June 15, 2011
Research in Motion: Did PlayBook R&D jeopardize its superphones?
ZDNet
Larry Dignan looks at a possible reason for analysts’ gloomy prospects for RIM.
“At a time when RIM should be taking away Nokia’s market share it is trying to get much ballyhooed smartphones to market.Without those devices, RIM is in limbo on the revenue front. And the later those devices come, the more likely RIM’s “superphones,” devices based on the QNX operating system, will slip farther into 2012. Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum says RIM is mired in a ‘continued product vacuum.'”
iOS 5 files restoke iPad 3 retina display rumour
The Register
Tony Smith reports on the iPad 3’s possibilities.
“Of course, Apple may simply have begun future-proofing its software – there are a great many iOS apps that lack 1536 x 2048-ready imagery. So it’s too early to view theTechunwrapped find as a sign that the next iPad, whether it comes out in September or next year, will have such a high resolution display.”
SMBs increase their social media marketing budgets; did you?
MSPmentor
Dan Berthiaume explores why social media marketing should extend to service providers as well.
“Some readers may think social media marketing consists of a Facebook page with a few photos or the company president posting his thoughts on Twitter. This may have been true a few years ago, but social media marketing is becoming a much more intense (and technology- and manpower-intensive) process.”
