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How Windows 7 Phones Use Apple and RIM's Powers Against Them

Microsoft is using two ideas borrowed from Apple and RIM's smartphone dominance: Business app integration; and AT&T's U-Verse to take on Apple TV.READ»

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Follow the Buffalo

In the global economic downturn that everyone seems to be saying is "over" (who am I to judge?) the travel sector was hit pretty hard.READ»

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Steve Jobs's Strategy? "Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff"

In this excerpt from "The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs," author Carmine Gallo recounts what Steve Jobs told Nike CEO Mark Parker, and how this is a glimpse into Apple's strategy of focused simplicity.READ»

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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Rails on "Extreme" Business Piracy in China

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has lashed out at rampant software piracy in China, and he's being specific: Its Chinese businesses who're the big culprits. MS is working with the government to stamp it out, and bring the dollars rolling back.READ»

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Dorsal-Finned Rupert Murdoch Attacks Sad Arthur Sulzberger in CGI Deathmatch

A shark man! Cash cannons! Mexican stereotypes! A dance-off! The New York Times and Wall Street Journal could both learn a few things from Next Action Media about sexing up a dull story.READ»

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13 Business Books That Will Blow Your Mind

There are business books that teach you how to balance your ledger, hire the right people, and manage your cash flow. These aren't those books. These are the books that open your mind to new ways of doing business. Take a look at these 13 mind-blowing business books and add your own suggestions on what was left out.READ»

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Storytelling and Influence: Learn How to Get What You Want

Many great ideas fail because the person who presents them cannot sell them effectively into their organization, investors, employees, etc. You must now think strategically about how you will communicate so that your idea builds support.READ»

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Scaling Startups

How can startups develop a distinctive culture, and sustain it as they grow? Are the characteristics that define today's high potential technology startups the same as five or ten years ago? And does the current environment of low-cost infrastructure and open information sharing give new companies an advantage?READ»

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Google Introduces Government-Approved Secure "Apps for Government" Suite

Google's new Apps for Government are the first cloud-based tools to receive certification from the Federal Information Security Management Act. Google says this suite will be both cheaper and more efficient than existing tools.READ»

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The Definitive Case for B2B Social Media Marketing

How Kinaxis, a supply chain management solutions provider based in Ottawa, is achieving extraordinary results via social media marketing.READ»

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Business@Large - The Official 2010 Vacation Workaholic Quiz

Check your work/life balance by taking this insightful and fun quiz.READ»

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Blue "Lightsaber" Laser Can Blind, Burn Flesh, and Costs Only $200

That little hunk of frost-coated hardware in the photo is the Spyder III Pro Arctic blue handheld laser. It's being marketed as the closest thing to real-life Star Wars lightsaber ever. Because this $200 piece of Chinese gear can fry ...READ»

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Work/Life: Business Trips: No Fun Allowed?

Many business travelers have experienced guilt because they are not, shall we say, "carpe"-ing the "diem"? Fortunately, my business travels frequently take me to the south of France — actually, to Provence, where Amadeus ...READ»

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Creating a Culture of Innovation

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Beyond Design Thinking: Why Hybrid Design Is the Next New Thing

Hybrid design dispenses with theory and relies on nimble, multi-faceted teams of experts to tackle the complexities of a design challenge.READ»

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Microsoft's and Apple's Product Lines Compared: This Is Why Apple Wins

Microsoft has, for the first time, been beaten in market cap by Apple. At the close of the market today, Apple sat at $222.12 billion, a gain of 1.8%, while Microsoft went down 1% to $219.18 billion. That makes Apple, according to ...READ»

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Dan Heath: Want Your Organization to Change? Put Feelings First

[video_twistage 1 protect]When we want people to change, we try to teach them something. We think if my Dad just understood the health complications obesity causes, he’d eat healthier. Or if my teenager just understood the danger of ...READ»

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Work/Life: All Right, Let's Do This Thing: The Video Conferencing Issue.

Much in the way social media has acquired quite the blemished patina from passersby touching it, curiously, like a golden knickknack, the so-called 'virtual alternative' to business travel is a concept everyone has been, ...READ»

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David Byrne on New Urbanism, Burning Down of Houses at CNU 18

If you were in the market for an introduction to the New Urbanism -- what is it for? what is it against? what is it about, really? -- your choices on the opening day of the Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU 18) were either a ...READ»

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Corporate Storytelling

Every civilization uses or has used story telling as a way to communicate social values, skills, and to change or reinforce behaviors. While stories are often the basis of interaction they are also the building blocks of knowledge and the foundation of memory and learning. They connect us to our humanity and link our past, present and future by teaching us to anticipate the possible consequences of our actions. Stories can help us define what is authentic about something or someone. The stories we tell and hear about our companies comprise our corporate cultures.READ»

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How to succeed in business by really listening

My company, TV Ears, specializes in sound. We manufacture TV listening products that have helped more than one million people hear the television more clearly. The idea came about after I tried to find something for my dad that would ...READ»

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Minimum Requirements to “Go Paperless”

SoftwareOperating System and NetworkMicrosoft Windows XP-Pro and Windows Server 2008There are other options but Windows is far and away the industry leader. Using an alternative like Linux or Mac is possible but very limiting.Windows ...READ»

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Work Smart: 3 Apps for Syncing Home and Office

You're at home and want to edit a file that's on your work computer. You're on the family PC and want to see a photo you saved on your laptop. Most of us use several different computers on a day-to-day basis, but our files aren't ...READ»

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Work/Life: E-Readers and Tablets Hit the Road

Are e-book readers, or e-readers, a useful tool for business travelers? My answer is yes, and I'll explain why and how.A lot has been written recently about e-readers, particularly the introduction of the quasi-e-reader, or tablet, ...READ»

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Is Apple Really Committed to the iPad?

Don't be fooled by the fancy hardware and "magical" talk: Apple isn't really committed to tablet computing...yet.READ»