So CNN thinks that they are on to something new by reviewing a handful of search engines other than Google? Bah! We reviewed over 300 of them, yes, 300 of them, over two years ago! Where you been, CNN? Just because there is some buzz around Wolfram Alfa?! http://www.acmeplex.com/2007/05/11/300-search-engines-reviewed-yes-300-yes-reviewed/ Naturally, two years in web-land is [...]

The Advertising-Marketing process can be a simple thing. The parts of advertising process boiled down to its essence for any business … of course, you have to execute it correctly and be nimble to change on the fly … Part I Benefits to Buying/Using Our Product Sometimes it’s obvious like a pain reliever or not [...]

Perhaps every analyst who thought Apple wouldn’t hit their announced Q1 numbers should take a step back and turn in their bonus? The most obvious clue is that EVERY publicly traded corporation in America announces numbers and are required by law to update those numbers if they will deviate substantially in the negative aspect … [...]

For those unaware, Skype is an internet telephony service. At its most basic level, you can make and receive calls from other Skype users for free. While Skype was not the first to utilize VOIP (Voice Over Internet), it was the first to organize it on a large scale and make it relatively painless to [...]

As a lead in to the new STAR TREK film, there is a ‘prequel’ story by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (the director and writers of the film) that is available in traditional form and as an iPhone app. Star Trek: Countdown (click on graphic or links to launch iTunes). The iVerse ‘comic [...]

So far, what have learned from the Microsoft ads so far? If you want a 17″ screen and have less than $700 to spend, you want an HP … and when you are “picky,” you wind up with a 17″ HP as your “picky-person’s” choice. Both are “the truth,” … Other Microsoft – technically true [...]

Of course, when people think of presentations, they think of PowerPoint but honestly, it’s time to stop … It’s time to step up to KEYNOTE … Here are just some of the theme designs available to choose from … Now look at the themes in PowerPoint …Night and 75 Days later … But I think [...]

The new Microsoft ads are an interesting tact – finally admitting that they are the $.99 Store of technology – nothing really wrong with that but they are basically preaching to the choir. We know from NPD data that WIN/MS marketshare with retail buyers of personal computers is down to 34% marketshare (Apple has the [...]

Many people especially analysts who should know better seem to think that because Apple Macs are personal computers, the company, its products & its market conditions should be judged under the same criteria as Windows PC’s in the personal computer marketplace … however, the evidence is clear that they are in DIFFERENT market segments. Of [...]

Even Snapple is switching out from High Fructose Corn Syrup to real sugar or even better, real cane sugar as us here on the West Coast can get the REAL THING – Coca Cola made with cane sugar at Costco. Corn Syrup is okay as a gasoline substitute but in our drinks? It’s got that [...]