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Court Upholds Colossal Song-Sharing Penalty

"The RIAA policy of suing individuals probably did not make the kind of dent in that activity that the RIAA had originally hoped," Peter Toren, an attorney with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley, told the E-Commerce Times And no doubt it was well aware of the animosity that its action...

Amazon May Rekindle the Fire Sept. 6

"It's very likely that this announcement is going to be an updated Kindle Fire, and maybe some additions to the traditional Kindle line," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Amazon is going to need hardware that's as good or better than Google's Nexus 7 so that it can gain some traction, and it also needs to continue to be priced aggressively. If it comes out with an 8.9 inch tablet at $249 or a 10-inch around $300, that could make customers give the products a close look." ...

Study: Web Content Getting Cozier With TV Screens

Still, even a solid constituency of viewers declaring they will never turn to the Internet for content to watch on their televisions, cable companies have simply got to react to the growing demand of users that want to access online content via their television sets, David Johnson, principle of Strategic Vision, told the E-Commerce Times...

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Federal Budget Watchers Zoom In on Cloud Spending Plans

"I don't think OMB is necessarily disappointed with the pace of cloud migration which is falling into a gradual process. Rather it is still trying to nurture cloud adoption within the agencies. The directive is the first time we've seen an acknowledgement that the agencies need to account for their cloud investment actions," Hettinger told the E-Commerce Times...

Facebook Chases Search Ads in Quest for Revenue

"I love this new ad format because it is very specific, non-invasive and appears right when a Facebook user is searching for something," she told the E-Commerce Times. "Other forms of Facebook advertising are contextual and appear on pages of people most likely to want your service or product. With contextual ads, they are not actively searching for you. Instead, you just happen to be in the right place at the right time.' ...

HP Bleeds Billions in Q3 Due to Whopping Write-Down

"You want HP to succeed because they one of the original high-tech companies and they have always had good products," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times However, the mismanagement of the company over the last several years has left it with very little m...

DoJ Stamps Out Sites Allegedly Hawking Pirated Android Apps

"The worst thing the Department of Justice can do in a case like this is nothing," he told the E-Commerce Times Pressure from the software industry, Siciliano speculated, might have also spurred the Department of Justice to take action. While it is doubtful the seizure will pu...

T-Mobile Dials Up Unlimited Data Plans

"This is likely a short-term trend," Lam told the E-Commerce Times. "Metered data will be the predominate service plan in the future because that's where the money is for carriers. Carriers know that data is the area of growth, and voice is pretty much stopped growing -- the only way to grow revenue moving forward is to charge 3G/4G in a metered manner."

Investors Wince at Dell’s Painful Transformation

"There are several headwinds for PCs right now, but the important distinction is that some are permanent and some are temporary," Holt told the E-Commerce Times. "There is the cannibalization from tablets and smartphones, so instead of buying a second or third PC for the house, customers are going for the smartphone or tablet. That might be permanent. We're not convinced they're going to be wildly successful with a Dell-branded tablet"...

What Does Facebook Have to Do?

Facebook has gone from Wall Street darling to disappointment in three months, Andreas Scherer, managing partner of Salto Partners, told the E-Commerce Times. During that time, the problems regarding its business model have been laid bare, although they were always apparent even when Facebook was idolized and its IPO a longed-for event...

Making Business Sites Work Hand in Glove With Social Media

"We were excited to have something we could put on Facebook that actually provided a service to our members," Kelli Hawkins, Numerica's communications manager, told the E-Commerce Times. "Facebook had pretty much been just a communications tool for us. We were happy have something that actually gives people a service and is targeted to people to use a loan product."

Memo Outlines Hulu’s Ad-Addled, Content-Crossed Future

"Hulu is one of the best, and is the strangest in how it came to be," he told the E-Commerce Times. "The miracle is that Hulu works at all, considering its ownership, and I believe Kilar provided the strong vision and leadership that made it possible. He managed to wrangle these pretty competing interests that back it and make it work. I don't think Hulu has a whole lot of future without somebody in that role."

Best Buy Investors Groan as Buyout Fizzles and New CEO Steps Up

"Joly already has the trust of the board, that's inherent to getting the position," he told the E-Commerce Times. "What he needs to do now is build rapport and use, use, use the board. They are there for a reason and often go under-utilized by officers of the company that may look at them as only an entity to which they must report numbers." ...

Oracle and Google Told to Come Clean on Paid Influencers

"Judge Alsup's statement most likely refers to contested issues concerning what would be admitted or excluded during any partial summary judgment motions or during the trial," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Such motions would most likely relate to what evidence or experts would be allowed and what expectations were taken by any party to exclude or allow documents, witnesses, experts, etc." ...

HP to Drum Up New Mobile Division

There is another reason HP must try again and quickly in the tablet space, Azita Arvani of the Arvani Group told the E-Commerce Times "No PC company can make it without a significant focus on mobile devices and solutions," she said....

Twitter Wants to Keep Devs’ Hands Out of the Cookie Jar

"Twitter is certainly burning some developer good will here. After it built its business on the basis of third-party development, it now seems to be saying we don't need you anymore," Sterling told the E-Commerce Times. "Ultimately, it's not going to hurt Twitter however," h...

eBay Nixes Hexes, Quells Spells

"Buyers and sellers have told us that the transactions in these categories often result in issues that can be difficult to resolve," Johnna Hoff, media relations at eBay, told the E-Commerce Times. Services such as hexing or curses can be difficult to monetize, but eBay is a...

Facebook Takes Another Header

The shares coming online are held by Microsoft and Facebook executives, as well as venture capitalists and lower-level Facebook employees, Andreas Scherer, managing partner at Salto Partners, told the E-Commerce Times "I don't see a major risk for the first two groups to unlo...

DoJ Gives Verizon Spectrum Deal a Yes, But …

"The FCC and the DoJ did not like this merger as proposed, either," he told the E-Commerce Times. "I think they did what they had to do in order to make it more palatable. The spectrum crunch has many concerned." Working Together...

A Moveable Feast: Making Sites Mobile-Friendly

"It was an eye-opening experience," Getty, a spokesperson for One World Hosting, told the E-Commerce Times. "We found out how many websites were just not made to be user-friendly for smartphones," he said, and "that the typical things smartphone users look to websites for are...

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