Is Verizon’s Victory A Streaming Music Killer?


Until yesterday I was hopeful about the future of the music business. Today not so much. All the indicators and predictions showed the growth of music streaming to not only offset the decrease in...
    






GameStop Crashes After Surprise Fall In Holiday Video Game Sales


GameStop shares fell over 18% on Tuesday morning after the company announced “greater than expected decline” in video game sales over the holidays. Blaming it on the gaming transition to next...
    






Machine-To-Machine Market Poised For Take Off


The machine-to-machine market (M2M) has been like that twinkling star that floats somewhere off in the distance. You know it’s there, but can’t really get your head around what it is or will mean to...
    






Volkswagen Super Bowl 2014 Ad announced


The Super Bowl 2014 takes place on February 2, 2014 and will have besides the big game a huge line-up of Super Bowl ads. Fox managed to charge $4 million on average for 30 second spots. Here is...

Anatomy of an NPR Hatchet Job, Target: Oil & Gas


“On-The-Job Deaths Spiking As Oil Drilling Quickly Expands” screams a supposed National Public Radio exposé on the “terrible price” we’re paying for the fracking revolution that has transformed the...
    






Pandora Surges As It Brings Radio Ads To A Car Near You


Pandora Media stock leaped over 14% on Monday after it announced increased listeners in December and a new initiative to bring its ads to cars, where most radio listening occurs. Pandora reported...
    






Salman Khan, The Most Influential Person In Education Technology


I have had the good fortune of speaking with good number of the leaders in education technology today. Since so many of these players have emerged from academe, the competition between companies is...