A sneak peek at Manhattan's fourth Apple Store, set to open Saturday Nov. 14
Photo: Philip Elmer-DeWitt
The Upper West Side, that bastion of liberal thinking and discretionary spending nestled between Central Park and the Hudson River on the island of Manhattan, is finally getting its own Apple Store.
The retail outlet -- Apple's 279th and the city's fourth -- is scheduled to open Saturday morning. On Thursday, the press got an MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 12, 2009 11:04 AM ET
Only if industry players successfully balance content, customer experience and revenue models
By Tom MacIsaac, CEO, ExtendMedia
MacIsaac: "TV Everywhere" is a logistical challenge that media companies need to face. Photo: ExtendMedia
Add this to the list of things the Internet has changed: Your cable or satellite company now wants to let you, as a subscriber, watch the content you've paid for on any device you want, any time MORE
Nov 12, 2009 9:30 AM ET
It's official. Silicon Valley has a new mega-rivalry: Hewlett-Packard vs. Cisco.
Until this week, the two juggernauts had competed at the edges of their product portfolios. Now the gloves are off. That's the subtext to HP's (HPQ) announcement Wednesday that it will buy networking equipment maker 3Com (COMS) for $2.7 billion in cash.
With 3Com in his arsenal, HP CEO Mark Hurd will be able to more effectively attack one of Cisco's MORE
Jon Fortt - Nov 12, 2009 7:00 AM ET
Two sources say Apple is building a hybrid "worldmode" phone that Verizon could use
Judging from reader comments in this space, there are a lot of cellphone owners in America locked into Verizon (VZ) contracts who would buy an iPhone in a minute if they didn't have to switch carriers to get it.
Verizon has made it pretty clear that it would cut a deal with Apple (AAPL), were it not for MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 12, 2009 6:04 AM ET
To stay ahead, companies need to find ways to keep engineers motivated and happy.
By Eva Chen, CEO, Trend Micro
Chen uses empathy and the occasional pajama party to inspire engineers. Photo: Trend Micro
In the high-tech industry, "innovation" is part of our everyday vocabulary and one of the main reasons why many of us have chosen this field. And innovation is why, even after two decades, I get up every morning, MORE
Nov 11, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Going after AT&T's network and Apple's iPhone could prove an expensive proposition
Source: Motorola
Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie's estimate that Motorola (MOT) sold 100,000 Droid smartphones last weekend has been getting a lot of attention, although nobody's quite sure what to make of it. McKechnie called the number "encouraging." Nielsen's Roger Entner found it "a little troubling." IDC's Ramon Llama said it was "nothing to shrug off."
Part of the problem is MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 11, 2009 7:53 AM ET
Hulu touts about TV anytime, anywhere. But hooking your TV to the Net? Crazy talk!
Funny pages: Hulu offers web video, but doesn't encourage Net TV. Image: Hulu
I had an epiphany early last year when I visited Hulu for an article David Kirkpatrick and I were writing about the unexpectedly successful young venture.
Watching TV shows on Hulu was such a pleasant experience with Hulu that the company should encourage users MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Nov 11, 2009 6:52 AM ETMason Cohn, Producer - Nov 10, 2009 12:04 PM ET
Photo: Apple Inc.
[UPDATE: On Monday, Nov. 10, nearly a month later, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.2, an extensive update that fixed the guest-account bug and more than three dozen other Snow Leopard problems. For a full list, see here.]
Call it fallout from the Sidekick fiasco.
Having watched Microsoft (MSFT) go through a weekend from hell for wiping out the personal data of thousands of T-Mobile (DT) customers, Apple (AAPL) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 10, 2009 7:28 AM ET
Ben Foss, director of access technology in Intel's Digital Health Group, uses the Intel Reader to scan a book. Photo: Jon Fortt.
When Ben Foss's father in law was dying of liver cancer months ago, friends suggested Foss read "How We Die" to help the family with the grieving process. Foss has dyslexia, and finding an audio version of the book or scanning it into a computer typically would be MORE
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