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Verizon aims to populate its nascent 4G LTE wireless network withnearly a dozen new devices over the next six months, the companyrevealed Thursday at its press event at the Consumer Electronics show.It showed off four smartphones, two tablets, two small notebookcomputers and two mobile hotspots ...

"Avatar" movie director James Cameron couldn't have scripted a better keynote speech for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday that Kinect and Xbox will connect with consumers via avatars, transporting Xbox Live Gold subscribers into the chatty, motion-savvy, virtual world of Avatar Kinect...

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show kicked into full swing Thursday asexhibitors threw open the show floor doors and let in the throngs ofgadget gawkers gathered at the Las Vegas Convention Center Larger vendors' booths were immediately swamped with attendees pokingand prodding the newest wares. I happened upon Research In Motion'soutpost to check o...

LinkedIn, a business and professional networking site, is in discussion with banks about a potential initial public offering in 2011, according to Reuters, which pointed to Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and Bank of America as the banks that will potentially handle the offer. LinkedIn has not denied the rumor.

Though there are many benefits to bringing your company public, there are also disadvantages to be considered. Therefore, the process of deciding whether to launch an initial public offering should be a deliberate, well-thought-out process made by a team of professionals, including management, your board of directors (if you have one), financial advisors and attorneys.

Amazon came a step closer to opening its Android Appstore Wednesday by opening a portal for developers. The portal allows app makers to submit their wares to the Internet's largest online retailer so they can be part of the outlet's offerings when its virtual doors open later this year Amazon is launching the Android Appstore as a service to its cu...

Microsoft may have big things in store for the world of tablet computers. However, anyone attending CEO Steve Baller's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday hoping to see a parade of upcoming Windows tablet devices likely left disappointed ...

The annual giant Consumer Electronics Show is happening this week in Las Vegas, and once again everything new in the electronics world is on display. I've been to a number of these CES events, and each seems bigger than the last. It is held not only in the very large Las Vegas Convention Center, but also at the Sands convention center and many other casino convention centers up and down the strip, between official and unofficial sites.

The past year seemed like one of marking time in CRM -- at least to me. The trends are all well spelled out: Social CRM will become a critical tool, service has grown in importance as customer acquisition has become more difficult, and the value of mobile CRM is becoming painfully apparent. So why aren't we acting on the trends? I've heard the excu...

Motorola launched a salvo of mobile devices Wednesday at its press event at the Consumer Electronics show, including a new tablet device running Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb." ...

A couple of weeks ago, talk surfaced of a super-thin and super-brightphone in the works from LG. Despite whatever happens with theso-called "LG B," it won't be the only handset around with a brightsmile and the thin waistline At Samsung's CES event Wednesday, Omar Khan, CSO of SamsungTelecommunications America, whipped out the Infuse 4G, what he ca...

Microsoft released a temporary fix on Wednesday for a vulnerability in its Windows Graphics Rendering Engine that it had warned users about only the previous day The vulnerability lets attackers run arbitrary code, taking over victims' computers....

Intel managed to draw a standing-room-only crowd at its Wednesdaypress event. Even those who were fortunate enough to get a seat had tofight for elbow room. The main event, of course, was Sandy Bridge, thenew line of processors Intel broke news with earlier this week.Wednesday's event was a more formal and thorough introduction The company put Sand...

Special glasses to view 3D movies have been around for decades, almost representing a bad theatrical cliche -- rows of eyeglass-clad teens screaming, for instance, as an ax from the latest slasher film comes bolting out of the screen With a 3D-equipped laptop today and 3D television on the way, Toshiba is taking the glasses off. At this week's Cons...

Mobile technology giant Qualcomm announced Wednesday that it plans to purchase Atheros Communications, a leader in wired and wireless technology connectivity, for US$45 per share in cash. Qualcomm rose 2.22 percent and Atheros stock rose 1.07 percent following the announcement The acquisition underscores the importance of wireless technology i...

Not since Amazon started selling books more than 15 years ago has the world of e-commerce undergone such a wholesale transformation. The current online overhaul will likely be even more profound than the original dot-com boom, as it's unfolding across the entire retail sector as opposed to just a few business areas. Today, some of the biggest bran...

The cost of business travel is going up and up and up and, oh yeah, Happy New Year Forget all the CRM prognostications you've been reading over the holidays, the only one of significance to your business and to CRM is what you'll be paying to get in front of customers. Last week a former Shell Oil president, John Hofmeister, gave an interview on C...

The concept of reading literature -- except for technical documentation -- on a computer screen has come a long way in the last few years. No doubt the growing popularity of EBRs, or e(lectronic)-book readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook are having a big impact on our reading habits ...

All the recent news about Facebook -- from its founder being named Time magazine's Person of the Year to Goldman Sachs placing a US$450 million bet on its future profitability -- makes it clear that social networking platforms are hot commodities It's also clear, however, that not all social networking platforms are created equal. So, while Faceboo...

Goldman Sachs is in talks with wealthy investors in a quest to raise US$1.5 billion for Facebook, and the deal could take Facebook very close to the line dividing public and private enterprises Goldman first teamed up with Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which has already invested $500 million in Facebook, to pump more money into ...