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	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Social Network User Loyalty Erratic</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002480/social-network-user-loyalty-erratic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I've mentioned before how social networks are in a fad business. Recent data from Nielsen Online suggests that even more strongly. The rapid change in the fortunes of social media companies are enough to make your eyes cross -- and to reconsider just how most tech companies should hedge their strategic bets, given that today's sure thing can become tomorrow's has-been. Here's a look at the Nielsen NetView data, via the Center for Media Research, comparing minutes of use:]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo's CEO Carol Bartz Selling More Than $1M in Shares</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002477/yahoos-ceo-carol-bartz-selling-more-than-1m-in-shares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every new CEO of a troubled company comes in with rolling thunder and promise that things will be better, telling employees to have faith. So what kind of signal does one give when selling more than $1 million in shares after six months on the job? Maybe not a good one. And who does it? Carol Bartz of Yahoo.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Companies Whine About State Mandates</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002474/tech-companies-whine-about-state-mandates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There's been talk for years of state governments pushing for taxes on Internet product sales by out-of-state companies. And now you can add pressure for electronics companies to pay for recycling when their products reach end-of-life. But what the industry is about to learn is that it's actually been largely charmed when it came to government regulation. Now it may be time to recognize what many other types of businesses have: you can grimace and you can fight, but sometimes all you can do is find ways to deal with official requirements as smoothly as possible. Whining -- we've been hearing a lot of it -- only serves to tick off people and put companies squarely in the sites of government.]]></description>
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		<title>New Salesforce Strategy: 'Amplify And Extend'</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002470/new-salesforce-strategy-amplify-and-extend/</link>
		<comments>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002470/new-salesforce-strategy-amplify-and-extend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hickins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com doesn&#8217;t think that large enterprises should have to replace software and infrastructure in which they&#8217;ve already invested huge amounts. Peter Coffee, director of platform research at Salesforce, told me over the phone this morning that the sotware-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor is trying to convince potential customers that they can &#8220;amplify and extend&#8221; their existing investments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making A LinkedIn For Twitter</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002467/making-a-linkedin-for-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hickins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the days before Facebook, no one would have ever suggested that businesses get involved with social networks. Can you imagine someone suggesting to Michael Dell that his company ought to have a MySpace page?
Today, not only does Dell Computer Company have a Facebook page but Michael Dell has one as well (we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Anyone Make A Handheld Anymore?</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002464/can-anyone-make-a-handheld-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002464/can-anyone-make-a-handheld-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hickins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Either handheld device customers have become the biggest bunch of whiners in history, or there&#8217;s something seriously wrong with overly-hyped products coming out of Silicon Valley.
My colleague Erik Sherman has reported about Apple&#8217;s new iPhone 3G S overheating so much that some customers are reportedly afraid of putting it next to their ears.
Overheating has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Overtaking Nokia Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002452/iphone-overtaking-nokia-worldwide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hickins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple, based on browser calls for mobile ads.
Why is mobile ad share important? Because in the smartphone segment, the tail wags the dog &#8212; apps drive customer loyalty more than hardware features &#8212; and Gartner noted in its most recent report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Adds Enterprise Contact Features to Apps [UPDATE]</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002444/google-expanding-enterprise-features-for-contact-management/</link>
		<comments>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002444/google-expanding-enterprise-features-for-contact-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a telephone conversation today discussing Google's strategy for Google Apps, director of products Matt Glotzbach mentioned a new set of enterprise specific enhancements for contact management in Google Apps. This is significant because contact management, at least according to the users I've spoken with, has been considered a big weakness of the product line.]]></description>
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		<title>More iPhone Overheating, Now 3GS, But Problem Old, Continuing</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002436/more-iphone-overheating-now-3gs-but-problem-old-continuing/</link>
		<comments>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002436/more-iphone-overheating-now-3gs-but-problem-old-continuing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apple is known for innovative design and great user interfaces. But quality assurance? Not so much. There's a new problem that has been appearing, this time in the latest iPhone 3GS. Overheating has been causing a number of white cases to discolor, even after the short time people have had them. But then, can you call a problem "new" when some number of iPhone users have dealt with it for two years?]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Red-Faced from CFO Resume Pumping [UPDATED]</title>
		<link>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002433/palm-red-faced-from-cfo-resume-pumping/</link>
		<comments>http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002433/palm-red-faced-from-cfo-resume-pumping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats to Eric Savitz at Barron's Tech Trader Daily for uncovering that Palm CFO Douglas Jeffries has been claiming to be a CPA, even though he hasn't been registered as such since 1984. But there is at least one other odditity at the moment: just who did he work for before joining Palm?]]></description>
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