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It's a New Day, So NewEnterprise Is Here

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 1, 2010 at 4:10 am PT

Everyone loves Twitter and Facebook and Google, but when some part of them fails to work right, phrases like “Fail Whale” enter the popular lexicon, and careers, reputations and investments are all at risk. When they do work, the people who assembled all the hardware and software become the unsung heroes. That’s where NewEnterprise comes in.

In Case You Missed It, Here's the Print Version of D7, Um, Online!

Kara Swisher in News on June 3, 2009 at 2:53 am PT

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal did a special Technology Report section, made up of excerpts of selected interviews from the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ringing in Bing and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz looking for the primo opportunity to curse at BoomTown. Here are the online links to the transcripts, as well as video highlights. We’ll be posting the full video of all the sessions on this site soon.

Why Online Video Ads Still Don’t Work

Peter Kafka in Media on May 15, 2009 at 2:12 pm PT

From the funny-and-true! department: A biting clip from the dudes at College Humor satirizing the lousy ad options and mind-numbing ad jargon that dominate the online video business.

Loud-and-Clear Mobile Calls for Seniors

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on February 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm PT

My grandmother, a college graduate and former reference librarian, recently walked out of an electronics store in frustration. She compared the techie conversations that were going on around her with people speaking in a different language. And she isn’t alone.