Many people seem to be confused about why netbooks exist and because they are selling well, they think it’s because of just random pent up consumer demand for “fully-featured” functionality at an “extreme” portability form factor.
This is not true because there is ONLY ONE factor that sells netbooks.
PRICE.
Of the dozens-hundreds of PC Windows manufacturers selling [...]

While Google is thought of as this omnipotent being …
The current status of Google is really the purest form of supply & demand that may EVER exist.
You, as a consumer – can change from Google to ANY other search engine LITERALLY in 2-seconds or however long it takes you to type a new search engine [...]

First, the iPhone is not a Nintendo DSi or Sony PSP “killer.”
That word is misused like ‘awesome.’
But the iPhone does put a big crimp into the maximum market of the Nintendo DSi and the Sony PSP.
As with any electronic device, the race is to the ‘mass market’ or around 100-million units sold. What this means [...]

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 so obvious like perfume.
Clearly, [...]

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 … in [...]

A lot of people seem to hate AT&T and a lot of Verizon users seem to think it’s possible that Apple will switch carriers or at least, add a second carrier in the US but I would find it hard to believe any change is coming to the US.

First, I have no great love for [...]

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 use. While [...]

Yep, it’s time to stop references to VCR clocks blinking, Mayberry, Zoom, and even Tonya Harding.
It’s time to make references to Twitter, BSG, Pirates, and American Idol.
You’re still okay on Batman, Caddyshack, Spock (not the doctor) and The Simpsons.
Journos Are Alienating Readers With ‘Retro’ References – Editor & Publisher.

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 reader’ is nicely [...]

Couldn’t resist the obvious baseball cliche but MLB.com At Bat 2009 is pretty great …

You’d expect the obvious features such as live boxscores or even live pitch tracking …

And as you can see at the bottom of the screen, you can tap to access (from left to right), GAMEDAY is live pitch & play description [...]