| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | How Munich Rejected Steve Ballmer And Kicked Microsoft Out Of The City
| | | Breaking up with Microsoft is hard to do. Just ask Peter Hofmann, the man leading the City of Munich's project to ditch Windows and Office in favour of open source alternatives. The project took close to a decade to complete, has seen the city wrestle with legal uncertainties and earned Munich a visit from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, whose pleas to the mayor of Germany's third largest city not to switch fell on deaf ears. (TechRepublic)
Why This Is Important: The plan would make Munich more independent and improved rather than being limited to closed propriety hardware.
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| | #2 | How Zulily Turned Distracted Moms Into A Red-Hot Tech IPO
| | | Zulily, a fast-growing flash-sales platform, is a rare animal in today's tech ecosystem. It could care less about selfies by skater kids and celebrities, and it has little interest in wooing billion-dollar brands
for product placements or advertising dollars. No, Zulily is all about selling small-batch stuff to moms. (Businessweek)
Why This Is Important: The company provides a more personalized shopping experience for moms, who generally have more sway with household income.
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| | #3 | As Digital Camera Sales Sputter, Fujifilm Finds Its Niche
| | | Like many professional photographers, Irwin Wong, who shoots pictures for Japanese magazines, relies on digital single-lens reflex cameras for the bulk of his work — "bulk" being the operative word. (NYTimes)
Why This Is Important: The camera industry has faced a mostly losing battle against its smartphone rivals, but with Fujifilm's X series, the company is pressing on.
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| | | Blog Post of The Day | iSheep, Fandroids, And Why We Care So Damn Much About Our Smartphones
By Lynn La
It's 10:30 p.m. and already there's a line of two dozen or so people.They're sitting on lawn chairs, tucked under blankets, and pushed neatly to the edge of the sidewalk by one of those extendable nylon straps you see at movie theaters. It's chilly here in San Francisco, and Ryan Rawson wears an extra jacket to keep warm. More » |
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