Google Lowers Prices To Try And Kill Amazon's Cloud (GOOG, AMZN)
Remember Compute Engine, Google's Amazon-killer cloud that launched in a "limited preview" this June?So far it hasn't exactly knocked Amazon from its pedestal.So Google's trying an age-old tactic:...
View ArticleApple's Profit Per iPhone Has Peaked, Says Pacific Crest (AAPL)
Apple's gross profit per iPhone "has likely peaked" says Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves.Hargreaves is trimming his price target on Apple's stock to $645, down from $670, says Eric Savitz at...
View ArticleNow Here's Some Good News For Those Of You Who Just Bought A Windows Phone...
Since Windows blogger Paul Thurrott called Microsoft out last week for not providing more details on an important update to older Windows Phones called Windows Phone 7.8, there's been a lot of...
View ArticleSpotify Is Still Better Than The New iTunes
Applehas been promising a new version of iTunes will be out this month, and the clock is ticking. Meanwhile, 15 million users have taken up a compelling alternative: For $10 per month, the streaming...
View Article2012 May Be The Year Banner Ads Started To Die
Banner ads, those benighted rectangles and boxes, have been the primary way publishers make money online since a digital offshoot of Wired magazine ran the first one 18 years ago.But the industry is...
View ArticleT-Commerce Trends At IGNITION West 2013 With AmEx, One King’s Lane, @Walmart...
The fast-changing retail experience - in-store, online, mobile, and now social - will be a hot topic at Business Insider's second-annual IGNITION West conference on March 26, 2013, in San...
View ArticleMind-Blowing Facts About Amazon's Giant Shipping Operations
In preparation for Cyber Monday and the holiday season, Amazon has hired an additional 50,000 employees to work in its 40 fulfillment centers across the country. Last year on Cyber Monday, online...
View ArticleBest Buy Was The Big Traffic Winner Over Black Friday Weekend (BBY, RSH)
Best Buy appears to have attracted the biggest crowds over Black Friday weekend.That's great news for the consumer electronics retailer, showing that it has still that ability to attract throngs of...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Cyber Monday Mobile Sales Jumped 260%
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Cyber Monday...
View ArticleSee How India's Largest Paint Company Uses Mobile To Stay Effective
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View ArticleWhy Amazon Is Borrowing $3 Billion (AMZN)
Amazon is seeking to raise $3 billion in debt, the Wall Street Journalreports.And why not? It's paying 0.38 to 0.93 percentage points more than comparable Treasury rates in interest for the bonds,...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The iPad's Dominance In Holiday Shopping Web Traffic (AAPL)
IBMreleased its Thanksgiving and Black Friday report on mobile shopping, and the iPad completely dominates.In this chart, you can see the iPad represented 88.3 percent of all tablet shopping on Black...
View ArticleHere Are The Hottest Products Shoppers Are Searching For
As the holiday shopping season kicks off, consumers are flocking online to gobble up all the hottest products.Which products are they searching for?The researchers over at Experian have crunched the...
View ArticleWatch Out: Microsoft Is About To Make It More Expensive To Bring iPhones And...
On December 1, Microsoft will start charging enterprises a lot more money for some of its most popular software.By charging more for something it calls a "user client-access license," Microsoft is...
View ArticleCambridge University To Study Possibility That Technology Could Ultimately...
A new Cambridge research center will assess whether advanced technology could destroy human civilization, Brid-Aine Parnell of The Register reports.The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)...
View ArticleReady To Download Your Next Pair Of Shoes? How 3D Printing Is Turning Bits...
Remember how, in "Star Trek," Captain Picard could tell a computer "tea, Earl Grey, hot" and, voilà, out of thin air, a hot, Early Grey tea would appear on a tray?That computer was called a Replicator....
View ArticleCheck Out What Apple TV Might Look Like (AAPL)
A television set made by Apple—just the mention of it is enough to send an Apple fan into a drooling delirium.Apple currently makes a box you connect to your existing TV. But people want the real...
View ArticleSee How SAP Can Help Your Business Run Better
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View ArticleYouSendIt's Brad Garlinghouse Smacks Box's Aaron Levie
Former AOL and Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse has now been at the helm of file-sharing company YouSendIt for about six months.In that time, he's already developed some strong opinions about his...
View ArticleThe Morality Of Making Guns On A 3D Printer
By now you've probably heard about Defense Distributed, a Texas organization that aims to distribute files for making firearms on professional-grade 3D printers.The group also intends to scale these...
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