Tablets. With about 50 of them launched at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show, some wry observers dubbed it ‘Tablet World 2011.’ Of course, the world’s best selling tablet, the iPad, wasn’t even there
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Feed SubscriptionWhy Netbooks Are Doomed
Remember back in 2009 when netbooks were selling like hotcakes? Well, those days are gone and now tablets are selling like hotcakes. It begs the question, naturally: are tablet sales cannabilizing netbook sales
Read More »NFC’s Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
The fantasy of buying a Slurpee with nothing more than a dramatic wave of your iPhone 5 seems to be coming true. But like hydrogen cars and hoverboards, electronic wallet technology has a long, long way to go
Read More »Old Spice Man Marketing, Redux: What Went Right–and What Did Not
In this excerpt from his new book The Thank You Economy, author Gary Vaynerchuk turns a critical eye to the Old Spice Man marketing campaign. What did the brand get right
Read More »Is the BlackBerry PlayBook Ideal for Business?
If Apple is correct that 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies have tested or deployed its iPad tablet in some fashion then there's a hungrier appetite for tablets in the business world than previous believed. And if anyone could make a serious dent in the small-to-medium business and enterprise space, it's Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphone.
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