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From the New York Times: And on the seventh day, online retailers rested. At least some of them. Consumers have grown to expect around-the-clock pampering from Internet merchants, who have been pushed by rivals to offer customer service even on weekends and to remedy site glitches immediately, no matter when they happen. But this trend …
From the New York Times: The average American household now owns some 25 consumer electronics products – televisions and stereos and high-tech gimcracks of every imaginable flavor. That statistic brings that industry’s annual convention in Las Vegas last week into stark relief. Some 130,000 people moved around a noisy, pulsing display space, with thousands of …
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From TechRepublic: Microsoft has some catching up to do. It’s not a phrase you hear every day. But whether it’s Apple Computer’s iTunes-iPod combo or Google’s advertising engine, the software maker’s top executives readily admit that they are coming from behind. In a rare joint interview ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show here, Microsoft Chairman …
From Baseline Magazine: Megachurches like the 25,000-member World Changers of Atlanta can teach corporations the true meaning of customer relationship management. How? Not only do they manage the logistics of having thousands of members show up on a single day and still go home singing their praises, they also manage the information about those members …
I know there is some debate as to whether or not eggs are healthy for you, but if you like eggs, then you should visit the site of the Ontario Egg Producers and the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency. Eggsite.com and Eggs.ca have recipes, cooking techniques, FAQs, and more.
From TechRepublic: Hotel chain Marriott admitted last Tuesday that backup computer tapes containing data on approximately 206,000 customers were missing from a company office in Florida. The data, which relates to customers of its time-share division, Marriott Vacation Club International, included personal information such as the credit card details, Social Security numbers and, in a …
From CNN: Five years ago, Apple Computer Inc. was barely an afterthought in the halls of electronics companies. Not anymore. With its best-selling iPods and landmark licensing deals with music and television moguls propelling new ways of consuming digital media, Apple now is the pacesetter.
This is from the latest Windows 2000 Pro newsletter from TechRepublic: This document lists 10 enhancements you should make to every new Windows PC, no matter whether it is a workstation or the family media computer. Download the 10 things you should do to improve every new Windows PC
I heard about this at Google Blogoscoped: The SEO Analyzer uses a sophisticated algorithm that detects how optimized your web page is for search engines. The SEO Analyzer focuses on: * web standards * semantic structure * obsolete and deprecated HTML * improper use of table elements * inline styles * download size and time …