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- Video Is Not The Future of the Internet. It's the Present.
- Auto companies may be going out of business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is shrinking dramatically, by the day. Consumer confidence is at a post-war low. But Internet traffic is unabated. Notably, it's led by consumers. And video. "We are living in unprecedented times,''...
- Tags: P2P, Traffic, Video, Consumer Traffic, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- It's green report card season: Proclamations from IBM, SAP, Toshiba and Xerox
- Some scintillating corporate sustainability reading for your perusal today, folks. In all seriousness, the last few weeks have seen several of the biggest of the big high-tech vendors publish their latest environmental reports or corporate responsibility statements. Here's a list of some of the most recent, along with a brief...
- Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Card, Corporate Responsibility, Greenhouse Gas, SAP AG, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- DHL ends U.S. operations, cuts 9,500 jobs
- In what may have a catastrophic effect on gadget delivery nationwide, global delivery company DHL has announced that it will be cutting 9,500 jobs and suspending domestic mailing operations. UPS, FedEx, USPS: We hope you've got enough trucks and airplanes to go around! ...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., U.S., Job, Federal Express, DHL, DHL U.S., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .
- Now that the distraction from the election is gone, I wish there was another distraction out there because we still have a way to go in regards to the financial crisis. There seems to be a widespread perception that the mess caused by the sub-prime bubble has...
- Tags: Financial, Derivatives, Bubble, Philanthropia, Financial Services, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- VC: "Wait Until Next Year"
- If you want to get money for your startup, you might as well stop now, enjoy -- if you can -- the Thanksgiving Day holiday there must be something to be thankful for, Christmas or Hanukkah and then just wait for the bell to ring in the New Year before...
- Tags: Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Take Stock. Turn Off The Tech. Turn Off The Echo Chamber. Think.
- I had just plunked down $1.50 for the morning New York Times in the Atlanta airport. By the time I think plunked down $1.19 for a breakfast hot dog (don't ask), I wanted to toss out the newspaper. The New York Stock Exchange...
- Tags: Algorithm, Stock, Chairman, New York Stock Exchange, Way Thing, Engineering, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- It's 4:01 P.M.: MSN Money, Yahoo! Finance Get It Down
- National Public Radio and other news stations had the Dow Jones close, of course, at 4:01 p.m., no sweat. Online, you could get the right result (8,851.74, down 127.52) from Yahoo! Finance ... ... and MSN Money. ...
- Tags: MSN, Yahoo! Inc., MSN Money, Forbes, Financial Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- It's 1:02 P.M.: Does Your Online News Service Know Which Way The Market Is Moving?
- The great competitive advantage of online news is that it is supposedly always up-to-the-minute. At least that's the theory. But the stock market's gyrations mean this: Watch the number, not the news. Here's how the market looked to editors of various prime business news services online at...
- Tags: Stock, Investment, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Click Heels 3 Times and Say 'I want to IPO, I want to IPO'
- Alas Liquidity Events, I Knew Them Well.... If only wanting a liquidity event and getting it were that easy. As we say back in Texas, "'wantin' and ‘gettin' are two different things". For technology executives looking for a liquidity event for their firm, the...
- Tags: M&A, Liquidity, Liquidity Event, IPO, Investment, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something bigDow Jones SynapticaHi Paul!I still need to finish reading David's full report and get in on the conversation- but wanted to point people to the right resource page for Synaptica which is www.synaptica.com (the link to DJ Client Solutions talks...
- Tags: Semantic Web, Synaptica, Cusp, Daniela, New Report
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big
- Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...
- Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Wall Street slams tech on bailout bill's failure
- updated: Wall Street reacted sharply to news that Congress failed to pass a $700 billion bailout bill this morning, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a downward plunge more than 777 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, not immune to the financial ripple-effect that stems from the financial crisis, was down...
- Tags: Plunge, Financial, Recession, Yahoo! Inc., Wall Street, Apple Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Dow and AAPL down big in early trading (updated)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 300 points on a report that consumer spending is down. Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is down US$20 (around 16 percent) as of this writing – its largest drop in over 8 months. Apple fell $17.97 to $110.27 at 10:10 a.m. New York...
- Tags: Apple Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., Investment, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, BEA Beehive, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Open World, Help Desk, Java Development Tools, E-books, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Software
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- NexTrend (exe)
- Find the next big winners in the market with NexTrend. The best stock charts, scanning, and market research you have ever seen. All the tools to help you analyze and trade the markets from anywhere. If you're an active trader, investor, broker or just getting started in the markets, NexTrend...
- Tags: Stock, Market, ATC Analytics, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-09-23
- Intel Tops Dow Jones Sustainabilty Index (again)
- The Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI results for 2008 are out, and although I'm not a huge fan of corporate sustainability beauty pageants, this one is probably the most credible measure of performance yet. That said, the DJSI is a far from perfect measure of corporate sustainability performance and contribution towards...
- Tags: Sustainability, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Intel Corp., James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Top financial news & research sites in May 2008
- May-07 May-08 Growth Total Internet 177,487 190,858 8 Financial News & Research 47,493 64,287 35 Yahoo! Finance 11,740 18,492 58 AOL Money & Finance 10,266 15,222 48 MSN Money 12,087 13,707 13 Forbes Property 5,497 7,014 28 ...
- Tags: Financial, Site, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Fastest-growing Web sites in the US in June 2008
- May-08 Jun-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,858 189,873 -1 N/A GSN - Game Show Network 910 4,627 409 235 YOURDEGREE.COM 1,935 5,013 159 208 International Data Group 3,820 6,961 82 145 World Wrestling Entertainment 3,983 6,759...
- Tags: Internet, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Fastest-growing Web sites in the US in June 2008
- May-08 Jun-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,858 189,873 -1 N/A GSN - Game Show Network 910 4,627 409 235 YOURDEGREE.COM 1,935 5,013 159 208 International Data Group 3,820 6,961 82 145 World Wrestling Entertainment 3,983 6,759...
- Tags: Internet, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
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