Marketing
Sprint Hopes ‘Cents’ Adds Up to Dollars
A new Sprint ad campaign is centered on “Downtown,” the upbeat Petula Clark song, except in the ad it becomes “Round Down.”
Facebook: When ego gets in the way of privacy and security
In an age where invisibility is tantamount to a career death sentence, a large network is an important claim. But at what cost?
Kin network pricing is youth extorsion: $85 a month
The KIN One and Two, Microsoft’s new youth-aimed smartphones, are the best smartphones you’ll never buy. Why? Because it’ll cost you $85 a month for two painful years.
Kin network pricing is youth extortion: $85 a month
The KIN One and Two, Microsoft’s new youth-aimed smartphones, are the best smartphones you’ll never buy. Why? Because it’ll cost you $85 a month for two painful years.
Web 2.0 Expo: The power of Facebook’s ‘Like’ button
Facebook’s Paul Buchheit says, "We think that’s the future of upcoming communication mediums."
Microsoft unveils Spindex social-networking tool
Microsoft’s FUSE labs outlines a new social-networking aggregator. Will consumers go for it?
Motorola debuts M3 multimedia server lineup; multi-screen support
Motorola has announced a new family of on-demand multimedia servers that can deliver content and services to televisions, computers and mobile devices.
Black Duck survey sees open source strategy beating the squeeze
If these guys are ready to defect, even Baghdad Bob couldn’t spin a proprietary victory. But all is not lost for Microsoft
Lies, damn lies and statistics
During my morning news scan, I came across a survey executed by Blue Coat Systems that appears to offer grand conclusions from a fairly small, focused group of respondents. While Blue Coat is…
Verizon releasing Microsoft Kin phones online on May 6; pricing starts at $49.99
Microsoft’s Kin One and Kin Two have come a long way from the days when it was just the rumored "Project Pink." Now Verizon Wireless has finally released this pair of mobile phones online….
Want a Kin with Zune Pass? That will be $85 plus taxes each month
Verizon may have killed off the Kin devices before they even get going with standard smartphone data pricing of $29.99 per month plus a minimum $39.99 voice plan requirement. Then if you want to…
Lower Merion webcam scandal: School officials didn’t mean to spy
A report found no evidence that officials with the Lower Merion School District intended to spy on students when they remotely activated the webcams on those machines.
