW YORK--In the massive new Barnes & Noble superstore on Manhattan's Upper East Side, generous display space is devoted to baby blankets, Art Deco flight clocks, stationery and adult games like Risk and Stratego.
The eclectic merchandise, which has nothing to do with books, may be a glimpse into the future of Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation's largest book chain.
For 40 years, Barnes & Noble has dominated bookstore retailing. In the 1970s it revolutionized publishing by championing discount hardcover best sellers. In the 1990s, it helped pioneer book superstores with selections so vast that they put many independent bookstores out of business.
Today it boasts 1,362 stores, including 719 superstores with 18.8 million square feet of retail space--the equivalent of 13 Yankee Stadiums.
But the digital revolution sweeping the media world is rewriting the rules of the book industry, upending the established players which have dominated for decades. Electronic books are still in their infancy, comprising an estimated 3% to 5% of the market today. But they are fast accelerating the decline of physical books, forcing retailers, publishers, authors and agents to reinvent their business models or be painfully crippled.
"By the end of 2012, digital books will be 20% to 25% of unit sales, and that's on the conservative side," predicts Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of the Idea Logical Co., publishing consultants. "Add in another 25% of units sold online, and roughly half of all unit sales will be on the Internet."
Nowhere is the e-book tidal wave hitting harder than at bricks-and-mortar book retailers. The competitive advantage Barnes & Noble spent decades amassing--offering an enormous selection of more than 150,000 books under one roof--was already under pressure from online booksellers.
It evaporated with the recent advent of e-bookstores, where readers can access millions of titles for e-reader devices.
Even more problematic for brick-and-mortar retailers is the math if sales of physical books rapidly decrease: Because e-books don't require paper, printing presses, storage space or delivery trucks, they typically sell for less than half the price of a hardcover book. If physical book sales decline precipitously, chain retailers won't have enough revenue to support all their stores.
Some question whether book stores will go the way of music stores, which closed en masse once consumers could sample and download music digitally. Blockbuster Inc., the video rental giant, is struggling to reshape its business at a time when movies can be downloaded directly to digital devices.
Unlike music, the book industry didn't suffer dramatically from digital theft and, for years, couldn't figure out how to make money from e-books. There was no sense of urgency.
"It's fair to say that the leadership folks at the major trade publishers didn't believe until very recently that e-books had any economic life in them," says Arthur Klebanoff, chief executive of New York-based RosettaBooks LLC, an e-book publisher.
The success of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader recently changed all that, proving to publishers that the e-books market was real.
But it wasn't until the arrival of Apple Inc.'s iPad last month--with its promise of one day tapping more than 125 million iTunes customers--that the true potential of the e-book market became apparent.
"It's taking digital books to a new level," says John Makinson, CEO of Pearson PLC's Penguin Group.
Google Inc. will join the fray in late June or July when it is expected to begin selling its own e-books.
"The store model is under pressure, whichever way you look at it," acknowledges Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble's 69-year-old chairman and largest shareholder. Over the next three to four years, Mr. Riggio says, a different, more diverse Barnes & Noble retail store will evolve, selling a variety of merchandise and serving as a showcase for digital products.
Mr. Riggio is suddenly under pressure to transform Barnes & Noble. Billionaire investor Ron Burkle, who has told associates that he believes the retailer's brand name has staying power, has recently increased his stake in the company to 19.6%.
In coming months, he's expected to wage a proxy battle aimed at influencing the retailer's direction.
Others are less optimistic about the future of brick-and-mortar retailers: "Their time is limited," Mr. Shatzkin says flatly. "I can't see how sales can do anything but continue to erode, and probably at an accelerated pace."
Borders Group Inc., the nation's second-largest book chain, saw same-store sales decline 14% at its superstores for the quarter ended Jan. 30. It laid off 884 people, more than 3% of its work force, last year, and now operates 175 Waldenbooks stores, down from 1,200 in 1992.
Once-thriving mall stores have largely vanished. Of the 797 B. Dalton Booksellers stores that Barnes & Noble acquired in 1987, only four remain. And the number of independent booksellers continues to fall.
Stores that are surviving are doing so by radically shifting gears. Indigo Books & Music Inc., Canada's largest bookseller, aims to transform into a "cultural department store" through the sale of nonbook items.
"The days of filling the shelves and just opening the doors are gone," says Heather Reisman, chief executive.
E-books have turned the economics of book retailing upside down.
