Can QVC Translate Its Pitch Online?
The New York Times By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Published: November 20, 2010 WEST CHESTER, Pa. A FEW seconds before going on the air here, the QVC host Sandra Bennett hurries onto a set that looks like a suburban American kitchen. Rachael Ray is waiting behind a counter stacked with her cookware, on sale today at $49.76 … Read more
Cloud Computing Craze
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A hot high-tech concept known as “cloud computing” is lifting Salesforce.com Inc.’s stock to lofty heights. The shares rocketed more than 18 percent Friday after Salesforce issued a strong third-quarter earnings report and an optimistic management forecast that persuaded several analysts that the stock is bound to climb even higher. As … Read more
Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?
The New York Times By RANDALL STROSS Published: November 13, 2010 WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket against your body. I’m paraphrasing here. But the legal departments of cellphone manufacturers slip a warning about holding the phone against your head or … Read more
Capturing Hearts, One Upgrade at a Time
The New York Times By DAMON DARLIN Published: November 13, 2010 PRODUCT designers have always tried to cram new features into their wares. They may finally be figuring out how to build in some brand loyalty, too. Every time we have to replace a product, our loyalty is tested. It’s not a painful test when … Read more
The Great Cyberheist
By JAMES VERINI Published: November 13, 2010 One night in July 2003, a little before midnight, a plainclothesN.Y.P.D. detective, investigating a series of car thefts in upper Manhattan, followed a suspicious-looking young man with long, stringy hair and a nose ring into the A.T.M. lobby of a bank. Pretending to use one of the machines, … Read more
Facebook to Start an E-Mail Service
NY Times By MIGUEL HELFT Published: November 11, 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million users around the world. And Americans spend more of their time online with Facebook than with any other Internet company, includingGoogle and Yahoo. Now the company wants people to weave their online lives even more tightly into Facebook. On Monday, … Read more
Woman illegally fired over Facebook remarks.
Is posting and chatting on Facebook the same as “talking at the water cooler”? Leave your thoughts. – Julian **** WASHINGTON (AP) – A Connecticut woman who was fired after she posted disparaging remarks about her boss on Facebook has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case by federal authorities who say her comments are protected speech … Read more
Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold between 2001 and 2009. What’s more, even when controlling for key socio-economic characteristics, the U.S. continues to confront a racial gap … Read more
MSNBC to Lift Olbermann Suspension on Tuesday
The New York Times By BRIAN STELTER Published: November 7, 2010 Keith Olbermann will be allowed to resume his nightly program on MSNBC on Tuesday, the channel’s president said Sunday night, after he was suspended for donating money to three Democratic candidates. The policy at MSNBC’s parent, NBC News, says journalists cannot make political contributions … Read more
