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‘With This App, I Thee Wed…’

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on February 1, 2011 at 2:57 pm PT

Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.

Like Web Video, but With a Budget and People You've Heard of–Kiefer Sutherland Jumps From "24" to "The Confession"

Peter Kafka in Media on January 13, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Remember when Internet video was going to be like TV and movies, only on a smaller screen? Video ad network DBG is trying it again, with some help from Hulu and Jack Bauer.

Mac Quicken Gets Deductions for Iffy Upgrade

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 24, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Intuit’s upgrade of Mac Quicken keeps its promises, but is no match for the Windows version—and a step backward in some features on the 2007 Mac version.

Bummed Out by Super Bowl Ads? So Are Advertisers.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 8, 2010 at 7:44 am PT

Underwhelmed with last night’s Super Bowl ads? So are the people who paid for them. The majority of TV ad buyers say they think their spots are less useful than they used to be. That’s potentially good news for Google and the Web, but it will be a long time coming.

Was It All a Bad Dream? Ad Business Optimism at 2007 Levels.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2009 at 7:30 am PT

Your semidaily dose of advertiser pulse-taking: People who plan to spend money on ads seem more chipper than they have been in two years.

VMware Gets a Lift

John Paczkowski in News on July 24, 2009 at 6:01 am PT

Shares of VMware are on the rise this morning, spiking seven percent thanks to some decent earnings. On Thursday, the virtualization software firm reported a second-quarter profit of 20 cents a share, topping the 19 cents projected by analysts.

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The Exploding Digital Universe

William M. Bulkeley, Staff Writer, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 18, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

“Like the physical universe, the digital universe is expanding. In fact, exploding,” says John Gantz, a researcher for IDC. For the last three years, Mr. Gantz has been commissioned by storage provider EMC to count the number of bits created each year. And each year he reports that IDC previously underestimated the explosion of information.

2009 Software Outlook Predictably Crappy

John Paczkowski in News on January 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm PT

Goldman Sachs published its “Americas: 2009 Software Outlook” report today and it’s as dismal and ugly a forecast as you’d expect, given the current economic climate. Of course, as ugly as it was, it could have been worse.