Video Comments Are Here: This Could Be Huge… Or a Flop
TechCrunch made the announcement today that all of its blogs will have the option for you to leave video comments via a service called Seesmic. It’s a powerful idea with […]
Some Free Marketing Advice for Apple
After many years in a Windows world, I recently purchased a Mac Pro, and have been very happy with my choice. There were many reasons for this move, but suffice […]
Amazon MP3 Customers Don’t Come from iTunes, But I Did
Market research firm NPD Group issued a report today explaining that Amazon MP3 is growing but not taking away customers from Apple’s iTunes. It seems that only 10% of Amazon […]
Blockbuster Offers to Buy Circuit City
Wow. There’s plenty of buzz surrounding Blockbuster’s offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster’s reasoning is full of the usual business jargon: cutting costs, benefiting from complementary products, exploiting the growing […]
The Digg Paradox: How Digg Creates the Problem It Solves
When I first heard about Digg I was quite excited. Digg is a site where you can submit articles, pictures, or other content that you think is interesting. If other […]
Amazon Giving $50 Credit to Its HD DVD Buyers
I purchased my HD DVD player with 10 movies for $174 way back in November. Today, to my surprise, I received the email below. This is much better than the […]
New Study on Digital Music is Outdated Before Released
Ars Technica has the scoop on a “new” study which shows how Apple’s iTunes is “widening its lead in the digital music market at the expense of other top brands.” […]
It’s Comcrapstic! My Comcast Tech Support Story
I know this will seem like another “me too” post after the well publicized Comcast story at TechCrunch, but I actually wrote about 95% of this a couple of weeks […]
Sony Thinks Blu-ray Will Sell Like DVD by End of 2008
Sony CEO Ryoji Chubachi knows something we don’t. At a press conference a few days ago, he pointed out Sony’s plan to increase Blu-ray market share to 50% by the […]
Comcast Rewards You for Complaining Publicly
Good ol’ Michael Arrington of TechCrunch had an interesting weekend in which he learned how to minimize the classic ISP runaround (i.e., the customer service you get when your Internet […]