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Windows 7 Flies Off the Shelves

Early sales figures on Windows 7 boxed software suggest a high level of consumer enthusiasm for the OS. Unit sales were a whopping 234 percent higher than Vista's out of the gate. The revenue haul was not as impressive, as Microsoft offered sharp ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Southwest Airlines

Southwest Doesn't Fool Around

Either Southwest Airlines had better deals for my favorite route than its competitors or its superior Web site tools made it easier for me to ferret them out. Either way, kudos to Southwest. In the not-so-hot department were the airline's long list of ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, CRM Buyer,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Southwest Airlines,  Google Inc.,  Richard Cole,  Northwest Airlines,  Microsoft Corporation

Commerce Search Puts Google Inside Retailers' Catalogs

Google has launched a new cloud-based search tool targeting enterprise-level e-commerce operations, just in time for the 2009 holiday selling season. Commerce Search provides a set of features designed to improve the relevance of results for consumers ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Aberdeen FC,  Microsoft Corporation,  European Union,  IBM

Pre-integration is the Ticket With Cisco-EMC Cloud Venture

Cisco and EMC are forming a joint venture, Acadia, that will offer a pre-integrated stack of technologies to customers that want to deploy cloud computing without having to assemble all the parts themselves. "vBlocks," as they're called, are offered in ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  IBM,  MDS, Inc.,  Intel,  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Turns on a Dime to Beat Back Google Apps

Is a price war for email cloud offerings on the horizon? Although Microsoft has just taken the plunge into Google's $5 bargain basement, others have already set their prices even lower for comparable services -- e.g., IBM at $3, Rackspace at just $1. ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  IBM,  Lotus,  Aviva

Rumored Deals Could Give New Meaning to 'Apple TV'

Is Apple about to disrupt the television industry even further? Rumors are circulating that the company is looking into the possibility of offering a TV subscription service through iTunes for $30 per month. It might offer content producers an ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Mercury,  Steve Jobs,  Facebook Inc.,  JetBlue

Early Projections Suggest Smooth Sailing for Windows 7

Though it's much too early to get a strong grip on how Windows 7 will fare in the market, the absence of any significant negative reactions suggests it won't go the way of Vista. That may seem like faint praise, but with the pent-up demand for upgrades ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Apple, Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Facebook Inc.,  NYSE

Is Facebook's $711M Spam Award Just Monopoly Money?

Facebook has won a moral victory in its latest spam litigation. A federal judge imposed damages of $711 million against several notorious spammers who defiled users' public message walls. Facebook has won multimillion-dollar awards in other spam cases, ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  JetBlue,  T-Mobile

JetBlue: Light on Frills, Heavy on Friendly

I'm now entering new territory with explorations of the Web sites of the operators themselves. First stop: JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU), a discount airline that has carefully cultivated a customer-friendly reputation. Of course, that reputation has become ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, CRM Buyer,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: JetBlue,  NASA

Amazon Lets Users Shop Around With a Single Phrase

Amazon is offering a service that will let users supply a phrase and a PIN to make purchases at Amazon.com and any other participating Web site. Shoppers would not have to log in or supply credit card information to make a purchase. The system lets ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Amazon.com,  Google Inc.,  Wal-Mart,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Facebook Inc.

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