Posts Categorized: business models

So far, rivals can’t beat iPad’s price

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Description: The iPad 2, unveiled on Wednesday, offers several sleek improvements over its predecessor. But its most attractive feature is perhaps the same one its predecessor had: the price tag Source: Globeandmail.com Date: March 7, 2011 “There have been nearly a hundred competitive tablets that have been introduced since the iPad,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst… Read more »

Credit Card Transactions for Everyone

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Description: New smartphone applications let almost anyone take payments electronically Source: Cnn.com Date: March 1, 2011 Questions for discussion: What are the implications for small business as a result of the increase of mobile payments? What industries and application can you predeict will beneifit from this technology?

Apple rolls out subscription service

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Description: Paying for your morning coffee and newspaper by swiping your mobile phone instead of fumbling for cash or debit card could be just around the corner. Source: Globeandmail.com Date: Feb 15 , 2011 Apple Inc. is launching a long-awaited subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos and music bought through its iTunes App Store. The plan calls… Read more »

Data Centers Offer Hope for St. Louis Office Market

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Description:The data-center business has a number of models. Some companies own their own data centers, while others use third-party providers to house and maintain their operations. Source: NYT.com Date: Feb 8 , 2010 The data-center business has a number of models. Some companies own their own data centers, while others use third-party providers to house and… Read more »

Of Canada, Caps, and Clouds

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Description: To protect their businesses from the cloud, ISPs north of the border won data caps on broadband usage. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Feb 3, 2011 Last week Canadians got the unwelcome news that their Internet Service Providers could cap their broadband access to downloading as little as 25 GB per month, or the equivalent of about 12… Read more »

EBay Says Big Growth Is Not Over

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Description: EBay was growing so fast early in its history that Meg Whitman, its former chief executive, liked to joke that “a monkey could drive this train.” Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 6, 2011 But while eBay’s marketplace revenue grew just 8 percent to $5.7 billion last year, eBay is still losing market share to its rivals, as global… Read more »

What’s Driving Apple’s 10 Billion App Success?

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Description: Apple’s iPhone App Store launched in July 2008. In just over two and a half years, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users have downloaded 10,000,000,000 applications for their iOS devices. Source: Informationweek.com Date: Jan 24 , 2011 “With more than … seven billion apps [downloaded] in the last year alone — the App Store… Read more »