When it launched the iPad last month, Apple championed a new approach to e-book pricing. Earlier this year, most large publishers agreed to establish a so-called agency model, where the publisher receives 70% of the digital price while e-book sellers act as agents and receive 30%. While some best sellers remain at $9.99, many major authors are priced at $12.99 or $14.99.
For many digital booksellers, the new model is good news: Instead of having to pay publishers half, or $12.50, for the e-book edition of a $25 hardcover book, and then sell that book at a loss--for, say $9.99--to match Amazon's cutthroat prices, the bookseller now gets 30% of the newly-set $12.99 price, or $3.90. Since it hasn't paid anything for the title, it is ahead of the game.
But for Barnes & Noble, the model can't hide a brutal reality: $3.90 is a fraction of the $12.50 it now earns on a full-priced hardcover priced at $25. If e-book sales become a quarter to a third of the market, store revenue would plunge.
Faced with such a scenario, Barnes & Noble is re-examining its business model.
In March, in the most dramatic management change since it went public in 1993, the company named 39-year-old William Lynch, a newcomer with Silicon Valley roots, as chief executive. Mr. Lynch replaced Mr. Riggio's younger brother, Steve, 55.
After nearly 17 years of consistent growth, Barnes & Noble is stumbling. Revenue fell 3% to $5.12 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2009, while earnings dropped about 45% to $76 million.
The company is expected to report its second consecutive year of declining same-store sales when it reports results next month. Its stock, which closed at $18.58 a share Thursday, is less than half its peak four years ago.
Mr. Riggio isn't accustomed to such setbacks. Since he founded his first bookstore, the Student Book Exchange, in Greenwich Village in 1965, the native New Yorker has been at the vanguard of book retailing.
In 1971, he bought Barnes & Noble Inc., which consisted of a single store on New York's Fifth Avenue. Soon, Mr. Riggio helped champion discount best sellers, sparking the growth of hardcover books that today are the mainstay of the publishing business.
By the early 1990s, Mr. Riggio saw that superstores, with huge selections, represented the future of bookselling. Even though he'd earlier bought B. Dalton Booksellers, Mr. Riggio began cutting back on mall stores and opening new 100,000-plus title superstores.
When the fledgling digital book business emerged in the mid-1990s, Barnes & Noble was one of the first to embrace it. In 1998, it made a small investment in NuvoMedia Inc., maker of a handheld device called the Rocket eBook reader.
In what would prove to be the retailer's largest strategic blunder, Barnes & Noble abruptly pulled the plug on digital reading in 2003. E-book prices at the time--about $20 or more, compared to a $25 hardcover--turned off readers. And there weren't many titles to choose from.
"Was it us? Or was it that the market wasn't ready?" Mr. Riggio reflects. "It was probably a bit of both."
In hindsight, the move cost Barnes & Noble market share and momentum. "If they'd hung in there, they would have been able to build on their early mover advantage and expose their millions of consumers to e-books through the use of their stores," Mr. Klebanoff says.
In November 2007, Amazon walked through the digital door that Barnes & Noble had left open, launching the Kindle.
It would take Barnes & Noble two years to catch up and launch its own e-reader, the Nook. Today Amazon boasts 70% to 80% of the digital book business, analysts say, with the remainder divided between such rivals as Barnes & Noble, Sony Corp. and Kobo Inc.
Barnes & Noble wasn't just slow on the e-reader. Though it was clear the online book selling business was nibbling into book sales by 2005, the giant bookseller didn't dramatically redesign its website until October 2007. By then, Amazon had become the country's dominant online bookseller.
In mid-March, Barnes & Noble's board approved Mr. Riggio's choice for a new chief executive, naming Mr. Lynch, who had joined the company only 13 months earlier as president of Barnes&Noble.com.
Mr. Lynch, a veteran of the digital world, is seen as a change agent. A trim runner who favors open-necked shirts and dark suits, he joined Palm Inc., the pioneering hand-held device maker, in 2000, where he oversaw digital strategy and the website. In 2005, he joined Barry Diller's IAC/Interactive Corp., launching Gifts.com, followed by a tour at HSN Inc., the television home shopping network.
Mr. Lynch is already shaking things up, hiring a team of executives from e-commerce and technology companies in a new Palo Alto outpost. He is going as far as to describe Barnes & Noble as "as much a technology company as we are a retail company."
