Business

HP’s Focus Is Now On Being A Software Company

by Mike Mansell August 19, 2011

When I first heard that HP was on the verge of getting out of the mobile industry by discontinuing the webOS operating system and indefinitely stopping production of their less than successful TouchPad tablets I honestly thought HP was nearing the end.

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The Cloud Has Failed Me

by Mike Mansell August 10, 2011

If you’ve been keeping even a moderate eye on the technology industry during the last couple of years I’m sure you have heard of “the cloud.” While more of a concept than a specific product or service “the cloud”, a term short for “cloud computing” which in turn simply means computing and storage that is handled via network instead of on a user’s desktop computer has taken off.

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The Google Patent Hypocrisy

by Mike Mansell August 1, 2011

If you asked me to name one thing – in business and in life – that drives me up the wall it would hands-down be hypocrites. That said, I realize that people are never going to see eye-to-eye all the time, and in all honesty I think that differing opinions on various subjects ultimately does quite a bit of good by brining issues into the open and forcing people to make an attempt at solving things.

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Netflix Is (Practically) Begging You to Move to the Streaming Only Plan

by Jeff Weisbein July 13, 2011

Netflix announced a change in its pricing structure yesterday, which has seemingly upset many of its customers. However, I think this change in pricing will cause an effect that is exactly what Netflix wants to happen. It’s no secret that Netflix wants people to switch over to its instant streaming service, it’s cheaper for them.

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Could a Microsoft/Baidu Partnership Compete with Google?

by Mike Mansell July 6, 2011

Serving China, a country with four-hundred and fifty million users online, Baidu is, as it stands, a popular search engine primarily focused on the Chinese market. The search engine in itself has been around for quite some time now, but with Google’s move to pull out of China in March of last year the search engine has become what many see as the go-to search engine in China.

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MySpace Sells for $35 Million

by Mike Mansell June 30, 2011

It’s amazing how quickly things in life can change. Just a few short years ago social networking website MySpace was legendary and considered hip amongst the younger generation. Really, I remember a time when you would meet a person in line at a grocery store, and instead of swapping mobile numbers or even email addresses [...]

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How Would iCloud Fare at the Enterprise Level?

by Mike Mansell June 24, 2011

When Apple’s legendary Worldwide Developers Conference rolled around earlier this month, I must admit that I was personally a tad disappointed at the lack of new hardware that many expected to be unveiled. Like many, I myself was secretly wishing that the company would unveil the next generation Apple iPhone. However, even without the presence [...]

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I Doubt A Sprint iPhone Could Compete with AT&T or Verizon

by Mike Mansell June 14, 2011

Just a matter of months ago the Internet was flooded with constant and never-ending rumors that wireless carrier Verizon would partner up with consumer electronics giant Apple to make the ever so popular iPhone 4 available on the Verizon network. And come January of this year, the much awaited for announcement was made and shortly [...]

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Priced At $25/Year iTunes Match Is Genius.

by Jeff Weisbein June 7, 2011

If the record labels haven’t bowed down to Steve Jobs and Apple yet, they should because Apple has just created a way to monetize on illegally downloaded music. Apple’s iTunes Match announced yesterday at WWDC is an additional service you can purchase which will allow you to scan your music library, match it with songs available on the iTunes Music Store, and then offer the option to download them.

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Should Google Seek to Buy PayPal?

by Mike Mansell May 30, 2011

In the industry that is information technology it’s not uncommon at all to see large and established companies such as Microsoft and Google swallow up startups that they see as a potential asset to their overall operations. This “if you can’t beat them, but them” approach is not only beneficial for the buyers who gain what are [...]

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