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Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivals

Availability in Canada?Probably will be available in Canada on the 11 of September 3010 or about at the same time as the current version of the International Kindle.Amazon is the bestonlineRE: Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivalsI love Amazon but, I doubt I will need same day...

Tags: Super Saver, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?

Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?I agreeWhile I like most believe the cost of text messaging is too high, surely there are other areas in which the service providers can be scrutinized. Unless collusion can be shown, I don't see anything the companies could be doing...

Tags: Government, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, OK Here, Kohl, phone, Text message pricing, SIM card, cell phone service

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Additional Resources

Black Friday digital camera and camcorder deal reports are rolling in

For those of you who want to get prepared for your holiday shopping, and especially the best Black Friday deals, some sales are already being announced. Huliq News is reporting a couple dozen sales on digital cameras and camcorders at Sears and BestBuy, among...

Tags: Camcorder, Digital Camera, Camera, Huliq News, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivals

Amazon is using its distribution, information technology and shipping prowess to try and gain sales from brick-and-mortar retailers all the way up to Christmas. As Amazon continues to grow its rivals won't be Google and eBay as much as your local Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl's. Enter Amazon's...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Web Technology, Sales Force Management, E-business/E-Commerce, Sales, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset makers---think AT&T and Apple---but the effort is a bit of a farce. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry---Apple already has....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, Handset, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Customer Loyalty, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity

Congress continued to take the wireless carriers to the mat over the wrong issue, specifically the cost of a text message. Now, it looks like there may be an effort to pin them down on a matter  that will likely resonate with a greater a number of people: carrier exclusivity...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Senator, Wireless Carrier, AT&T Corp., Pricing Strategy, Wireless, Pricing, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing Research, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-17

SuccessFactors lands big deployment, new cloud computing VP

SuccessFactors, which offers on-demand human capital management software, said Wednesday that it has landed a deployment of 300,000 users bringing its user base to 4.5 million. In addition, it has named former eBay exec Tom Fisher as vice president of cloud computing. The 300,000 user deployment was...

Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Human Capital, Retail, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-29

The certification timebomb

I wish I had been a fly on the wall at yesterday's meeting between some of my Irregular colleagues and SAP's Leo Apotheker. I've been in some of those 'tense' meetings. While it was ongoing, Larry Skyped me to say that Vinnie Mirchandani was giving Leo a tough time. ...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Devil, Allerton, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

Save water, save energy, save money, save manpower

Click to see full image. Remotely directed irrigation controller. Courtesy HydroPoint. Moving water around uses a lot of energy in the United States and many other agricultural nations. A Petaluma, California, firm is selling digital control systems that can save both water and...

Tags: Courtesy HydroPoint, Weathertrak, Paul Ciandrini, Caindrini, Roi/Tco, Cellular Phones, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-03

SMS fees impacting Twitter feature

Just this week, I was applauding Twitter for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter's SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee...

Tags: Wireless Carrier, SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

SAP's forced march may be good news

At SAP TechEd Berlin, Leo Apotheker, co-CEO reinforced the message that the enhancement packages will significantly reduce the amount of testing that customers need undertake as part of an upgrade. However, consultants disagreed. Jim Spath of Black and Decker for instance said: "There is no way we...

Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-14

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?

Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal

Update: Google and Yahoo agree to "briefly" delay the deal to give Justice time to look into it. New York Times Congress continued its poking around in the Google-Yahoo deal with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) calling on the Justice Dept. to give the deal strict scrutiny. In...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade. Gallery Tour: Sneaky iTunes install, step by step right Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iTunes...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iTunes, CTIA, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?

How much do you pay for a text message? In case you didn't know, the cost of a text message has doubled in the past few years - from 10 cents to 20 cents - and suddenly Sen. Herb Kohl wants to know why. Techmeme I specifically ask each...

Tags: Mobile, Text Messaging, Pricing Strategy, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?I don't get it[i]If cell phone users don't like it, call the person, it doesn't cost anything extra. [/i]How does this save me from having to pay for the SMS that some marketer sent me, or the one that was...

Tags: Cellular phones, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Did you see CrunchGear on AT&T's text charges? I found it via Ars It seems at 20 cents per message, AT&T is charging $1,310.72 per megabyte at those rates. The rising rates for texting prompted Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) to write a letter...

Tags: Text Messaging, Carrier, Ars, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Save on shipping online purchases

Ah, the bane of a Toybox reader's existence: online shipping costs. You've narrowed down which gadget you want to buy, you've found the most inexpensive vendor that's still trustworthy, you've put the item in your shopping cart and....wait, 12 bucks for shipping?! Highway murder!! ...

Tags: Coupon, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-04-25