E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- July 12, 2013

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iPhone Deal May Leave Verizon on the Hook for $14B
Apple's E-Book Story Still Largely Unwrit
Stop Learning, Start Churning
BlackBerry's 15-Percent Solution
Microsoft Attempts Extreme Makeover

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Today's Story Highlights

iPhone Deal May Leave Verizon on the Hook for $14B
Verizon may owe Apple between $12 billion and $14 billion for not
selling as many iPhones as it promised to this year, according to two
analyst reports revealed Thursday. Verizon committed to buy $23.5
billion worth of iPhones this year, leading to a potential shortfall of
$12 billion to $14 billion, warned Craig Moffett of Moffett Research.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/78476.html

Apple's E-Book Story Still Largely Unwrit
A federal court's ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws when it
worked with the publishing industry to manipulate the price of e-books
probably won't benefit consumers much. "I don't think we're going to see
prices come down immediately as a result of this," said Yasha Heidari,
managing partner at the Heidari Power Law Group. "What I do think you
will see is some bona fide competition."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/78471.html

Stop Learning, Start Churning
Last year, I polled a group of respected CRM resellers to create a list
spotlighting "forgotten features" -- tools and settings in CRM that many
users overlook, even when they could bring great value to their
businesses. Perhaps the most interesting forgotten feature was internal
reporting. Most companies don't measure how often and how effectively
the software itself is being used.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/78470.html

BlackBerry's 15-Percent Solution
There is a simple answer to the BlackBerry problem: Rather than trying
to become a new company and address a new market and compete with new
competitors, it should focus on its bread and butter, the business and
government communities that still use its products. If it does this, I
believe its recovery will begin quickly. Alicia Keys may be a great
singer, but she's not right for BlackBerry.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/78469.html

Microsoft Attempts Extreme Makeover
Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization on Thursday, possibly
lurching from controlled chaos to total chaos. The company will now
focus on a single strategy, emphasize engineering, and increase
collaboration among departments, with some sort of political commisar --
the evangelism and business development team -- driving ecosystem
partners. Microsoft will now be organized by functions.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/78466.html

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