His strategy is to use the one asset Amazon and Google can't match: Barnes & Noble's 719 superstores. Customers can test the Nook and get free original in-store content, such as a short story set in Italy by Alexander McCall Smith. Other in-store perks include free Wi-Fi service and free cafe offers.
Mr. Lynch has negotiated a deal with Best Buy Co. to sell the Nook in more than 1,000 Best Buy stores. He says Barnes & Noble now has 1.2 million titles in its e-Bookstore and is now accessible on more than 400 different devices.
But Barnes & Noble faces deep-pocketed technology titans. Charlie Wolf, a senior analyst at Needham & Co., estimates that Apple will sell 5.5 million iPads in 2010, while Amazon will sell 3 million Kindles and Barnes & Noble will sell 1 million Nooks.
The future of Barnes & Noble's bookstores may boil down to one question: Will people prefer digital books as much as they preferred digital music? If that is the case, physical stores may all but disappear.
"I wouldn't write off retail book stores," Mr. Riggio says. "People love holding books. They want their kids to go to bookstores. Their kids want their parents to take them to bookstores."
Some in the industry say bookstores may serve an even more prominent role as a forum for authors and a showroom for readers seeking to discover what's new.
"Bookstores are still the best places to go for divergent ideas," says James Patterson, the best-selling author. "With fewer newspapers providing reviews, where will people go to find out about new books? Barnes & Noble will do that and give you more assistance with e-books. They have a future."
Barnes & Noble doesn't have the luxury of time. Mr. Burkle, the investor whose stake is now near 20%, has been agitating for changes in how the company is governed.
Mr. Burkle, who declined to be interviewed, is mum about his strategy. He has indicated to others that Barnes & Noble's famous brand and mint real estate locations will benefit from Borders' ongoing struggles and survive the digital tsunami.
Mr. Riggio, who owns 31% of the retailer, declined to comment on Mr. Burkle's efforts.
As for the Barnes & Noble's superstores of the future, Mr. Riggio says the retailer is experimenting with selling a variety of merchandise, including consumer electronics.
"I would say that there's nothing we wouldn't put under consideration," Mr. Riggio says, "although it's safe to say we won't have pots and pans."
Write to Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg at jeffrey.trachtenberg@wsj.com
Credit: By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
NEW YORK--In the massive new Barnes & Noble superstore on Manhattan's Upper East Side, generous display space is devoted to baby blankets, Art Deco flight clocks, stationery and adult games like Risk and Stratego.
The eclectic merchandise, which has nothing to do with books, may be a glimpse into the future of Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation's largest book chain.
For 40 years, Barnes & Noble has dominated bookstore retailing. In the 1970s it revolutionized publishing by championing discount hardcover best sellers. In the 1990s, it helped pioneer book superstores with selections so vast that they put many independent bookstores out of business.
Today it boasts 1,362 stores, including 719 superstores with 18.8 million square feet of retail space--the equivalent of 13 Yankee Stadiums.
But the digital revolution sweeping the media world is rewriting the rules of the book industry, upending the established players which have dominated for decades. Electronic books are still in their infancy, comprising an estimated 3% to 5% of the market today. But they are fast accelerating the decline of physical books, forcing retailers, publishers, authors and agents to reinvent their business models or be painfully crippled.
"By the end of 2012, digital books will be 20% to 25% of unit sales, and that's on the conservative side," predicts Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of the Idea Logical Co., publishing consultants. "Add in another 25% of units sold online, and roughly half of all unit sales will be on the Internet."
Nowhere is the e-book tidal wave hitting harder than at bricks-and-mortar book retailers. The competitive advantage Barnes & Noble spent decades amassing--offering an enormous selection of more than 150,000 books under one roof--was already under pressure from online booksellers.
It evaporated with the recent advent of e-bookstores, where readers can access millions of titles for e-reader devices.
Even more problematic for brick-and-mortar retailers is the math if sales of physical books rapidly decrease: Because e-books don't require paper, printing presses, storage space or delivery trucks, they typically sell for less than half the price of a hardcover book. If physical book sales decline precipitously, chain retailers won't have enough revenue to support all their stores.
Some question whether book stores will go the way of music stores, which closed en masse once consumers could sample and download music digitally. Blockbuster Inc., the video rental giant, is struggling to reshape its business at a time when movies can be downloaded directly to digital devices.
Unlike music, the book industry didn't suffer dramatically from digital theft and, for years, couldn't figure out how to make money from e-books. There was no sense of urgency.
