Category Archives: Business

Google’s Phone Plans

Posted on 11/9/2007 by Ben

It strikes me that the problem with Google’s open phone plans is that the carriers all still suck and are the opposite of open. Google should just buy one of the carriers and run it in a reasonable manner. If … Continue reading →

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Dream Partner Program Announcements

Posted on 8/29/2006 by Ben

Don Marti has a great post about business deals he’d like to see. A couple of these are good ideas, a couple are just funny.

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What Google’s acquisition of Writely means

Posted on 3/10/2006 by Ben

I think Jason Fried is right on in his analysis of Google’s aquisition of Writely, the web-based word processor. Will they buy wikiCalc next?

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Microsoft settles with RealNetworks for $761M

Posted on 10/12/2005 by Ben

Microsoft has settled its lawsuit with Real Networks for $761 million. Rhapsody will get promotion on MSN. At the press conference, Gates and Glaser said the deal settles all the antitrust claims between them. Glaser, who has worked at Microsoft, … Continue reading →

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Glaser bashes portable music plans

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

RealNetworks is reporting record revenues due largely to strong Rhapsody growth, but says its Rhapsody-To-Go service, which offers unlimited DRMed downloads to portable players, is doing very poorly. If it weren’t for the DRM, I’d be subscribed.

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A Year of Getting Things Done

Posted on 1/6/2005 by Ben

Merlin Mann of 43 Folders goes over what has worked for him and what hasn’t during his first year using the Getting Things Done method.

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