On June 30, 2010

Random Expansion: Virgin America Is Going to Regret Its New Flights to Mexico

It looks like Virgin America doesn't like my advice -- or, more likely, wasn't listening anyway. Just two short days ago, in reviewing Virgin America's first quarter results, I suggested: If I were in charge, I think I’d be looking

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On June 30, 2010

How Do You ‘Hack’ a Boss Who’s Screwing Up?

Nobody ever said bosses were perfect. But what if a boss is messing with your work in such a way that it's worse than when you turned it in? What's the best way to handle it?

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On June 30, 2010

Strategy Flip Out: iPhone 4, Other Smartphones Are Going to Swallow the Flipcam Market

As point-and-shoot cameras fall to smartphones, the Apple (APPL) iPhone 4 and its brethren seem to be cannibalizing another category: the Flip cam. Cisco's (CSCO) popular brand is now synonymous with handheld video cameras (think Kleenex to tissue), but the

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On June 30, 2010

Does Apple Need Government Regulation?

High tech rivals are pushing the U.S. government to regulate Apple. Is this a good idea? You vote!

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On June 30, 2010

The New Normal: Totally Unsustainable?

Don't bother to understand and adapt to the "new normal," argues one pundit. It's totally unsustainable and won't be around for long.

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On June 30, 2010

The Subscription Economy

There are multiple ideas about the shape of the future competing for primacy in the electronic village. I am pushing on sustainability, but another idea that I really like is called "the subscription economy," championed most vociferously

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On June 30, 2010

How Long Can iPhone 4 Keep Up Its Breakneck Pace?

Apple shares fell $12.22 to close at $256.08 in volatile trading Tuesday as the overall market took a grand beating. But don't break out the oxygen masks yet, folks; that figure's still higher than the company's closing

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On June 30, 2010

Small Town Gets a Boost from the Twilight Craze

Annette Root arrived in Forks, Washington anxious to explore the rainy, single-stoplight town that author Stephenie Meyer used as the setting to her now-epically famous book series, "Twilight."

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On June 30, 2010

Can Canada Clean Up Its Copyright Act?

A few months ago, the Globeandmail.com's Barry McKenna reported that "Canada has earned a dubious distinction as a world hub for illegitimate file-sharing websites and a leader in Internet piracy." In addition, Canada is in the "embarrassing

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