James Keyes, former CEO of 7-Eleven, is the new Blockbuster chief executive. Under Keyes’ leadership from 2000 to 2005, 7-Eleven posted 36 straight quarters of same-store sales gains, and grew to 6,000 stores in the U.S. and 30,000 worldwide. Keyes succeed John Antioco, who activist investors forced out of the role.
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It was almost a given that there would be problems involved in the launch of the iPhone — a situation that combined fever-pitch demand, near-simultaneous account activations by tens of thousands of people, and the use of thousands of temporary staffers to help man the customer service phones.
Be a Rockstar to Your Marketing Department
These days,
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Hong Kong: Chinese Broadband Wireless
Hong Kong marked 10 years since the end of British rule yesterday with parades and protests that “vividly illustrated its role as China’s beacon of political diversity”.
Many in Hong Kong believe the next 10 years will be full of tough challenges for the 7 million people living in this global business center on China’s
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3.65GHz: Made for Independent ISPs
Tim Sanders has a think piece on the “lightly regulated” 3.650 GHz band. In a 30-page ruling (pdf), the FCC said that using restricted, contention-based protocols would “facilitate operation of the widest variety of broadband technologies with minimal risk of interference.”
The FCC recently blessed WiMAX gear in the bottom 25 MHz of the 50 MHz available in the 3.65 GHz range.
In almost all
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Nokia-Siemens: $900M Indian Contract
Nokia Siemens Networks won a $900 million contract from India’s largest mobile phone operator, Bharti Airtel, to help expand its communications network, both companies said Tuesday.
Under the two-year, 660 million euro contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will install 1.8 million ports and also set up an international calling card prepaid service that will help the Indian company add 4.5 million new customers.
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Amish iPhone Phenomena
How cool is the iPhone? Ask the fake Steve Jobs.
Amish people are quitting their religion and buying them. Yeah. Stunning. Next up, Mormons.
C/Net has an exclusive interview with “Steve”:
CNet: I’m curious as to your take on how the iPhone is being received by the public and the media so far.
FSJ: Well, I’m
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Google Onboard Grand Central
Google said yesterday that it had bought GrandCentral Communications, acquiring a service that lets people use a single number for all their phones, reports the NY Times.
Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
GrandCentral users can also create a single mailbox, accessible over the Internet, for all their phone messages.
Users register their phones and can set all or some of them to ring based on who is calling.
You Tube: Phone Home
South Korea’s LG Electronics said Tuesday it has signed an agrement with YouTube, the world’s biggest video-sharing website, to develop a mobile phone which can upload and play videos.
“LG Electronics will unveil the mobile handset that fully supports the YouTube service for the first time in Europe in the second half of this year,” the South Korean firm said in a statement. LG will enable users
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Road Trip 2.0
C/Net has a feature on High-tech road trips:
Today’s technology makes it easier than ever to bring friends and family the details of your travel adventures, so you can avoid that hour-long slide show when you return. See some of the latest sites and gadgets for staying connected while out and about.
And check back soon to follow CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman as he hits the open road for this year’s
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Frontline: Rumble in the Jungle
Broadband Reports notes that Frontline Wireless, one of several outfits eager to build a national wireless emergency broadband network with 700 MHz spectrum, has challenged Verizon to debate before the FCC (PDF).
According to Hundt:
The FCC needs to auction a tiny slice—just a sixth—of the last block of airwaves set for auction after
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