Technology

Geeks May Save Wal-Mart

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Geeks may just save Wal-Mart. Gods, I don't believe I'm saying this.

I'll get it out of the way, I'm not exactly a fan of Wal-Mart. It's a combination of business factors, quality, effects on community and so on. You know, the usual.  I'm not exactly going to diss success, but I think Wal-Mart's been on a kind of a race to the bottom.

In fact, it looks like that bottom is being reached pretty fast, as this article notes:  Wal-Mart shoppers are running out of money:  http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/27/news/companies/walmart_ceo_consumers_under_pressure/index.htm

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Some Speculations on Tablets

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So the Xoom's had some bad reviews (which I admittedly don't think are fair, but still).  RIM's playbook is getting trashed – though it's having some surprisingly good sales (which I chalk up to loyalty).  The Android-and-other Tablet market doesn't appear to be doing too hot at the moment.

So this has me thinking.  OK, linoleum makes me think (name the reference), but in this case I'm thinking about Tablets.

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Video Companies: What Keeps You On Top – Or Off The Bottom?

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We've been discussing the video wars here (part of the Everything Wars) for quite some time–indeed it seems we started pretty much around the blogs founding. Now, years later, though Netflix still dominates all there are quite a few services – Hulu, Vudu, Amazon.com, possibly even Facebook, and so on.  It seems a lot of people want a piece of the video market, even if they're not quite sure why, how, or what they want.

Now, as noted, Netflix still dominates, and if I may say, rightly so – they've been at this for years and did a good job.  But nothing is forever and there's a lot of competition, lots of current and future legal battles, and always the chance for people to do stupid or smart things.

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