Can Salesforce.com Grow Into a $10 Billion Company?

It can, if it can grow its service and marketing clouds into billion-dollar businesses, one analyst says.

Xbox One Matches PS4’s First-Day Console Sales … And Reports of Defects

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

“Healthy Tension” Emerging Inside PayPal as It Looks to Reverse Poor Customer-Service Reputation

PayPal seems to be off to a good start under David Marcus. But tainted reputations are not cleansed overnight.
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Sprint Cuts 800 Customer Service Jobs, but Doesn’t Foresee Companywide Layoffs

Happier customers mean fewer support calls.

New Gilt Groupe CEO on New Business Ideas, the Flash-Sales Bubble and a Future IPO (Q&A)

Michelle Peluso says Gilt still has significant room to grow. Will the public markets react accordingly?

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Don’t Be a SaaS-Hole: How Silicon Valley Evolved Itself Into an Era of Zero Customer Service

The Valley has forgotten that a great user experience extends beyond the product, and delighting customers with a total user experience is at the heart of long-term sustainable business.

Google Turns to Startup StellaService to Power Google Trusted Store Ratings

Google Shopping customer service ratings get a little more comprehensive.

Customer Service Is Next Job for IBM’s Watson

Keeping track of what consumers like and dislike is a beefy computing problem.

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Apple Attack Fallout Hits China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Want to know who are China’s most hated companies? All you have to do is hit out at one of its most beloved.

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Beijing Takes Another Bite at Apple

The Chinese Communist Party’s main propaganda outlet assailed Apple Inc.’s customer-service practices, the latest indication that China might move to check foreign companies’ domination of the country’s smartphone market.