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EXPERT ADVICE
No Rest for the E-tailer
E-Commerce Times 01/28/12
Your online store did record sales this past holiday and you are a happy person at the start of the year. After a few days of rejoicing, it is time to get back to the grind and look at how you can move forward and take your online store to even greater heights. There are a few fallouts of the holiday season that you will need to manage, and then there are some initiatives that you should plan at this time of relative slack. A large amount of valuable data sits on your system. Take this time when there is less buzz in the market to plan for the coming quarter and year. [More...]

WEEKLY RECAP
Apple Does the Money Dance
TechNewsWorld 01/28/12
pple's first fiscal quarter is usually a big one. The way its financial calendar works out, what it considers Q1 ends on Dec. 31, meaning it covers the entire holiday period, as well as maybe a little back-to-school action. But the numbers Apple posted about its most recent Q1 were in an entirely different class than the usual money bender it wakes up from this time of year. One of the biggest drivers for Apple's money train was the iPhone. It sold 37 million units over the last three months of 2011 -- easily a record. [More...]

ANDROID APP REVIEW
Vignette Lets Android Photogs Get Their Art On
LinuxInsider 01/27/12
Vignette differentiates itself from other Android-based camera apps by adding cross-process, tilt-shift, double exposure and other sophisticated effects like infrared, as opposed to the general toy camera and retro effects commonly found. The paid version of Vignette adds full resolution to the mix. I had been using the free version for some months and loved the app, but was disappointed with the resolution delivered, when I discovered that you had to buy the full version to utilize the full resolution of your phone. The full version has exceeded my expectations. [More...]

PRODUCT PROFILE
New App Boosts Epicor's Tablet Chops in Retail Setting
CRM Buyer 01/27/12
At the National Retail Federation's annual convention,Retail's BIG Show 2012, Epicor debuted its latest mobile offering: the Epicor Retail Clienteling application. It is an add-on for Epicor's existing CRM app, said Dave Burton, product director of CRM services -- meaning a retailer has to be an Epicor customer to use it. However, the app comes with a few additional features designed for the tablet form factor. "The current version we have introduced is optimized specifically for the iPad, but this can run on any tablet," Burton said. [More...]

Apple's Cook Steamed Over Labor Practices Report
MacNewsWorld 01/27/12
Since the middle of this week, the buzz about Apple hasn't been so much its record earnings as disclosures of the working conditions its overseas workers endure, as detailed in a recent report, which touched on worker deaths, inhumane working conditions, disregard for workers' health, the use of underage workers, suggestions that Cupertino cares only about cutting costs and maintaining product quality, and allegations of infighting among senior management at Apple over these issues. [More...]

 

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