"It's fair to say that the leadership folks at the major trade publishers didn't believe until very recently that e-books had any economic life in them," says Arthur Klebanoff, chief executive of New York-based RosettaBooks LLC, an e-book publisher.
The success of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader recently changed all that, proving to publishers that the e-books market was real.
But it wasn't until the arrival of Apple Inc.'s iPad last month--with its promise of one day tapping more than 125 million iTunes customers--that the true potential of the e-book market became apparent.
"It's taking digital books to a new level," says John Makinson, CEO of Pearson PLC's Penguin Group.
Google Inc. will join the fray in late June or July when it is expected to begin selling its own e-books.
"The store model is under pressure, whichever way you look at it," acknowledges Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble's 69-year-old chairman and largest shareholder. Over the next three to four years, Mr. Riggio says, a different, more diverse Barnes & Noble retail store will evolve, selling a variety of merchandise and serving as a showcase for digital products.
Mr. Riggio is suddenly under pressure to transform Barnes & Noble. Billionaire investor Ron Burkle, who has told associates that he believes the retailer's brand name has staying power, has recently increased his stake in the company to 19.6%.
In coming months, he's expected to wage a proxy battle aimed at influencing the retailer's direction.
Others are less optimistic about the future of brick-and-mortar retailers: "Their time is limited," Mr. Shatzkin says flatly. "I can't see how sales can do anything but continue to erode, and probably at an accelerated pace."
Borders Group Inc., the nation's second-largest book chain, saw same-store sales decline 14% at its superstores for the quarter ended Jan. 30. It laid off 884 people, more than 3% of its work force, last year, and now operates 175 Waldenbooks stores, down from 1,200 in 1992.
Once-thriving mall stores have largely vanished. Of the 797 B. Dalton Booksellers stores that Barnes & Noble acquired in 1987, only four remain. And the number of independent booksellers continues to fall.
Stores that are surviving are doing so by radically shifting gears. Indigo Books & Music Inc., Canada's largest bookseller, aims to transform into a "cultural department store" through the sale of nonbook items.
"The days of filling the shelves and just opening the doors are gone," says Heather Reisman, chief executive.
E-books have turned the economics of book retailing upside down.
When it launched the iPad last month, Apple championed a new approach to e-book pricing. Earlier this year, most large publishers agreed to establish a so-called agency model, where the publisher receives 70% of the digital price while e-book sellers act as agents and receive 30%. While some best sellers remain at $9.99, many major authors are priced at $12.99 or $14.99.
For many digital booksellers, the new model is good news: Instead of having to pay publishers half, or $12.50, for the e-book edition of a $25 hardcover book, and then sell that book at a loss--for, say $9.99--to match Amazon's cutthroat prices, the bookseller now gets 30% of the newly-set $12.99 price, or $3.90. Since it hasn't paid anything for the title, it is ahead of the game.
But for Barnes & Noble, the model can't hide a brutal reality: $3.90 is a fraction of the $12.50 it now earns on a full-priced hardcover priced at $25. If e-book sales become a quarter to a third of the market, store revenue would plunge.
Faced with such a scenario, Barnes & Noble is re-examining its business model.
In March, in the most dramatic management change since it went public in 1993, the company named 39-year-old William Lynch, a newcomer with Silicon Valley roots, as chief executive. Mr. Lynch replaced Mr. Riggio's younger brother, Steve, 55.
After nearly 17 years of consistent growth, Barnes & Noble is stumbling. Revenue fell 3% to $5.12 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2009, while earnings dropped about 45% to $76 million.
The company is expected to report its second consecutive year of declining same-store sales when it reports results next month. Its stock, which closed at $18.58 a share Thursday, is less than half its peak four years ago.
Mr. Riggio isn't accustomed to such setbacks. Since he founded his first bookstore, the Student Book Exchange, in Greenwich Village in 1965, the native New Yorker has been at the vanguard of book retailing.
In 1971, he bought Barnes & Noble Inc., which consisted of a single store on New York's Fifth Avenue. Soon, Mr. Riggio helped champion discount best sellers, sparking the growth of hardcover books that today are the mainstay of the publishing business.
By the early 1990s, Mr. Riggio saw that superstores, with huge selections, represented the future of bookselling. Even though he'd earlier bought B. Dalton Booksellers, Mr. Riggio began cutting back on mall stores and opening new 100,000-plus title superstores.
