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True Lies of Music Industry
Sometimes you cant make this stuff up: Music companies arent tech companies, although we depend on tech innovation for the evolution of our business, Michael Nash, Warner Music Group s executive vice president for digital strategy and business development tells The Wall Street Journal. The fight with Apples iTunes for selling their products, suing kids and their moms, [...-
Why the Consumer Electronics Show is Going Greener in 2009
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES)— at which every new gadget debuting in the year ahead is trotted out for display in a football-sized stadium in Las Vegas — is upon us again. After spending days walking amidst rows of 82-inch flat screen TVs and pocketing useless tchotkes from hundreds of vendors at the show, [...
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Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword
Apple finally acquiesced to the demands of the record labels and introduced variable pricing to its iTunes music store. That's good news for consumers, who also get DRM-free music. The problem is, it won't fix what ails the music business, which by agreeing to 69-cents-and-up pricing might be setting consumer expectations even lower. No one ever said record labels were smart.
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In New York, Downturn Kills Free WiFi
New Yorkers, long used to getting free WiFi Internet access in some of their bigger parks will no longer enjoy the connectivity. WiFi Salon, a company that was offering free WiFi in 10 parts in New York Citys four boroughs shutdown because of lack of financing. The city is in budgetary doldrums and didnt [...
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Apple Gives Desktop Apps an Internet Life
It wasn’t quite the same lively Macworld keynote without Steve Jobs, but it looks like self-deprecating Phil Schiller, Apple’s VP of worldwide product marketing, did an admirable job of introducing a whole slew of products, including the new Macbook Pro (17-inch version) and the new DRM free iTunes music store, without so much as mentioning [...
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As Broadband Growth Slows, Telcos Lose Out
A new report from Pike & Fisher should strike fear in the hearts of telecommunications companies. First, it posits that broadband growth will decline by 12 percent in the U.S. (although subscriptions themselves will grow by 8 percent), and that of the 5.7 million new broadband subscribers anticipated in 2009, three fourths of them will [...
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WebEx on Your iPhone, Finally
If I had to name one collaboration application that I to use on an almost daily basis, with the exception of Google Docs, my answer would be Ciscos WebEx. A lot of companies make pitches to me using WebEx. Despite its patchy performance on the Mac, it is still an easy way to get through [...
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Telecom Infrastructure Targeted During Middle East Conflict
Israels strikes into Gaza continue apace, and news stories are pointing out that the conflict is being fought online as well Twitter, YouTube and hacking web sites are playing a role, as ways to get information out of the country and dispense propaganda. Theres no need to drop pamphlets when you can post video [...
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Jan 6: What’s Hot on The GigaOM Network
IBM readies free Symphony productivity suite for Mac. [OStatic] How to get paid better in 2009. [WebWorkerDaily] Adobe marches into your TV. [NewTeeVee] Scan and turn books into audio files. [jkOnTheRun] Skype 2.8 Beta Goes Live. It is Good. [theAppleBlog] Smart grid could create 280,000 smart jobs.
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Clearwire Launches WiMAX in Portland
Today, Clearwire unveiled the WiMAX network in Portland, Ore., that we covered last month. Portland is the first city to get WiMAX service under the Clear brand since Clearwire closed its WiMAX spectrum merger with Sprint last month. Portland joins Baltimore, Md., as Clearwires only pure WiMAX network in the country. Clearwire plans to upgrade its [...
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