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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Is Vista Becoming New Coke?
When Coca-Cola decided to “improve” the formula for its flagship product in 1985, it was a marketing disaster. Soon after New Coke hit the market, consumers were demanding for the return of Old Coke. After some posturing, Coca-Cola did an embarrassing strategic reversal by bringing back the old formula a few months later. While New [...]
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Does it Really Matter?
A couple of big developments today – Microsoft introducing a new and improved Live Search, while LinkedIn gets really radical by giving people the ability to – wait for it – add photos to their profiles.
Question: Does it really matter?
For all the excitement about a better Live Search that quadruples its coverage range, how much [...]
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Let’s Go Shopping..or It’s an M&A Bonanza!
I’m not quite sure I agree with Kara Swisher’s view that Silicon Valley is getting more delusional by the minute but there’s certainly a huge amount of bullishness and cash gushing around these days.
While the IPO is still trying to figure out whether it wants to come back to life, there have been a flurry [...]
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Where are the Apple Knockoffs?
The power supply on my MacBook crapped out, which seems to be a common issue judging by some of the forums I visited. When I went looking for a replacement, one thing that struck me is how Apple has tight control over the peripheral market. The only power supply available was a $99 unit from [...]
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