One of the most interesting things we’ve done, marketing-wise, as a company is engage our customers and the community via social media. Not always an easy sell internally, it’s an idea that has helped set us apart from our competition and form relationships with clients we wouldn’t have otherwise. It’s hard to put a solid
Read More...The HTC Hero is the first mobile phone to get Flash functionality in its browser, so how’s the performance? Maddening. (thx Daring Fireball) Unfortunate news for Microsoft: sales down 17% and after-tax profit down 29% versus a year ago. The PC sales slump has really taken its toll. Wired: How to Behave: New Rules
Read More...Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO: This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we’ve received. We will use the
Read More...In this, the last of my four-part series on PeopleSoft’s ALM product suite, I will discuss some of the key features/functions of the PeopleSoft IT Asset Management solution. Not much is known about it, but this product can provide tremendous value in a relatively short period of time, and do so with a very reasonable
Read More...If you’ll allow us a quick moment of self-indulgence: we’re thrilled to announce that we have achieved Certified Advantage Partner (CAP) within the Oracle PartnerNetwork ecosystem. This comes after making Certified Partner (CP) last year and redoubling our efforts to make Certified Advantage Partner (CAP) this year. MiPro achieved CAP status by excelling in two
Read More...Economist Tyler Cowen argues that autism can be an advantage in the academy, not a detriment. Ever wonder where gyro meat comes from? You needn’t wonder anymore. NASA will be releasing “greatly improved” video imagery to commemorate yesterday’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington takes a ton of heat (see
Read More...Andrew LaVallee, reporting for the WSJ: J.P. Morgan surveyed 763 adult U.S. Internet users earlier this month and found that the majority of them (59%) were aware of Bing, thanks in part to Microsoft’s $80 million advertising campaign. A quarter of the respondents (and 42% of those who had heard of Bing) had tried the
Read More...“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” — Spencer Johnson (Thx @ColinLewis)
Read More...Brandweek’s Todd Wasserman reporting on the sharp decline in Tylenol’s brand buzz following the FDA’s warning that acetaminophen, in particular, has been linked to liver damage: The firm, whose BrandIndex polls 5,000 U.S. adults daily on brand perception, found Tylenol’s negative buzz grew in a very short amount of time. On June 25, the brand’s
Read More...Found this over the weekend and thought it was an interesting, if somewhat contrived, way to illustrate teamwork. Every so often, we all need a gentle reminder that when a team pulls together it can achieve much more than even the most talented standalone player, and have a much better outcome to boot. Right from
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