When the fledgling digital book business emerged in the mid-1990s, Barnes & Noble was one of the first to embrace it. In 1998, it made a small investment in NuvoMedia Inc., maker of a handheld device called the Rocket eBook reader.
In what would prove to be the retailer's largest strategic blunder, Barnes & Noble abruptly pulled the plug on digital reading in 2003. E-book prices at the time--about $20 or more, compared to a $25 hardcover--turned off readers. And there weren't many titles to choose from.
"Was it us? Or was it that the market wasn't ready?" Mr. Riggio reflects. "It was probably a bit of both."
In hindsight, the move cost Barnes & Noble market share and momentum. "If they'd hung in there, they would have been able to build on their early mover advantage and expose their millions of consumers to e-books through the use of their stores," Mr. Klebanoff says.
In November 2007, Amazon walked through the digital door that Barnes & Noble had left open, launching the Kindle.
It would take Barnes & Noble two years to catch up and launch its own e-reader, the Nook. Today Amazon boasts 70% to 80% of the digital book business, analysts say, with the remainder divided between such rivals as Barnes & Noble, Sony Corp. and Kobo Inc.
Barnes & Noble wasn't just slow on the e-reader. Though it was clear the online book selling business was nibbling into book sales by 2005, the giant bookseller didn't dramatically redesign its website until October 2007. By then, Amazon had become the country's dominant online bookseller.
In mid-March, Barnes & Noble's board approved Mr. Riggio's choice for a new chief executive, naming Mr. Lynch, who had joined the company only 13 months earlier as president of Barnes&Noble.com.
Mr. Lynch, a veteran of the digital world, is seen as a change agent. A trim runner who favors open-necked shirts and dark suits, he joined Palm Inc., the pioneering hand-held device maker, in 2000, where he oversaw digital strategy and the website. In 2005, he joined Barry Diller's IAC/Interactive Corp., launching Gifts.com, followed by a tour at HSN Inc., the television home shopping network.
Mr. Lynch is already shaking things up, hiring a team of executives from e-commerce and technology companies in a new Palo Alto outpost. He is going as far as to describe Barnes & Noble as "as much a technology company as we are a retail company."
His strategy is to use the one asset Amazon and Google can't match: Barnes & Noble's 719 superstores. Customers can test the Nook and get free original in-store content, such as a short story set in Italy by Alexander McCall Smith. Other in-store perks include free Wi-Fi service and free cafe offers.
Mr. Lynch has negotiated a deal with Best Buy Co. to sell the Nook in more than 1,000 Best Buy stores. He says Barnes & Noble now has 1.2 million titles in its e-Bookstore and is now accessible on more than 400 different devices.
But Barnes & Noble faces deep-pocketed technology titans. Charlie Wolf, a senior analyst at Needham & Co., estimates that Apple will sell 5.5 million iPads in 2010, while Amazon will sell 3 million Kindles and Barnes & Noble will sell 1 million Nooks.
The future of Barnes & Noble's bookstores may boil down to one question: Will people prefer digital books as much as they preferred digital music? If that is the case, physical stores may all but disappear.
"I wouldn't write off retail book stores," Mr. Riggio says. "People love holding books. They want their kids to go to bookstores. Their kids want their parents to take them to bookstores."
Some in the industry say bookstores may serve an even more prominent role as a forum for authors and a showroom for readers seeking to discover what's new.
"Bookstores are still the best places to go for divergent ideas," says James Patterson, the best-selling author. "With fewer newspapers providing reviews, where will people go to find out about new books? Barnes & Noble will do that and give you more assistance with e-books. They have a future."
Barnes & Noble doesn't have the luxury of time. Mr. Burkle, the investor whose stake is now near 20%, has been agitating for changes in how the company is governed.
Mr. Burkle, who declined to be interviewed, is mum about his strategy. He has indicated to others that Barnes & Noble's famous brand and mint real estate locations will benefit from Borders' ongoing struggles and survive the digital tsunami.
Mr. Riggio, who owns 31% of the retailer, declined to comment on Mr. Burkle's efforts.
As for the Barnes & Noble's superstores of the future, Mr. Riggio says the retailer is experimenting with selling a variety of merchandise, including consumer electronics.
"I would say that there's nothing we wouldn't put under consideration," Mr. Riggio says, "although it's safe to say we won't have pots and pans."
Write to Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg at jeffrey.trachtenberg@wsj.com
Credit: By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
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