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Month: October 2013

Comments on Google’s Q3 2013 Earnings Report

I'm interested in the online advertising business. When I read about Google's performance for the 3rd quarter, 2013, exceeding analyst estimates, and noted more than a 12% follow-on appreciation in the per share price of Google's stock by Friday, October 18, 2013, I decided to take a look at the ...

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Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

A Serious Vulnerability is Exposed in the Wi-Fi Protocol

On October 29, 2013, the New York Times published an article written by Nicole Perlroth, titled "New Vulnerability Found in Apps Using Wi-Fi". This finding ought to add a heightened level of risk to activities average consumers consider for their online communications needs. This vulnerability is...

Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Apple’s Q4 2013 Results Point to a Peak in Tablet Sales

Along with a lower operating margin, a miss on gross revenue estimates for Q4, 2013, and weaker Mac sales, Apple's Q4 2013 quarterly report included mention of a substantial miss of 6% against estimated iPad sales. Analysts estimated 15 million units sold for this product, but Apple sold 14.1 mil...

Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Apple Shows More of Its Appetite for the High End Market for Smart Phones

On Wednesday, October 15, 2013, the online edition of the Wall Street Journal published an article written by Lorraine Luk and Eva Dou. This article, titled 'Apple Cuts iPhone 5C Orders' reports substantial reductions in orders placed by Apple, with its suppliers, for components for Apple's iPhon...

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Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Why do Tablets or Smart Phones Need a 64 Bit O/S?

On October 22, 2013, Apple unveiled its newest tablet computers, the iPad Air, and the latest generation of the iPad Mini. The iPad Air was touted as being a very advanced type of tablet computer, especially given its 64bit operating system. But why do table computers need a 64bit operating syste...

Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Track Website Visits by eMail Campaign Recipients to Improve Efforts to Rank Leads by Quality

Small businesses often operate at a disadvantage when it comes to the range of options available to them for generating leads from online communications opportunities. Rarely will one of these lead generation systems include a ranking component. But a lead ranking component is an important tool s...

Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Digital Stakeholders Should Better Understand CEO Reluctance to Change

In a presentation designed by the MIT Sloan School Management Review, and Capgemini Consulting, Embracing Digital Technology (the 2013 Digital Transformation Global Executive Study and Research Project), CEOs of businesses with over $1 Billion in annual sales are admonished to " . . . achiev[e] d...

Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago

Consumers Should Carefully Consider the Security Risks Accompanying Home Automation Solutions Built for Broadband Networks

If a report recently published by Infonetics Research, Infonetics: Over-the-Top Home Automation Services Gaining Popularity with Service Providers, on the condition of most of the market for home automation solutions, can be trusted as a reliable indicator of consumer interest in these services, ...

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Ira Michael Blonder
6 years ago