When is the last time you walked into Target, Walmart, Kmart or (insert name of any major retailer here) to find they completely overhauled the footprint of their store? We're not talking one or two departments or switching out grills ...READ»
ECOtality announced this week that 45 BP and Arco gas stations in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington will play host to the company's new 480-volt Blink fast chargers. READ»
Google's ever-expanding tentacles are now moving into the entertainment world with this week's launch of Google TV, a platform that purportedly combines "current TV programming and the open web into a single, seamless entertainment experience."READ»
Pepsi makes brown sugar water that can contribute to obesity. Walmart has raised the bar on sustainability standards. In fact, almost every brand doing meaningful work can be accused of providing some product or service that can be harmful, and many so-called villains contribute to social programs. So what do we do?READ»
Sales of these high-tech TVs are sluggish, according to Best Buy -- and the big box giant is pointing the finger of blame at electronics marketers.READ»
Will laptops become irrelevant in the brave new world of tablets? Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn doesn't think so -- and corrects the record on a supposed slump in notebook PC sales. Or does he?READ»
A new study by Harris Interactive and Tealeaf shows that online retailers lost as much as $44 billion last year due to poor online customer experiences.READ»
Well, sort of. As crowdsourced corporate giving becomes ubiquitous, Nancy Lublin offers tips to win those contests -- and the increasingly big bucks.READ»
About 15% of U.S. iTunes users are willing to pay at least $10 per month for a music-subscription service, according to a new study by the NPD Group. The report, which concludes that between 7 million and 8 million users have a ...READ»
When we test drove the Brammo Enertia and the Zero S last year, we learned three valuable lessons about electric motorcycles: 1. They don't go very fast (50 - 60 mph was top speed) 2. They can't travel very far on one charge (35 - ...READ»
Of all the corporate social media policies out there, which are intelligent and balanced, and which are draconian? We've compiled several examples here.READ»
Walmart isn't the only big box retailer making inroads in the sustainability arena. Best Buy, which released its 2010 Sustainability Report this week, has an ambitious plan to collect one billion pounds of e-waste over the next five ...READ»
The so-called Ad Jesus announced yesterday that he'd quit the biz he so heavily influenced. What's that mean for the powerhouse "ad agency of the decade" that traded on his name?READ»
Did Apple just sell 1.5 million iPhone 4s in the first day of actual sales? You bet they (probably) did. According to several pieces of analysis some three quarters were upgrades too--people have really caught the iPhone bug. The 1.5 ...READ»
Yesterday, according to the press office at One, Infinite Loop, Apple sold its 3 millionth iPad, just 80 days after it first went on sale in the U.S. Now, despite the fact that one analyst has claimed that its popularity has peaked, ...READ»
Apple's new iPhone is due to burst upon an unsuspecting world in barely two weeks, with a staged, international roll-out. But Apple is seriously banking on this thing selling like hotcakes. And by hotcakes, we mean millions a ...READ»
Sonic Solutions just announced it's buying out DivX for a whopping $323 million. If you don't know who these companies are, it doesn't matter--you've almost certainly used their products, and the deal is all about the future of TV on ...READ»
Google TV seeks to succeed in an arena--web-connected television--that have seen many major tech players try and fail. Does Google TV have what it takes to crack the market? I use the Mom Test and the Nerd Test to find out.READ»
