iPAD ASPECT RATIO

Mar 8, 2010 | Apple, business

UPDATE 03/12: Okay, move along, nothing to see here. A commenter pointed out there are two versions of the iPad commercial on YouTube, identical except for the shape of the iPad. Apparently the commercial that aired was the one that consistently shows the square iPad....

MICROSOFT FLOUNDERS

Feb 9, 2010 | Apple, business, Google, Microsoft, mobile, web_services

Windows 7 is a staggering achievement. Microsoft delivered exactly the right product at the right time and will completely dominate desktop computing for the foreseeable future. Microsoft shows no signs of being able to do anything similar in any of the other areas...

THE SHRINKING OF THE LONG TAIL

Nov 30, 2009 | business

A full-scale war is brewing between Amazon and Wal-Mart and it’s not completely obvious that consumers will be the winners. Prices are not the only thing that matters; we will all be poorer if we have less variety available as a side effect of the war. Wal-Mart...

Black Friday

Nov 25, 2009 | Amazon, business, computers, shopping

Have you noticed how the Thanksgiving shopping experience has changed in the last few years? Until recently, merchants tried to build excitement by keeping the Friday sale prices secret until the Thursday ads appeared in the newspaper. An online cottage industry grew...

LEXISNEXIS KILLS BILLING MATTERS

Nov 9, 2009 | business, law, software

Billing Matters, the LexisNexis law office billing and accounting program, was killed last week. This was circulated Thursday and appeared in the TechnoLawyer newsletter. "Effective September 1, Billing Matters® will be placed in maintenance mode. During...