Sprint New ‘Framily’ Plan: Ugly Name, But A Beautiful Entrant Into The Mobile Price War


Pity poor Sprint. With the AT&T-T-Mobile war garnering all the headlines, the number three mobile carrier has had a tough time making news lately. Needing to do something to regain consumer...
    






Obama’s New IT Project Initiative – A Step In The Right Direction


 The Wall Street Journal on Saturday had a front page article on the White House initiative to create a new agency to manage large IT projects and increase federal hiring of key IT specialists from...
    






T-Mobile’s Gatecrashing CEO May Be A Marketing Genius


Eccentric CEOs are a rare breed even in the cutting-edge world of technology, but T-Mobile boss John Legere is one of them, and that may prove an advantage for a company eager to lure customers from...
    






Sourcing Goods And Suppliers In China: A How-To Guide For Small Businesses


By Richard N. Frasch and Charlotte Zhanghaixia Westfall Horace Greeley, the famous early American newspaper editor and founder of the New York Tribune in the mid-1800s, famously responded to the...
    






Best Investment Ideas 2014: Six Technology Stocks


Last year was a sizzling year for stocks, and though technology and telecom stocks as a group rose only 18%, their were pockets like Internet stocks that soared. PowerShares Nasdaq Internet Portfolio...
    






9 Big Trends For 2014 (You Won’t Believe What’s #9)


It’s 2014! This blog is about analyzing all the big trends that affect the world. So here are, in no particular order, and concerning most subject areas. I think #9 will surprise you. 1. Government...
    






Five Business Intelligence Predictions For 2014


The following guest post is by Prakash Nanduri, Co-Founder and CEO of Paxata. The dust is finally beginning to clear from the big data explosion, which is a good thing. One of the problems with big...
    






New York Times Attacks Expert Who Opposes `Speculation’ Lawsuits


The New York Times had an expose Friday about academics who — stop the presses! — supplement their university salaries by doing consulting work on the side. The problems with this story by reporter...