While the cable networks are doing their best to cover every aspect of the activities at the DNC, they simply can't cover everything. And, certainly nothing but the biggest names are covered by the broadcast nets. However, there is one place where you can see and experience absolutely everything you...

The first quarter of 2008 was the most successful in Apple's history. The company boasted revenue of $9.6 billion and a net profit of $1.58 billion, compared to revenue of $7.1 billion and a net profit of $1 billion in the third quarter of 2007. But its second quarter results...

It's 11:45am on a sunny summer day in New York. In just a few minutes, promises will be broken, years of trust will be betrayed and a high-value customer and millions of dollars will be lost.

This is the story of a very expensive customer loyalty program that worked flawlessly...

DISH Networks Q2 profits were up. Unfortunately, 25,000 subscribers went missing. The company blamed the drop in subs on weak economic conditions, aggressive promotional offerings by their competition, the heavy marketing of HD service by their competition, the growth of fiber-based pay TV providers, signal theft and other forms of...

In case you haven't noticed, the business of broadcast television is in trouble. Ratings have been trending down year over year for more than 30 years and there's no end in sight. Most pundits blame this audience fragmentation on outside forces like the proliferation of cable channels, DVDs, video gaming,...

Kung Fu Panda is doing a great job for Paramount this summer. As of today, the movie has grossed $196,680,294. It is still playing on 3,347 screens nationwide and after five weeks in release it is still number five behind Get Smart, Wanted, Wall-E and Hancock. So imagine how surprised...

"The early education plan will be paid for by delaying the NASA Constellation Program for five years ..." So opines a document entitled, "Barack Obama's Plan For Life Success Through Education." This is not a new thought. The Obama Camp has been saying this for a while, but it just...

Unless you lead a very sheltered life, you have probably read all kinds of stuff about Apple's new 3G iPhone. Yes, the retail price will be $199 for the 8 GB model. Yes, that makes people who bought an iPhone on May 15th for $399 really mad. But they shouldn't...

Back in 1960 the skills required to become President of the United States changed forever.  That was the year that John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon on national network television for the first time.  When reminiscing about Kennedy's win, pundits love to cite that he was tanned, good looking,...

This week, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin put some new spectrum up for auction. But there's a catch. The winner will be required to provide free wireless broadband access to 50% of America within four years and, cover 95% of the country within 10.

First, I want to offer a tip...

According to my tour guide, Beijing is a city of 18 million, which would make it just slightly larger than New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia (the top five population centers in the United States) combined. According to her,...

I spent the afternoon today at CCTV headquarters in Beijing. Standing in Master Control, I could not help thinking that this was some kind of science-fiction fantasy movie. One program on all of the 19 free-over-the-air CCTV channels and a stark, white on...

Ni Hao! (Greetings) from mainland, China. I'm in a bustling metropolis called, Shenzhen which was a fishing village and assorted vegetable patches until about 20 years ago. (Shenzhen is just across from Hong Kong.) I'm staying at the Marco Polo Shenzhen. A hotel...

We are at war. Gas prices are at record highs. There are food shortages, a credit crisis, the financial markets are in hell and we are about to enter a recession. So, it makes total sense that Annie Liebovitz's photographs of Miley Cyrus are front-page news. The rumor mill is...

Last week, three of the nation's largest cable companies quietly pulled the plug on a joint cell phone venture with Sprint Nextel Corp., called Pivot. The goal of this service offering was to help the cablers compete with the Telco Triple Play (Video, Voice & Data). In theory, a Quadruple...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) held their annual convention in Las Vegas this week and, aside from the usual angst about the digital transition next February, there was a moderate buzz about mobile TV.

In his opening keynote address, David K. Rehr, president of the NAB, opined about a...

"They'll be tried as adults for kidnapping (a first degree felony) and battery," said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney. Three of them will also be charged with tampering with a witness. If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison.

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You walk into a retail store a few blocks from home and see something you've been eying for a while on sale. You pick it up, talk to the salesperson, put it down, walk around, think. When the salesperson is not looking, you text the UPC code to 262966, that...