I went to Cornell and the intro biology class had 700 people and Psychology 101 had 2,000 people. With this size, no one will notice if you aren't there. A podcast would have been a great feature to use if I were in school today, but back then they did have audio tapes of lectures in the library to borrow.
I don't think a majority of people will run Parallels or Boot Camp using a Mac. It would be fun to do so but what's the point of buying a Mac if you are using Windows applications?
I don't care for these recent commercials with the two guys and Apple. There is too much conversation and you don't really know what they are talking about unless you listen carefully and since these are commercials, who is going to do that?
Youtube is serving 100 million videos a day so I don't think they should be too worried, except for Google. I don't think anyone will use AOL's video offering.
Their name recognition is strong and they are already a media darling, so I don't see growth slowing down for the next year or two.
I think Etrade.com should have been on the list. This site and other online brokers let millions of people buy and sell stocks from home, providing a huge boost to the economy.
I haven't been to gaming cafes but I have seen a lot of Internet cafes. I'm sure they both work on the same premise of charging customers by the hour and minutes. Maybe you can try something that has a monthly fee, although that could lead to people hogging the machines.
I don't think these businesses are all that profitable so don't expect to make a fortune. Good luck!
Steve Jobs is loaded and just sold off Pixar. Maybe he has nothing left to prove like Bill Gates. I wonder if he will resign from Apple and devote his life to a charitable foundation.
I'm surprised they announced in the release that Google is guaranteeing a minmium of $900 million in payments to News Corp.
They usually don't give these figures out.
Why would they need to get into this business? There aren't a lot of profits and then you have to deal with all the record companies. Google is probably making a bundle anyway from advertising from Apple and other services on their search network.
I'm sure the employees there knew this was coming. They have been losing a massive amount of subscribers and switching to a free service only means there will be fewer jobs in sales, marketing and support.
AOL is pretty much a dying brand. They were hot in the 90s as everyone first got online. But now everyone is online and they don't need to use AOL with Google, Yahoo, YouTube and MySpace.
Even Netscape which they acquired is a sunken ship.
This move to a free service isn't going to help since they will lose billions in subscriber revenue.
These self-service lanes are just another way to reduce human contact. Since many people go online now and bank from ATMs, why bother talking to some human cashier?
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I went to Cornell and the intro biology class had 700 people and Psychology 101 had 2,000 people. With this size, no one will notice if you aren't there. A podcast would have been a great feature to use if I were in school today, but back then they did have audio tapes of lectures in the library to borrow.
I don't think a majority of people will run Parallels or Boot Camp using a Mac. It would be fun to do so but what's the point of buying a Mac if you are using Windows applications?
I used to have Earthlink but canceled last year. I have AOL and now it's going free. That's fine with me.
The engineers might all move to Google.
Well they need to save money. That's why they are laying off workers. Now they don't have to print out letters when they can just do it by e-mail.
I don't care for these recent commercials with the two guys and Apple. There is too much conversation and you don't really know what they are talking about unless you listen carefully and since these are commercials, who is going to do that?
I've heard a lot of people losing cellphones on bathroom toilets. Don't see how an iPod could do any worse harm.
These firms would only buy a company where they could sell it 2-3 years down the road at a bigger price. Who could possibly pay $300 billion?
Yahoo would have to be worth several billion dollars in stock from Yahoo, Google, News Corp, Microsoft or eBay.
I like their map service with the satellite and hybrid capabilities. Also very easy to scroll around on the maps for better views.
Youtube is serving 100 million videos a day so I don't think they should be too worried, except for Google. I don't think anyone will use AOL's video offering. Their name recognition is strong and they are already a media darling, so I don't see growth slowing down for the next year or two.
They're is nothing like sharing the cash that Google is rolling in to make new friends.
I think Etrade.com should have been on the list. This site and other online brokers let millions of people buy and sell stocks from home, providing a huge boost to the economy.
I bet Google buys out Youtube, or at least puts in a big investment in the company.
I haven't been to gaming cafes but I have seen a lot of Internet cafes. I'm sure they both work on the same premise of charging customers by the hour and minutes. Maybe you can try something that has a monthly fee, although that could lead to people hogging the machines. I don't think these businesses are all that profitable so don't expect to make a fortune. Good luck!
There's a chicken restaurant chain named Zaxbys? I never heard of this.
Steve Jobs is loaded and just sold off Pixar. Maybe he has nothing left to prove like Bill Gates. I wonder if he will resign from Apple and devote his life to a charitable foundation.
I'm surprised they announced in the release that Google is guaranteeing a minmium of $900 million in payments to News Corp. They usually don't give these figures out.
Why would they need to get into this business? There aren't a lot of profits and then you have to deal with all the record companies. Google is probably making a bundle anyway from advertising from Apple and other services on their search network.
I'm sure the employees there knew this was coming. They have been losing a massive amount of subscribers and switching to a free service only means there will be fewer jobs in sales, marketing and support.
AOL is pretty much a dying brand. They were hot in the 90s as everyone first got online. But now everyone is online and they don't need to use AOL with Google, Yahoo, YouTube and MySpace. Even Netscape which they acquired is a sunken ship. This move to a free service isn't going to help since they will lose billions in subscriber revenue.
Isn't this where John Connor ended up in the movie after the robots nuked the entire world?
And if you want the black one, you'd have to shell out 1500.
These self-service lanes are just another way to reduce human contact. Since many people go online now and bank from ATMs, why bother talking to some human cashier?
If the managers go first, then they would likely lay off at least 5,000 more.