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- Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment
- Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...
- Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
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- Sprint unveils unlimited mobile calling, data, text, MMS for $70
- So minutes only for calls to landlinesAm I clear here so that the minimum 450 minute voice plan means you only use those 450 minutes to call landlines and when roaming? Too bad I don't have Sprint coverage where I am as they have some very cool devices like the...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, MMS, Overall IT, Sprint Communications, mobile, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA
- Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already owns 13.1 percent of Virgin Mobile. In a statement, Sprint said it plans...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Communications, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks
- I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...
- Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- News to know: Conficker; Patch Tuesday; Fiber optic sabotage; App Easter eggs
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 critical Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model Dancho Danchev: Fake "Conficker Infection...
- Tags: Facebook, Fiber-optics, Microsoft Corp., Easter Egg, Microsoft Office, Fiber Optics, Network Technology, Office Suites, Software, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- International Airlines to UN: Set us a CO2 Target Now (but US carriers still ponder)
- People in business often speak of NGO's in a kind of wide eyed way, a mixture of fear and curiosity, but most vastly under estimate their capability. Granted, NGOs are as diverse as businesses - some are hopeless, some perform magnificently. For illustration of the latter & the potency of a sophisticated and intelligent NGO, then look no...
- Tags: Aviation, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Carrier, Climate Group, Emission, James Farrar, Management, Nancy, Strategy
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Is Warner juicing DMCA with automated infringement detectors?
- Last week, Jason Perlow wrote about his not-so-amusing adventures with Warner Brothers. After helping his wife put together a little 20-year-reunion slide show with an easy listening soundtrack (featuring James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" and Madonna's "Like a Virgin"), which he intentionally degraded to avoid...
- Tags: Autonomy Corp. Plc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Jason Perlow, DMCA, Video, Jason, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Warner Music Group: All your memories belong to us
- I would consider myself to be a law-abiding citizen and as a writer, someone who has respect for copyright laws, particularly as it applies to the written word and major works of media, such as music, television shows and movies. So I completely understand why a...
- Tags: Memory, Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Music, Material, Vimeo, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition team
- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition teamHe has always voted against anything NASAHis original plans were to cancel every mayor project at NASA.Then he changed his stand the same day he visited Florida to give a speech near Kennedy Space Center. Then and only then he was pro-NASA.His...
- Tags: O'Keefe, NASA, Griffin, Transitioning, transition team, Space-X
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
- FaceBook Virgin Airlines Fiasco
- FaceBook Virgin Airlines FiascoSo wrongThis is just so , so , so, so-o-o-o-o-o-o wrong on so many different levelsThe employees should be approached privately by the company via the internet Facebook siteNOT reproached PUBLICLYI will think twice from now on about supporting ANY of Mr Bransons "endeavours"He has...
- Tags: Social networking, INTERNET, Facebook, FaceBook Virgin Airlines Fiasco, FaceBook Virgin Airlines
- Discussion threads 2008-11-02
- FaceBook Virgin Airlines Fiasco
- There was a fairly major example of how external social networks can spin out of control last week: Virgin Atlantic which despite its name is a major international airline that flies all over the world have a FaceBook presence, with 6,944 members as I write this. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Virgin Atlantic, Social Networking, Corporate Governance, Marketing Research, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- The Road to Success When Simulations Fail: A Thoughtful Look at Finding the Good in Simulation Failure
- Planning for failure goes against probably every business-related brain cell one has, right? But think about the most successful business people and corporations in the world. Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Corporation, built his worldwide automobile company on the premise that "Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and...
- Tags: Failure, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-10-07
- Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red
- While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Shuttle, Virgin Mobile, Helio, handset
- Product reviews 2008-09-19
- Top-growing sites in UK in June 2008
- Property May-2008 Jun-2008 % Change Total Internet 34,489 34,860 1% Channel4 3,544 4,664 32% John Lewis Partnership 2,119 2,416 14% Guardian Media Group 3,793 4,305 14% First Choice Holidays PLC 3,939 4,246 8% 365 Media Group 2,299 2,462...
- Tags: Media, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, App, Melodies, Medialets, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry Dignan: The future of computing: Multiple cores, multiple inputs Ryan Naraine: Evilgrade: Exploit...
- Tags: Software, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Attack, Wiki, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Virgin Mobile Arc
- Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile ArcVirgin Mobile is known for its entry-level phones with catchy names, and the Arc by UTStarcom is no different. The Arc sets itself apart from the rest of Virgin Mobile's lineup with a unique and very appealing curved design. Otherwise, it has a decidedly basic feature set,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, ArC, Virgin Mobile, phone, Virgin Mobile Arc, camera
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- More iPhone 3G observations
- More iPhone 3G observationsThanks for this tip......[i]"An app that toggles 3G, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and even the cellular radio to conserver battery. Bonus points if they add a schedule feature to, for example, turn off all the radios while you sleep then turn them back on when you wake.[/i]I would...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G observation, 3G, Apple iPhone 3G, MMS, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Apple may win the battle, but they'll lose the war, eventually. Well, that was predictable, really. A small startup in Florida decides to go make Mac clones, and surprise, surprise, Apple starts legal proceedings and unleashes the might of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Kyocera K312P (MetroPCS)
- Photo gallery:Kyocera K312PIt's not often we get to review a Kyocera phone, and that's too bad considering Kyocera has a nice group of folks working there and the company has a history of making reliable handsets. But last week we got in a fresh batch of MetroPCS phones, including the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, keypad button, Kyocera K312P, Kyocera Wireless Corp., MetroPCS, phone
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
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