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Style Counsel: Willie Brown on Dressing the Man
Willie Brown was once dubbed "the Best Dressed Man in California" by Esquire magazine. Who? If you're not from California, it's forgivable if you’ve never heard of him. Simply put, Willie Brown, 74, is one of the most powerful people in California politics. An attorney by trade...
Tags: Michael Mattis, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Quality Clothing, Suit, California
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Boot Camp for Your Brain
Last week I wrote about brain maintenance, and it seems like I'm not the only one with gray matter on my mind. An Associated Press article about the growing market for "brain fitness" revealed that software to train your brain resulted in $225 million in revenues in 2007. That's a...
Tags: Personal Technology, Tv & Home Theater, CC Holland, Home Entertainment, Games, TVs, Brain
Blog posts 2008-07-03
Wallstrip Chat: Peter Kafka and the new face of journalism
After eight years at Forbes, he is managing editor at Silicon Alley Insider. Peter Kafka sits down with Julie Alexandria to share his thoughts on the future of newspapers and magazines, the 2008 recession, and the hit TV show "American Idol."
Tags: alley, big, blodgett, forbes, henry, Home Entertainment, howard lindzon, insider, interview, invest, investing, julie alexandria, kafka, Managing Editor, media, nasdaq, nyse, Personal Technology, peter, record, silicon, startup, stock stock exchange, stocks, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, wallstrip
Videos 2008-06-09
Pure March Madness?
We asked the question yesterday, will March Madness topple the economy? Heck, does this veritable virus threaten Western Civilization itself? Perhaps all life on Earth? Well, maybe not. But, like it or not, it’s a part of our office lives for the next couple...
Tags: Games, Home Entertainment, Management, Michael Mattis, Personal Technology, Security, Team Management, Tv & Home Theater, TVs
Blog posts 2008-03-21
What Killed 'Quarterlife'? Cramming
Quarterlife was a made-for-MySpace show chronicling the lives of its young digital-age protagonists. It did OK on MySpace. Then the "good" news hit: NBC picked up the show last November, the first time in the US that a made-for-Internet program jumped to a TV network. ...
Tags: Marketing, Home Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Anthony, Entertainment, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2008-03-05
Television: Tomorrow's Web
Does TV have to be disrupted by the Web? Yes. That is to say, maybe. No, wait -- TV will disrupt the Web. So goes The Revolution Will Be Televised, an essay by Michael Hirschorn in the March issue of the the Atlantic. It’s a must-read...
Tags: Home Entertainment, Michael Fitzgerald, Personal Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Web
Blog posts 2008-02-28
How to Manage Your Focus; 15 Simple Ways to Declutter Your Mind
Clutter is the American way. Our computer and TV screens are cluttered. It accumulates on our desks. Sometimes even our staffs can feel cluttered with layers of complexity and bureaucracy. It's the stuff that feels like mud to wade through -- and it's everywhere. Even in our heads. Considering almost three-quarters of us are stressed...
Tags: Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Productivity, Mind, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-12-17
David Waxman: New Opportunity in Old Media
Think globally, act locally. That type of thinking helped David Waxman, co-founder of internet-based ad agency Spot Runner tap into the multi-billion local TV ad market. While other firms were concentrating on the big fish and networks, Waxman and his partner Nick Grouf saw a huge opportunity in aggregating the...
Tags: TV ads, Spot Runner, David Waxman, Media, Advertisement, Opportunity, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Local advertising, TV
Videos 2007-12-04
Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder: The Making of a Media Empire
BoingBoing.net is one of the most popular blogs in the world, routinely attracting 2 million unique users a month. Despite that popularity, co-founder Mark Frauenfelder has also found time to launch Make Magazine and Boing Boing TV and write a book called "Rule the Web." Here, Frauenfelder talks about...
Tags: Personal Technology, Internet, Channel Management, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Blogging, BoingBoing.net, Boing Boing, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Boing Boing.net, Mark Frauenfelder, blogs, web video, time management
Videos 2007-10-15
Would a Chevron Documentary Inspire You?
Chevron's new global corporate image campaign, "The Power of Energy" may aggravate people with its overarching heart-string pulling. (Shot documentary-style with "an earnest voice-over" by indie actor Campbell Scott, the commercials should be dramatic. One of the spots even features a double amputee as a symbol of "the greatest source of energy in the...
