Apple seems to be creating its version of The Geek Squad. The Boom! disposal experts. Does this mean that we will soon be seeing squadrons of silver-colored vans, driven by bespectacled men in black polonecks zipping around the ...READ»
The link between sustainability and innovation is steadily replacing old thinking that saw corporate responsibility mainly as a way to keep a company's reputation out of trouble.READ»
When you work from home, the person in the Geek Squad overalls bent over a pile of cable spaghetti, reading aloud the same sentence three times from the instruction manual, well, that's you.READ»
Memo To: Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.comMemo From: Fast Company Marketing Roundtable AdvisorsRE: Amazon Basics brandingThis past weekend, Fast Company convened a virtual roundtable of marketing strategists and brand ...READ»
It's official: the Brammo Enertia, a much-hyped electric urban commuter bike, hit a Best Buy store yesterday in Portland, Oregon, and will expand to other locations nationwide soon. The $11,995 Enertia probably won't fly off the ...READ»
In an interview with Francois Gossieaux of BeeLine Labs, Barry Judge says "to the extent that we can basically be human with what we know, and share it as freely as we possibly can, I think we'll go a long way towards gaining a higher ...READ»
Consumer electronics chain Best Buy revealed in February that it plans to sell the $12,000 Brammo Enertia electric bicycle in California stores, but the retailer hinted last week that it will actually sell a range of electric ...READ»
The foundering of several bedrock financial companies helped create a perfect storm today, spurring to one of the worst trading days in nearly a decade. The tech sector didn't escape the catastrophe, but fared more buoyantly than ...READ»
You may have heard of Geek Squad, Best Buy's [NYSE:BBY] tech assistance company that will dispatch nerds with large brains to your home to solve your technical woes. Well, AT&T [NYSE:ATT] wants to get a piece of the market ...READ»
No one likes to put their cherished computer in the hands of a stranger - or pay the high price of a repair job. But sometimes a troubled computer truly needs professional help. Before brining in (or shipping off) your computer for ...READ»
Buy That Extended Warranty Most computer equipment comes with only a one-year warranty. For around $100 you can extend the warranty from one year to four years or more. The warranty will pay for itself, especially on printers, ...READ»
In sifting through the Geek Squad's monstrous log of panicked phone calls and tech support inquiries, founder and chief inspector Robert Stephens managed to compile not only a laundry list of bizarro requests, but also a library of ...READ»
A couple of weeks ago I attended Advertising Age's The Idea Conference, the ad trade's respectable attempt to bring together a mash-up of interesting thinkers. The one day brain dump began with an exceptionally freestyle monologue by ...READ»
I walked into my local Best Buy store because I needed technical assistance with my Palm. What I didn’t know is that they don’t support the device, they just sell it. For support, the nice albeit a bit detached girl at the Geek ...READ»
I walked into my local Best Buy store because I needed technical assistance with my Palm. What I didn’t know is that they don’t support the device, they just sell it. For support, the nice albeit a bit detached girl at the Geek ...READ»
I walked into my local Best Buy store because I needed technical assistance with my Palm. What I didn’t know is that they don’t support the device, they just sell it. For support, the nice albeit a bit detached girl at the Geek ...READ»
Better late than never, reading and ripping:
Best Buy's Geek Squad Steps up Laptop Repair
An interesting new business development -- and model
Dumbledore: An Example to Us All
"Delight in the attitudes of the man who dominates ...READ»
