http://www.readwriteweb.com/ en Copyright 2012 Richard MacManus readwriteweb@gmail.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:00:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/HE5HH1lANEI/rims-quarterly-loss-much-worse-than-expected.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/rims-quarterly-loss-much-worse-than-expected.php RIM Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:00:00 -0700 Kevin Kelleher http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/rims-quarterly-loss-much-worse-than-expected.phpRIM CEO, Thorsten Heins, at BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 The news from Research In Motion just gets worse and worse. The maker of BlackBerry phones once dominated the smartphone market. But... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/fRMoZWbpT44/facebook-quiet-period-ends-analysts-say-meh.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/facebook-quiet-period-ends-analysts-say-meh.php Facebook Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:50:00 -0700 Kevin Kelleher http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/facebook-quiet-period-ends-analysts-say-meh.phpThe government-mandated quiet period surrounding Facebook's initial public offering has ended, meaning Wall Street investment banks that underwrote the company's IPO can issue research on the... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/SCIE0JQ5PWI/microsoft-loses-appeal-of-eu-antitrust-judgment-from-another-era.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/microsoft-loses-appeal-of-eu-antitrust-judgment-from-another-era.php Enterprise Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:13:54 -0700 Brian Proffitt http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/microsoft-loses-appeal-of-eu-antitrust-judgment-from-another-era.phpRight on schedule, the European Union General Court rejected Microsoft's appeal to dismiss $1.12 billion in fines for allegedly not complying with a 2004 antitrust order. The judgment, which leaves... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/DZH3vJoCPvg/microsoft-the-method-to-its-new-meanness.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/microsoft-the-method-to-its-new-meanness.php Microsoft Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Kevin Kelleher http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/microsoft-the-method-to-its-new-meanness.phpMuch of Microsoft's 30-year history is a tale of bulldozing the rest of the world into doing what's best for Redmond. Although the company has taken a gentler tack in recent years, its Surface... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/8uajQj6KI9A/dell-sheds-2-billion-in-retreat-from-pc-business.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/dell-sheds-2-billion-in-retreat-from-pc-business.php Business Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:59:00 -0700 Kevin Kelleher http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/dell-sheds-2-billion-in-retreat-from-pc-business.phpLess than a decade has passed since Dell was the gold standard in PC sales. Eschewing retail stores in favor of a website where shoppers could customize their own laptops, Dell offered low-cost,... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/0UhVoxBoMb8/why-googles-chromebox-is-better-for-small-businesses-than-big-corporations.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/why-googles-chromebox-is-better-for-small-businesses-than-big-corporations.php Google Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Brian Proffitt http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/why-googles-chromebox-is-better-for-small-businesses-than-big-corporations.phpThe business value of the recently unveiled Chromebox cloud-based desktop device from Samsung and Google is hard to calculate. Aimed at the enterprise, the Chromebox is really a better fit for the... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/eZ5f-f4e_vk/why-facebook-was-more-valuable-as-a-private-company.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/why-facebook-was-more-valuable-as-a-private-company.php Facebook Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:00:00 -0700 Kevin Kelleher http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/why-facebook-was-more-valuable-as-a-private-company.phpFacebook was worth a lot more as a private company than it has been since going public. What do retail investors know that private investors didn't? Facebook shares have... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/IMU1JhAVj3g/can-tim-cook-escape-the-ghost-of-steve-jobs.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/can-tim-cook-escape-the-ghost-of-steve-jobs.php Apple Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:00:00 -0700 John Brownlee http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/06/can-tim-cook-escape-the-ghost-of-steve-jobs.phpAt every public appearance by Tim Cook - say, Wednesday's on-stage interview at AllThingsD's annual D10 conference, or the upcoming WWDC keynote - commentators see the... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/TaLyX0-D0fA/intuit-grabs-for-bigger-chunk-of-small-business-saas-market-with-demandforce-buy.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/04/intuit-grabs-for-bigger-chunk-of-small-business-saas-market-with-demandforce-buy.php Software Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:41:24 -0700 Antone Gonsalves http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/04/intuit-grabs-for-bigger-chunk-of-small-business-saas-market-with-demandforce-buy.phpIn announcing plans to buy Demandforce, a marketing Software-as-a-Service provider, Intuit is signaling its intention to grab a bigger share of the high-end of the small business market. With its... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/tIO-VYEpfzo/ringcentral-offers-new-cloud-b.