Tags: Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Recruitment & Selection, Web Technology, TVs, Games, Branding, Web Site Development, Chevron Corp., Human Resources, Workforce Management, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-09-28
Boxers or Briefs? Ask Wal-Mart
Many a management school professor has spent time studying Wal-Mart (we've even gotten into the act here on BNET.) But Wal-Mart has spent even more time studying the American consumer. The 280 million of us who shop there each year reveal through our purchases a treasure trove of information on...
Tags: Sales Strategy, Food & Beverage, Team Management, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Sales, Manufacturing, Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jessica Stillman, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Retail
Blog posts 2007-09-13
DirecTV's Sleazy Auto-Renewal on Sports Packages Disgruntling One Customer At a Time
DirecTV has a monopoly on the market for sports subscription packages.  If you follow any teams not in your region, chances are that the only way you're going to be able to tune in is to subscribe to a DirecTV package (via their business relationships with MLB, the NFL, ESPN,...
Tags: Travis Van, DirecTV, TVs, TV & Home Theater
Blog posts 2007-09-02
How Sony Competes Without Lowering Prices
In one of our feature packages, we highlighted how some companies generate profits without competing on the basis of price. It looks like Sony may have paid attention. With HDTV equipment prices above the competition, the company needed to do something to keep customers loyal. (Although the 2007 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Index found the company...
Tags: Tv & Home Theater, TVs, HDNA, HDTV, Sony Corp., Branding, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-08-22
Are You Confusing Your Customers?
Recent news on the HD/Blu-ray DVD next-gen war highlights the umbrella issue of new technology causing customer confusion. For the most part, the Sony/Phillips backed Blu-ray DVD has been prevailing (Blockbuster recently decided to release on Blu-ray only and Target opted to sell only Blu-ray systems.) But since Toshiba's HD...
Tags: Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Lori Deschene, TVs, Customer Confusion, Blu-ray, HDTV, Inspire Consulting
Blog posts 2007-08-21
Aggressive Packaging Invades Supermarket Shelves
Mountain Dew, made by PepsiCo, has changed its packaging lately. The new bottles -- 12 aggressively cool styles are due to be released from May to October -- have been launched along with a slightly bewildering website. And the Dew is not the only product to change its look lately....
Tags: Tv & Home Theater, Games, TVs, Huggies, Kleenex, Bottle, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-08-13
Daily Dispatch: Circuit City, United Airlines, FedEx, Morgan Stanley
Circuit City reported a steep first-quarter loss and expects more sales volatility in the coming months. The retailer reported declining sales in TVs, DVD players, camcorders, and other key items. Although sales of flat-panel, plasma, and LCD TVs were strong, high gas prices combined with the housing slump...
Tags: Productivity, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, United Airlines, Morgan Stanley, Federal Express, Circuit City Stores Inc., Tv & Home Theater, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components, Nicole Solis
Blog posts 2007-06-20
Dude, Dell Won't Stop Selling TV's
You may have heard that Dell plans to stop selling LCD TV's. (Industry blogs went nuts yesterday when Taiwan's Economic Daily newspaper reported that Dell would discontinue its line of LCD TV's.) In light of the massive restructuring at the company, the claim sounds like it may have some reasonable...
Tags: Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components, Andrew Hines, Personal Technology, Monitors & Displays, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, LCD TV, Dell Computer Corp.
Blog posts 2007-06-08
Apple and Google Shake Hands on TV
Google's YouTube just struck big deals with Apple and EMI. YouTube content will now stream through Apple TV units and users will be able to enjoy music videos from EMI artists. With the EMI deal, YouTube now holds official partnerships with all four music majors, including Warner, Universal, and Sony...
Tags: TVs, Apple TV, Apple Inc., YouTube Inc., Google Inc., Personal Technology, Business Structures, Tv & Home Theater, Finance, Home Entertainment, Andrew Hines
Blog posts 2007-05-31
Wideband via Cable
If broadband is good, wideband must be better; right? Well, maybe. Yesterday an AP story carried on Forbes.com reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demoed a cable modem providing downloads at the blazing speed on 150 megabits per second. Comcast’s standard offer around here offers only 6 megabits today...
Tags: General, Technoloigy, Modems, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Tom Evslin, Brian Roberts, megabit, Comcast Corp., cable, cable network
Blog posts 2007-05-10
Wideband via Cable
If broadband is good, wideband must be better; right? Well, maybe. Yesterday an AP story carried on Forbes.com reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demoed a cable modem providing downloads at the blazing speed on 150 megabits per second. Comcast’s standard offer around...
Tags: General, INTERNET, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Brian Roberts, megabit, cable, Comcast Corp., cable network
Blog posts 2007-05-10
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