Wow… you heard the plans from Microsoft [MSFT] that they were going to launch a retail store, a la Apple [AAPL], going as far as to woo Apple Retail Store employees, especially managers, from Apple. And with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has executed their plan with their first outlet in Scottsdale, Arizona. Management [...]
October 2009
Sure, we all love Diablo II for its ever-changing dungeon crawling, item-finding, simple gameplay and level progression. But it’s been years since it was significantly upgraded, although it does seem to get infrequent patches, and Diablo III is still far from FCS. So, when the rumors for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands game materialized into its release [...]
The major stock aggregate count rose above the 10,000 mark by close of the U.S. markets today. To some stock pundits, this signals the “end of the recession”. To others, it’s a small blip. But to the individual stock investors, and to the U.S. public, they’ve lost a considerable amount of value over the past [...]
Last year, on October 7, 2008, McDonald’s [MCD] had launched its Monopoly game, incorporating a much greater online component to enhance customer participation. Today, the 2009 edition of the game, both the bricks-and-mortar and online formats, will start shortly, further reinforcing its online game to encourage more ubiquitous access and to drive gathering more of [...]
