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Yahoo touts virtual Pontiac car club

Yahoo touts virtual Pontiac car clubIt's like a poorly done message boardIt looks to me like Pontiac saw the many message boards that exist about their site and tried to duplicate them but failed by partnering with Yahoo and using their tools (Answers, Groups) which do not lend themselves well...

Tags: Pontiac, car club, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

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News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.

Leveling the playing field for workers' perks I’m on the board of a firm with operations throughout the United States. About half of their workforce and plants are in major metropolitan areas while the other half are in some pretty remote areas. Management is challenged to find...

Tags: Employee, Worker, Next Jump, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

News to know: Google Voice; Twitter; I'm a PC; FiOS; Microsoft satisfaction; Cloud security

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google Voice only gets better with launch of mobile app Larry Dignan: Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, PC, Voice, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Desktops, Security, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Coca-Cola Teaches The World To....

"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase.  That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...

Tags: Facebook, Fan, Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Customer, Machine, Coke, Coca-Cola Freestyle, Food & Beverage, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-15

SyncTraveler 4.0 (Mobile)

Attention Travelers: You are now connected.For the PalmNew Palm OS client 5 Cow Award winning features include packing lists, hotel direction maps, and expense categories!For the DeskTopNew SyncTraveler Desktop 1.1 for data entry and sync-ing! The new desktop (soon to be available on Handango - currently only available at globalsync.net)...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., GlobalSync Enterprises, SyncTraveler, Arrival/Departure City, Palm OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying Guide

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying GuideAmerican Values?In which modern democracy, Israel included, would you find an ad-campaign like this inoffensive to women?You're way off-base there...1) You [i]do[/i] understand the difference between human beings and animals, don't you?2) It was an [i]Internet[/i] ad, launched on Facebook, and in...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Bacardi Ltd., Rum

Discussion threads 2009-06-21

Apple TV: Games and apps would be a tough way to gain traction

Like most 11-year-olds, my son loves playing video games on the Wii, the PlayStation and, yes, even on his iPod Touch. With that said, I don't know if he'd find anything appealing about playing the games he's downloaded from Apple's App Store on the living room big screen TV -...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Games, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Corvette Club 1.0 (Mobile)

Corvette Club contains a chronological depiction of the major Corvette body styles. This application shows how the lines, grace, and appearance of the Corvette sports car has changed over the past several decades. Check out vintage cars, classic cars, and the Sting Ray.

Tags: Car, Mobile, McApps, Corvette Club

Software downloads 2009-04-28

City Guide Beijing (Mobile)

* -Emergency:Provide the emergence mode for the user. * -Phrase Book:Provide some simple and daily communicate phrase for the end user. Includes of contents category: Basics, SOS, Moving around, Restaurants, Shopping, Bars and clubs. * -City Guide:Provide the related information of cities of China for the end user. Each city...

Tags: City, Mobile, Motech, Transportation, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Search, Manufacturing, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-09

The Sierra Club's "Urban Wildlife" Knowledge Cards 1.05 (Mobile)

This quiz application from the Sierra Club will teach you fascinating facts about birds, beasts, and bugs in your neighborhood. This frequently funny application presents bizarre and surprising facts about animals and insects. No exotic critters here?most of the subjects are common to backyards, basements, vacant lots, and the like....

Tags: Card, Mobile, Knowledge, Sierra Club, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales

Software downloads 2009-03-31

The Sierra Club's "Save The Planet" Knowledge Cards 1.05 (Mobile)

This quiz application from the Sierra Club provides tips for saving energy & ecosystems, water & wildlife. Here are significant ways we all can help overcome pollution and energy consumption, such as using a ceiling fan, the water-saving value of a shower vs. a bath, and the value of recycled...

Tags: The Planet.com Internet Services Inc., Card, Mobile, Knowledge, Sierra Club, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales

Software downloads 2009-03-30

The Sierra Club's "Granite Gourmet" Knowledge Cards 1.05 (Mobile)

This application from the Sierra Club offers trail-tested recipes for backpacking and camping adventures. This application will appeal not just to hard-core, Gore-Tex?clad peripatetics but also to foodies who occasionally go car camping or picnicking. In addition to its numerous recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, Granite Gourmet offers...

Tags: Card, Mobile, Knowledge, Sierra Club, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-03-30

Where to for revenue recognition?

Fellow Irregulars Phil Wainewright and Jason Corsello are batting around the implementation services revenue recognition issue following Taleo's restatement of earnings. Phil uses it as a reason to take a sideways swipe at the on-premise vendors: I wonder what the impact on SAP, Oracle and Accenture’s financials would be...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Phil, Revenue Recognition, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25

(Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)

(Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)Terrafugia?I'm geeky enough to appreciate the latin, but that name sucks. It's too geeky even for a geek.This is pretty cool, but there is no way I'd subject it to road driving with the morons I dodge on a daily basis. Can you imagine the...

Tags: Terrafugia, car, car fly, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

XM Sirius (finally) developing an iPhone app; too little too late?

XM Sirius finally developing an iPhone app; too little too late?I've also cancelled XM Subscription about a month ago.I cannot get a reception in my apartment due to the tree in the way, and there's no way around it. I don't have a car and can't drive, so XM rules...

Tags: Satellite radio, Advertising & Promotion, Digital music, Sirius, Disney Theme Park, Disney Corp., Disney Theme Park music, XM Satellite Radio Inc., radio

Discussion threads 2009-03-14

Why Apple doesn't make a netbook

Why Apple doesn't make a netbookNetbook = cheap Apple = OverpricedA simple equation.the other sideYes, Apple has the money to wait out the economy.But should it?What percentage do netbooks have to take to make Apple take notice? They're at 7% now, maybe 10% by the fall, 15% by...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Psst- Your software vendor is really not that into you!

[caption id="attachment_355" align="alignnone" width="359" caption="Your Tech Vendor is Just NOT That Into You!"][/caption] Is your tech vendor really your ‘strategic partner’? Probably not! Software vendors, do you believe your solution is a strategic solution? Do your sales people promise a ‘strategic partnership’ between your...

Tags: Software, Partnership, Vendor, Customer, Firm, Partner, Business Structures, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Sales, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-27