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Several major technology companies -- including semiconductor maker Broadcom and Internet job site Monster -- disclosed Monday that they have established committees to investigate the handling of stock options grants as scrutiny of the practice spreads to include dozens of companies Also caught up in the frenzy to determine whether options were gra...
eBay is launching its own contextual ad tool called eBay AdContext in order to build out its third party distribution network -- and shift away from a too heavy reliance on Google Like similar applications launched by Overture and Google, AdContext is, at bottom, designed to entice online distributors -- from established commercial sites to individ...
Qualcomm said Monday it had asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate what the wireless phone and technology maker says is widespread patent infringement by rival Nokia The move is just the latest legal maneuver between the two wireless rivals, which are locked in a battle over patents and other issues as they vie for the right t...
In a move to keep pace with rival Sprint, Verizon Wireless on Monday launched a service that lets parents keep track of their kids Dubbed Chaperone, Verizon is marketing the new service as a way for busy families to keep their lines of communication open, while also helping parents give their children more freedom by giving them a tool to stay in t...
Many commercial Web sites fail to pass even basic tests for usefulness and usability largely because their architects use faulty reasoning to justify defective decisions That's one of the conclusions in a report released by Forrester Research, of Cambridge, Mass....
Too often, a company chooses a CRM/SFA (customer relationship management/sales force automation) solution that just does not fit. Each company has unique sales and marketing needs, so a "One-Size-Fits-All" CRM solution is not the best approach An expensive Armani suit is worthless if it is not tailored to fit your body. The same is true for a CRM/S...
New applications keep converging with cell phone technology -- and the latest, hottest combination seems to be "Flash-enabled" phones Research by the Boston-based consultancy, Strategy Analytics, forecasts that there are 38 million flash-enabled mobile phone handsets today, but that number is going to grow to 216 million by 2010. The firm reports ...
Regulators from the New York Stock Exchange are investigating whether short selling helped fuel the decline of Vonage (NYSE: VG) stock in the wake of the Internet calling company's disappointing initial public offering The NYSE sent letters of inquiry to investment bankers and others in an attempt to gather information on possible short selling, ac...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported on Friday that a settlement has been reached with the companies behind the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," Take-Two Interactive (NYSE: TTWO) and subsidiary Rockstar Games, which were sued for deceptive practices over hidden sexual content in the game The companies originally denied inc...
Google on Wednesday released a Firefox extension to keep browser settings in sync across multiple computers Google Browser Sync is a free plug-in for the popular open source browser that continuously synchronizes bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, tabs and saved passwords across different PCs....
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 (COPE) by 321-101. If it becomes law, the bill will open the cable television market to further competition, allowing phone companies such as Verizon to offer subscription video programming ...
U.S. Internet companies and other advocates of guaranteed network neutrality suffered a setback Thursday when an effort to tack a net neutrality amendment onto a larger cable reform bill could not muster enough votes After several hours of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 269 to 152 to kill an amendment to the Communications Opportun...
Microsoft and partner companyPanorama Software will develop more than two dozen industry-specific business intelligence (BI) applications based on Microsoft's product platform, including future releases such as the recently announced Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 There has been a significant increase in interest in BI technologies as they ...
Executive coaching has become very popular over the last few years. In fact, a great deal has been written about it, and quite a few coaching companies have sprouted up across the country. Some of these companies are even franchised, hoping to sell their "formula" to would-be coaches. Many businesses have taken advantage of executive coaches Many b...
The question for marketers today is not whether to make online communities part of the marketing mix, it's how to tap them and what kind to create Communispace is creating private online communities designed to uncover valuable research metrics to stimulate marketing efforts, while also serving as a customer relationship management tool....
In many companies, marketing is experiencing a resurgence and new relevance, a rejuvenation if you will towards aligning closer to customers than ever before. What's most encouraging about this is the fact that strategies based on dated cause-and-effect relationships with clients are -- through the use of blogs, more focused communication with customers through research, and Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs -- finding entirely new meaning in marketing departments throughout many companies, especially those in manufacturing...
A new device called the Pepper Pad 3 is aimed at the convergence of digital media and the Internet, offering Web browsing, media playing, photo and other capabilities in a two-pound device that runs on an AMD Geode processor and Linux operating system The device, created by Pepper Computer and Hanbit Electronics, features a seven-inch screen, 20 GB...
In an unfortunate turn of events, Adobe has threatened an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in Europe. That two American companies may have their fate decided by European bureaucrats is bad enough, but the underlying assumptions make it even worse The dispute centers on two issues. First, Microsoft announced that it was adding a "save as PDF" op...
Internet search giant Google revealed this week its progress and plans for 802.11 WiFi wireless service in its home town of Mountain View, Calif., as well as San Francisco, where the company won a contract to provide city-wide wireless service with EarthLink earlier this year Google will reportedly serve as an Internet service provider in Mountain ...
As lawmakers gear up to debate the notion of passing legislation to ensure so-called net neutrality, an alternative approach to create a two-tiered Internet -- something many Web companies say will put them at a disadvantage -- appears to be gaining momentum The House of Representatives was expected to begin debate Thursday afternoon on a bill that...
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