Where America Spent All of Its Money? [Infographic]
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Where America Spent All of Its Money? [Infographic]
The White House just posted the following infographic on its website explaining how America accumulated its national debt over the past decade, shifting fiscal forecasts from projected surpluses to elephantine deficits.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Google Is Looking For More Money From Small Businesses (GOOG)
Google has launched a program to make it easier for small business owners to buy search ads.
It's all part of the company's ongoing effort to earn more money from local businesses, which CEO Larry Page cited as one of his priorities on the company's last earnings call.
AdWords Express, which was tested last fall under the name Boost, offers businesses a series of simple forms to let them set up an AdWords campaign in minutes. Businesses can set a maximum budget and guide users either to their Google Places page. If they don't have a Places page Google will set one up automatically when they buy the ad.
Page named local (along with Google+) as one of the company's top investment areas this year. The company recently launched a daily deals service called Offers and is teaming up with Intuit for a big campaign to give small businesses free Web sites and AdWords credits.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
RIM Isn't Making Any Money On The PlayBook (RIMM)
Research in Motion was so confident it would sell millions of PlayBooks this year, it discounted the first 500,000 to wireless carriers.
The idea, according to BGR, is that when carriers saw that RIM was selling them at less than full margin, they would apply further discounts.The first batch would sell out quickly, and carriers would place orders for millions more.
It didn't work out that way. According to the report, the 500,000 PlayBooks that RIM shipped last quarter aren't sold yet, and further orders just aren't coming in yet. Because of the subsidies, RIM hasn't made any money on the PlayBook yet.
Worse, RIM apparently waited until the last minute to tell carriers about the most glaring flaw in the PlayBook -- you can't use it to get email from a BlackBerry-managed email system unless you also have a BlackBerry phone, and connect the PlayBook to the phone wirelessly. Apparently, carriers were expecting the PlayBook to be a giant BlackBerry and were shocked at the omission.
See also: The Real Reason There Was No Email On The PlayBook.
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Facebook Uses Gadget Vending Machines To Save Lots Of Money
Facebook CIO Tim Campos is using vending machines that dispense items like keyboards, headphones, and power supplies to employees. It's part of what he calls "frictionless IT."
Employees swipe their ID cards to activate the machine, then help themselves to whatever IT gear they need.
Items are always free, but the retail price is clearly marked as a reminder that it costs the company money.
Campos estimates that the new vending machine system has helped reduce the cost of managing Facebook's replacement accessories by 35%. Check out the video below for more.
[Fortune]
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Facebook Uses Gadget Vending Machines To Save Lots Of Money
Sunday, July 3, 2011
How to save money on phone calls when traveling
If you are someone who is always on the move and spends a lot of time on the phone, then those phone bills stack up. In this age of mobile VoIP that shouldn’t be the case, but it does. This infographic from Essential Travel magazine will get you started. (hat tip, Andy Abramson.)
How to save money on phone calls when traveling
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Why Google Health Really Failed—It’s About The Money
As reported on TechCrunch, Google shut down its medical records and health data platform. Since then, there's been a lot of bits spilled offering explanations, but they all missed the most critical item. Money. Or in the language of healthcare - Reimbursement. I explain more below regarding why Google Health was doomed to fail in light of the legacy reimbursement model.
First, let's recap some of the explanations offered up so far. These are all valid but miss the biggest point.
Adam Bosworth, who originally ran Google Health gave one reason - It's Not Social. That's true if one wants to create a weight management program or is simply interested in fitness-minded folks. Clearly that is important given the obesity epidemic, however there's vast swaths of healthcare where being "social" isn't appropriate or applicable in a doctor-patient relationship. In other words, being social is necessary but not sufficient to transform healthcare.
Why Google Health Really Failed—It’s About The Money
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Apple Will Make More Money On Apps Than Music In Three Years (AAPL)
The App Store will overtake the iTunes Music Store in monthly income for Apple in the next three years, estimates Horace Dediu at Asymco after analyzing the data on each.
Below you can see his chart of the estimates. The app sales are growing at much greater rate than music sales.
Another interesting tidbit that came out of the report is that, on average, iOS users download 60 apps for their devices. The number is tracked by how many apps are purchased per iTunes account, and the number is increasingly sharply month to month.
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