Amazingly, some companies just don’t seem to get it. Many maintain that “customers come first”, but their actions indicated otherwise. Dutch electronics giant Philips is one of them. According to The Register, Philips is attempting to patent a technique that would prevent viewers from skipping through ads embedded within recorded programmes or even channel surfing… Read More: The advert enforcer »
The parallel is uncanny. Both organisation grew from humble beginnings to become highly successful machineries in their respective fields. NKF started off as a small charitable body to become Singapore’s most high profile charity organisation. PAP went from a united force with the communists to become the dominant party in the Singapore political landscape. As… Read More: NKF = PAP »
With product refresh cycles getting increasingly shorter, many users have resorted to selling their old iPods with music libraries intact. In fact, some sellers have even make a virtue of the fact, as shown in this screen capture from eBay. If you’re the type who changes MP3 players like you change mobile phones, remember to… Read More: If you are selling your iPod… »
What happens if you’re sitting by the window of an aircraft in the middle of a flight and you notice that one of the bolts on the wing is coming loose? Do you:(1) freak out?(2) keep your fingers crossed?(3) pretend nothing is wrong?(4) hijack the plane and force it to land?You are working in the… Read More: Mindboggling thoughts »
In the wake of the panic surrounding Windows’ WMF vulnerability, I wonder if companies should take a good look at their marketing messages (see screenshot).
The Sony DRM debacle, apparently, is not an isolated case. In 2004, the company launched an e-book reader called Librie in Japan that also failed to take off. The reason? While Librie won plaudits for design, its high price and draconian antipiracy technology (users could only “rent” books from Sony for 60 days before the… Read More: Copy protection gone awry »