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It is extremely exciting to be in the middle of what is arguably the fastest growing segment of the largest growing market in the world right now -- the mobile application ecosystem. Following are the top 10 trends and the top 10 opportunities that I see evolving over the coming quarters and years ...

Live streaming of CNN's and HLN's 24-hour television networks became available on CNN.com, the CNN App for iPad, and the CNN App for iPhone and iPod touch on Monday -- but only to a limited audience. CNN's rollout of its version of TV Everywhere for consumers reaches AT&T, Comcast, Cox, DISH Net...

Amazon.com on Monday announced an e-textbook program for its line of e-reader devices: Kindle Textbook Rentals. This will encompass tens of thousands of textbooks for the 2011 school year from leading publishers like John Wiley & Sons and Elsevier, the online retail giant said. Students can ren...

Tablet commerce may be the new kid on the block when it comes to online retail, but as a recent Forrester research poll indicates, many online retailers are seeing that half of their mobile commerce transactions come from tablet devices. Moreover, an estimated 7.6 percent of the U.S. population will...

By most measures, the last two weeks have been a nonstop love fest for Google, beginning with the immediate acceptance of Google+ and culminating with stellar earnings on Thursday and an impressive performance by CEO Larry Page during the earnings call. Briefly, Google's second quarter revenues c...

This week, I got emails announcing changes to two online services I subscribe to. I just sort of shrugged at one message, though it did represent a significant change in the service's business model. The second email outlined a major change as well, but my reaction to it was much stronger. It ticked...

Spotify, a popular European streaming music provider, launched in the U.S. on Thursday. The music site is starting off its U.S. venture with an invitation-only beta that includes free, unlimited and premium plans. Spotify was first launched in Sweden in 2008 and currently boasts 1.6 million paying u...

Amazon could be the next retailer to jump into the tablet marketplace in time for the holiday season, according to a recent report. The online retail giant could be set to release its tablet by October, in addition to two new Kindle e-reader models. Amazon's entrance to the market has been rumored ...

Now that CenturyLink has completed its merger with Qwest, what is next for the company and for the marketplace? The media, investors, competitors and others are starting to ask me on a regular basis whether this will be successful. I have worked with many companies in the industry and always had a g...

Executives of BlackBerry handheld device maker Research In Motion went into its annual shareholder meeting in Toronto Tuesday expecting a mauling, but ended up with a gumming instead. Company co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis apparently faced relatively mild questioning and comments about the...

Netflix announced a reshuffling of its prices Tuesday, separating its DVD and streaming plans into two separate subscription packages and angering a large part of its customer base. New customers will need to pick from the company's new offerings immediately; existing members will be transitioned to...

In 2010, Google admitted that when collecting Street View photos around the world it also collected data from unsecured wireless networks. That led to a bunch of lawsuits. Recently, U.S. Federal Judge James Ware refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit based on allegations that Google violated th...

Cisco may shed as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce. The cuts are meant to revive profit growth; as many as 7,000 jobs could be eliminated by August. Cisco is also providing early retirement packages to about 3,000 workers who accepted buyouts. Eliminating jobs will help Cis...

When the first EMC-sponsored study aimed at determining the size, scope and implications of digital information growth appeared five years ago, its authors employed restraint with the title, "The Expanding Digital Universe." In the follow-up study two years later, "Expanding" morphed into "Diverse a...

Consumers are clearly intrigued by Google+. Following closely on their heels are companies, eager to tap what looks to be the next big trend in social media. Indeed, companies are waiting with bated breath for more details about what Google+ means for them -- that is, what advertising vehicles will ...