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Erik ShermanErik Sherman is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, Inc, Newsweek Japan, the Financial Times, Chief Executive, Advertising Age, and CIO Insight. Before going into journalism, he was head of product marketing at a publicly-held...
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Joon Jun; Senior VP-North American brand marketing, LG Electronics.(reports)(vice president)(Brief article)
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Research articles 2006-06-05
Smoking Hazardous to Apple Equipment, Or, at Least, Warranty
Apple is apparently telling some customers that equipment around secondhand smoke can wind up with an invalidated warranty. by Erik Sherman
Tags: Warranty, Apple Inc., Equipment, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-11-22
IBM's Mobile Strategy: Being the Middleman
There's an old saying that IBM never enters a market if it doesn't see a billion dollar opportunity. The company's CTO for telecommunications research, Paul Bloom, corrected me during a phone call. It's a billion dollars at the low end. And that's why IBM announced last month that it was...
Tags: Mobile, IBM Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-28
USPTO Backing Off New Patent Rules?
The USPTO may be backing off the controversial rules changes that the agency proposed in 2007. A joint motion filed on Friday (coming via the email list of Foley & Lardner partner Hal Wegner) requested a stay of the en banc proceedings in the appeal of the Tafas v. Doll...
Tags: U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft -- Rethinking Search Ad Effectiveness
Earlier this month, I had a post on how Microsoft's Bing had an 80 percent uptick in percentage of people clicking on ads. Now there's some additional evidence that something is apparently going on in terms of search ad effectiveness, but what exactly that might be is up for question....
Tags: Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Hey, AP: Here Are 7 Money Making Ideas for You
Last week, I suggested that the Associated Press was run by idiots, not because I have anything in particular against them, but because management seems intent on doing things that will ultimately doom the organization. Its CEO has said that AP thinks it has the power to stop what, to...
Tags: Associated Press, Channel Management, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Microsoft's Bloodied Nose
It was another bad quarter wrapping up a bad year for Microsoft, with quarterly revenue, operating income, and net income respectively down 17 percent, 30 percent, and 29 percent. The company's FY 2009 annual revenue was down 3 percent from the previous year -- the first time I can remember...
Tags: Net Income, Operating Income, Microsoft Corp., Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Is AP Run By Idiots?
Sometimes you see a business move so stupid, so clearly self-damaging that you have to wonder whether someone inside the corporation is trying to torpedo it. And that's exactly what is happening at the Associated Press, as it gears up to wage war on every single web site and person...
Tags: Web, Associated Press, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Marketing, Internet, Human Resources, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Verizon CEO Learns About Phone Security First Hand
I came across this via InformationWeek: Zug.com decided to pull a prank on Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and teach a lesson about wireless security at the same time. The lesson was that there is virtually no security for wireless handsets, largely because of the carriers themselves. Phone records are apparently...
Tags: Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., CEO, Wireless, Phone Record, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Amazon Kicks Q2 Rear; More Shift Away From Media Sales
Amazon released its Q2 results, and the numbers are very impressive. On a year-over-year basis, net sales increased by 14 percent -- not too shabby, given the general economic climate, and even more impressive when you realize that taking exchange rate shifts into account, it would have represented 20 percent...
Tags: Financial, Media, Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Free Trade, Sales, Finance, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-23
SpinVox Needs Spin Doctor
Often, one of the selling points of tech companies, especially Web-based businesses, is the cool factor of their technology. Not only can this help bring in the early adopters, but it gives investors the sense that scaling a business and leveraging money put in should be possible. But woe unto...
Tags: Transcription, Call Centers, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, It Operations, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-23
Apple Allegedly Covers Up Battery Problems
I've reported before about a long-term problem that Apple iPhones have seemed to have with iPhones overheating, though the company hasn't publicly acknowledge the extent of the issue. According to some, the major cause is likely a battery issue. Well, a Seattle reporter is claiming that Apple has been preventing...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Engineering, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-22
Where Do You Go When All Tech Is (Near) Free?
The tech industry has been good at making money when there was an air of mystery about technology and availability was almost considered a privilege. But now we're seeing evidence that almost everything is dropping away in price to nothing. Is it time to start finding "day jobs?" Look at...
Tags: Evidence, Tech Industry, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-28
Tech Law: Dell Settles Discrimination Suit, Intel Appeals Fine, Browser Choice, More
Dell to pay $9.1 million to settle gender discrimination class action suit by former employees; Intel appeals EU $1.5 billion antitrust fine; Microsoft offers browser choice in Europe to avoid more antitrust action; Apple backs off wiki suit; and video game trade group sues Chicago Transit Authority over ad ban....
Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Antitrust, Video Game, Web Browser, Intel Corp., Web Browsers, Games, Corporate Law, Corporate Communications, Internet, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-28
No Apple, Google, AT&T Love at FCC
On Friday, I started to wonder whether Apple not allowing Google Voice into the iPhone app store was a clever plan to avoid regulatory pressure by either the SEC, FTC, or FCC, particularly when there has been growing criticism over the two companies sharing two board directors, one of whom...
Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Federal Government, Corporate Governance, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-08-03
Bartz "Boatloads of Money" Comment Blown Out of Proportion
Those little "gotcha" quotes are so alluring. It's like being able to snap off a fast remark at an opponent or to come up with a trenchant and pithy remark, with a little research subbed out to some intern replacing the need for native wit. Unfortunately, the gotcha is often...
Tags: Gotcha, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-08-03
Short-Sighted AP Idiots Don't Know Copyright, Or the Web
It wasn't too long ago that I asked the question, Is AP Run By Idiots? But a new post by my BNET Media colleague David Weir about AP's scheduled usage rate has got me rethinking how I phrased the question. I'm torn between whether it's no longer necessary to ask,...
Tags: Web, Associated Press, Channel Management, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-08-03
Is Apple No to Google Voice Really SEC Love?
There's plenty of speculation about Apple turning down Google Voice for its app store and whether the real instigator is AT&T wanting to protect its traffic. That might be, except that Google Voice still depends on either having existing phone service or paying the data charges to run a VoIP...
Tags: Google Inc., Voice, SEC, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Public Relations, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-31
Apple Ditching the Mac and "Crazy" Talk
Over on ZDNet, David Morgenstern claimed that I was a Chicken LIttle because I pointed to the margin imbalance between the iPhone and Mac and dared wonder if, given Apple's historic fondness for high-margin business, whether there might be a future for the company without making a computer. by Erik...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-31
Apple's 60% iPhone Margins Subsidize Mac Product Line
As I've mentioned before, there's been a steadily decreasing average net sale for Apple's Mac units over at least the last seven quarters. But an analysis by Turley Muller at the Financial Alchemist blog via AppleInsider might explain why: iPhones margins are so high that Apple can afford to drop...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-30
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