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Partner relationship management, or PRM, has seen its ups and downs over the first part of this century Running an indirect channel is vitally important to any vendor trying to extend its reach without incurring the high costs of building up a sales team and all that supports it. Many vendors figure it's more economical to pay partners for performa...

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, according to multiple reports that surfaced Monday. The purpose of the probe is to determine whether three of the state's top telecom companies are providing high-speed broadband Internet as advertised to consumers and businesses.

Dish Network on Monday launched Dish Media Sales, an automated marketplace that will let advertisers buy TV spots the same way they can buy ads online. With the initiative, Dish will give advertisers the ability to purchase targeted, linear TV ads, impression by impression, using real-time bidding technology -- similar to the way online ads are pu...

This is Part 1 in our five-part series "E-Commerce Gone Wild," which offers tips and information for e-commerce businesses on the road to going viral So you're thinking of starting an e-commerce business. It's an exciting prospect, but it also can be daunting. How do you even begin? How can you ensure that your startup gets past being a startup?...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai last week lit up his first earnings call with accounts of a solid third quarter and machine learning dreams that could permeate all the company's products The Q3 2015 report was the first in which Google reported earnings through its recently formed parent company, Alphabet....

Amazon shares were trading at around US$606 mid-day Monday, holding strong following last week's profit surprise Amazon stunned Wall Street by releasing third-quarter earnings that blazed past consensus estimates on the strength of its growing cloud services business and an unexpectedly strong response to its efforts to boost membership in its Prim...

Why do some big mergers succeed while others fail? This seems to be a common question, and some of the research I've read about the Dell-EMC merger tries to connect it to the HP-Compaq merger, which apparently cost Carly Fiorina her job. I covered the HP-Compaq merger at length, and I was not a fan. I actually spoke to Compaq's CEO and argued he ...

Welcome to another edition of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that files dispatches from the road on the week's best, brightest and most compelling gadget announcements On the highway this week are a smartphone alarm clock dock, a new form of personal computer, and an adjustable tablet stand.

Up to 27 seconds of residual distraction trails use of digital assistant software and infotainment systems in automobiles, theUniversity of Utah reported Thursday The report on distracted driving, done for theAAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, follows a similar set of studies conducted last year by the organizations that concluded that infotainment...

TalkTalk on Thursday announced that it received a ransom demand following a cyberattack that may have compromised the credit card and bank details of millions of its customers. The London Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit has launched a criminal investigation, the company said....

MuseScore is a complete tool to help musicians and songwriters write musical scores, play them back and print the sheet music.It is available in a variety of Linux distro packages and comes in versions for Windows and OS X 10.7 or higher. It is fully open source software licensed under GNU GPL....

The European Union's Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that bitcoin, the virtual payment system that has shown promise and potential as an emerging currency, should be considered exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) under existing law Swedish national David Hedqvist sought a ruling from the Swedish Revenue Law Commission to determine whether bitcoin ...

Hackers hypothetically could turn Fitbit health bands into PC-infecting malware carriers, Fortinet security researcher Axelle Apvrille demonstrated Wednesday in a presentation at the Hack.lu conference in Luxembourg. Apvrille showed how it was possible to access a Fitbit's Bluetooth connection and, in a mere 10 seconds, infect it with a maliciou...

Twitter on Wednesday announced two tools, "Publish" and "Curator," a Collections API, and an ecosystem of partners designed to let publishers organize tweets to better tell a tale The API creates a single Collection ID that can be used to edit, update and publish a story from any tool in the Twitter ecosystem....

YouTube on Wednesday introduced YouTube Red, a US$10 a month ad-free channel Membership extends across devices, and consumers can access the service from other YouTube channels or apps, including YouTube Gaming....

U.S. government agencies appear to have gotten the memo: Big data is good for you Federal agencies' acquisition, storage, processing and management of almost unimaginably large chunks of information will drive the government to use big data technologies, according to a recent survey of federal information technology managers....

There are no special effects in the augmented reality demo it shared on Tuesday, Magic Leap said The video, which shows imaginary objects blended into a real-world setting, was shot using Magic Leap's augmented reality technology, the company proclaimed....

System 76 on Tuesday announced its latest desktop release, Wild Dog Pro, with a range of high-end customizable configurations to enhance video editing and media creation, software engineering, CAD, and high-end performance for today's most demanding games It comes preinstalled with Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), and the default desktop environment i...

Salesforce last week said it would invest US$100 million in emerging sales force partners in Europe. The company previously announced a similar program for the Americas, and it hopes to discover valuable new companies and business solutions Paul Greenberg and the team atCRM Idol (of which I have been a part) have been doing the same thing -- trying...

Many reviewers have responded to the preproduction version of Microsoft's Surface Book the way an average Joe would view a top-of-the-line luxury car: The features are great, but the price is daunting "Overall, we recommend it, especially to people who value performance, design and battery life above all else, and are willing to pay dearly for it,"...