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Posted by boakes on Apr 29, 2011 in Business, Digital Publishing, Social Media | Comments Off on Domain Price Wars Are Back!

With a tip-of-the-hat to Slashdot, rumors were out yesterday about Apple buying the domain name iCloud.com. Now GigaOM is reporting...

Posted by boakes on Apr 28, 2011 in Business | Comments Off on Coffee, No Fries, Thank You

It shouldn’t be a surprise that more people are spending time and money at Starbucks than they are at Burger King. Or, that the...

Posted by boakes on Apr 27, 2011 in Digital Publishing, Newspapers | Comments Off on The Good News Is Also The Bad News

Business Insider has another story today about newspaper sales, circulation, and the future of digital. It starts with the positive news...

Posted by boakes on Apr 26, 2011 in Digital Publishing, Newspapers | Comments Off on Patch Is Staying Nimble

Hyper-local site company Patch is attempting to change the way local readers find their news. Many things they do have been tried before,...