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/04/ringcentral-offers-new-cloud-b.php Reviews Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:00 -0700 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/04/ringcentral-offers-new-cloud-b.phpEverything is moving to the cloud, including phone systems. Today, RingCentral.com is launching new features for its completely cloud-based small-business phone system called Cloud Presence. The... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/XAYfHXekVVc/infographic-the-smb-social-med.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/infographic-the-smb-social-med.php Analysis Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0800 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/infographic-the-smb-social-med.phpThe folks at Flowtown have put together a quick reference guide to six different social media services. Called the SMB Social Media Cheat Sheet, it contains basic stats on Twitter, Facebook,... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/JX2EOHWpGkc/heres-how-to-win-5k-for-your-f.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/heres-how-to-win-5k-for-your-f.php Events Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:00:00 -0800 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/heres-how-to-win-5k-for-your-f.phpWanna win $5000 for your favorite non-profit? All it takes is to post a slide deck on Sliderocket for this contest called Make an Impact. Your presentation needs to be posted before March 28, and... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/4XkIe0RfmFw/wheres-the-research.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/wheres-the-research.php Guest Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0800 Lee Crockett http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2012/01/wheres-the-research.phpBack in the day; back when we still did telephone interviews, mall intercepts, and door to door product placements, i.e. before the Internet, it used to take weeks, sometimes months, to get results... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/7U4edD7Q2Z4/save-10-on-microsoft-office365.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/12/save-10-on-microsoft-office365.php Tips Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:30:00 -0800 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/12/save-10-on-microsoft-office365.phpMasterCard and Microsoft announced a new strategic initiative to market and sell Microsoft's cloud productivity service, Office 365. You can get an automatic 10% discount when you buy through their... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/_-TZNLcsmS4/next-advisor-posts-reviews-of.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/12/next-advisor-posts-reviews-of.php Analysis Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:00:00 -0800 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/12/next-advisor-posts-reviews-of.phpIf you are feeling a bit of a credit crunch around this time of year, it might be a good idea to check out the reviews of business credit cards on NextAdvisor.com here. The reviews site is trying... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/d8kC1ZCIHZE/smb-it-budgets-on-the-rise-acc.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/11/smb-it-budgets-on-the-rise-acc.php Analysis Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/11/smb-it-budgets-on-the-rise-acc.phpThe latest semi-annual State of SMB IT report from Spiceworks was released last week. It contains some interesting mobile and cloud computing trends, culled from 1,300 users of the SaaS-based IT... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/QW1lltWtWCI/yourofficeanywhere-offers-chea.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/11/yourofficeanywhere-offers-chea.php Analysis Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:30:00 -0700 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/11/yourofficeanywhere-offers-chea.phpThere are dozens, if not more, vendors offering Web conferencing services. They mostly fall into two price tiers: $50 or more per month, with various fees, and next to nothing that offer few... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/NRUBHpvmfyk/boost-your-social-marketing-an.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/boost-your-social-marketing-an.php Analysis Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:00:00 -0700 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/boost-your-social-marketing-an.phpIf you can't afford big-time analytics price tags, you might want to take a look at the CaptureSMB service from 44Doors. The company announced this lower-priced SMB version today that is easy to... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/OsdWWMoVyoI/win-10k-for-an-original-video.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/win-10k-for-an-original-video.php Events Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 -0700 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/win-10k-for-an-original-video.phpWe love contests here at ReadWriteWeb, and even though we aren't affiliated with this one it seems like a peach. Create your own 30 to 60 second commercial touting the benefits of having a .tv... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/biz/~3/zqXWxFXRc3Y/how-to-create-a-great-facebook.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/how-to-create-a-great-facebook.php How-Tos Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:00:00 -0700 David Strom http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2011/09/how-to-create-a-great-facebook.phpWe all know that small businesses should create their own Facebook Pages to help customers find them and engage with them online. Now there is a great set of guidelines from MenuPlatform that is...