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Are Canned Responses Good or Bad for Business?
Canned or automatically generated responses are one of the most common ways that businesses introduce automation into their process. For customers this practice has become expected, however it can also lead to frustration. A canned response can be described as a general response that is sent out based on an action. One of the [...]
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Will Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure Offering be able to compete with Amazon?
Microsoft has announced price matching with Amazon for its Windows Azure cloud infrastructure offering, which will have Microsoft partners seeing up to a 33% savings over the current pricing model. This comes as a surprise considering the low cost of Amazon’s cloud offering and Microsoft’s usual unwillingness to heavily discount its services. The move comes [...]
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Amazon Outage Has Shoppers Contemplating Leaving their Homes, Yeah not likely…
Shoppers had to leave their homes for a brief period of time to get their shopping done today, while the mega-retailer Amazon experienced a roughly 45 minute outage. Some savvy shoppers however found it easier to choose other online retailers that were not experiencing an outage to purchase their wares. The outage only seemed [...]
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Do Mini Lines Mean iPad Mini Pricing Not Mini Enough?
Keeping to the mini theme for the iPad Mini launch, lines were kept to a minimum, while mini corn dogs were handed out to those who waited in line, and “mini me” himself Verne Troyer driving a Mini Cooper was spotted in an apparent mini marketing stunt by Apple. Ok I’m kidding, obviously Apple didn’t [...]
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AT&T Jumps into Cloud Business
AT&T has just released news of its new AT&T Locker cloud service see (press release) below. The new service, which will compete with Apple iCloud, Google+, Amazon, and others, provides photo and video storage and sharing to its customer base. The cloud service is enabled through an iOS or droid app, providing instant upload to [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 69
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Brits Love the Microsoft Surface
Well at least that’s what Microsoft would like you to think. 32GB versions of the base model Microsoft Surface have sold out after a week on the pre-order market. This has some skeptics thinking that Microsoft is trying to pull a fast one with some marketing hype. Though there is no proof of this, it [...]
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Microsoft Announces Surface Pricing a Week before Rumored iPad Mini Launch
Just a Week before the rumored Apple iPad Mini launch, Microsoft has released pricing on its much-anticipated Surface tablet. The not so surprising move has the surface tablet competing with the current iPad lineup and has the Surface starting at $499 to $699 for the Wi-Fi only model. Rumors of the iPad Mini set to [...]
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Does a Decline in PC sales have you Worried?
While PC manufacturers Lenovo and HP fight over who really owns the title of top manufacturer; a controversy that has been sparked by conflicting reports by Gartner and IDC that in one report shows Lenovo edging out HP in overall PC sales and the other showing HP keeping the title. The real news that is [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 44
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Much-anticipated Amazon announcement boasts New Kindle lineup
With the hype around today’s Amazon announcement the spotlight was on Amazon to deliver. There were many rumors leading up to the event including two new kindles and possibly an Amazon Phone. The first announcement was for the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. The new device is a front-lit, E-ink display, which will revolutionize the E-ink [...]
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Best Tech Gadgets for Back to School
As our kids across the nation are heading back to school, there are a number of kid-friendly gadgets that have made life easier and have made school an even more conducive learning environment. Many schools are embracing technology and putting technology items on school supply lists, or providing them as part of the curriculum. 1. [...]
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No Bungee Cord in Sight as RIM Blackberry Stock Continues to fall
The once giant RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) known for its once popular Blackberry platform continues to lose value as the stock now in the sub $8 range descends towards an inevitable bottom. The difference a year can make; at the same time last year the stock had a respectable value in the $28 range, but has been [...]
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Is Best Buy the Next Circuit City, Will Internet e-tailers Demolish Modern Day Retailers?
Modern day retail shops and chain stores have continued to feel the impact from the success of Internet e-tailers. The latest in the growing list of impacted companies is Best Buy Inc.; who’s recent announcement of resignation of founder and chairman Richard Schulze, has sent a long list of questions and speculation into the corporation’s [...]
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Amazon Launches Much Anticipated Cloud Music Player App for Iphone
Amazon announced today the availability of its new Cloud Music Player App on the Itunes App Store see (Press Release) below. It has been over a year since Amazon launched its cloud music service, and since then a number of high profile cloud solutions, and services hit the market, a few examples are Apple icloud, [...]
