http://www.dmnews.com/consumer-electronics/topic/261/ Articles tagged with Consumer Electronics from DMNews To promote its new model of laptops, Toshiba went hyperlocal to two American towns: Normal, IL, and Boring, OR. In the "Normal vs. Boring" campaign, the computer maker took its first dive into user-generated content. http://www.dmnews.com/toshiba-takes-on-town-names-in-ugc-push/article/146516/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Systemax Inc. is exiting the ProfitCenter Software (PCS) hosted software business and a majority of the PCS workforce will be leaving the company. The company pointed to the current economy for its difficulties selling PCS to potential customers. The PCS product is a Java, Web-based order management and e-commerce system. http://www.dmnews.com/systemax-exits-hosted-e-commerce-software-business/article/137921/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:54:38 GMT On May 26, Nokia launched its Ovi Store, an online software and content repository, to an estimated 50 million Nokia device owners worldwide. http://www.dmnews.com/does-your-digital-strategy-need-an-app/article/137717/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:30:00 GMT The Circuit City Web site, CircuitCity.com, has been relaunched by Systemax Inc., which recently acquired the brand's e-commerce business. On May 19, Systemax closed on its agreement to acquire certain trademarks, trade names, domains, customer lists and information as well as other intangible assets of Circuit City's e-commerce business. The purchase price was $14 million in cash plus a share of any future revenue generated utilizing those assets over a 30-month period. http://www.dmnews.com/circuit-city-web-site-relaunches/article/137437/ Tue, 26 May 2009 14:21:34 GMT I'm not sure what the digital magazines of the future will look like, but they may look something like the digital flip-book magazines of today. A really good digital magazine reader could provide a very enjoyable experience, with all the qualities of a conventional printed magazine, plus searchability, links to additional content and advertiser's Web sites and embedded video clips. It could be like a magazine on steroids, and you won't be chained to a computer to read it. Once the readers get good enough, things will start to move fast in the direction of magazine content delivered digitally. http://www.dmnews.com/the-digital-magazine-future/article/137254/ Thu, 21 May 2009 16:53:08 GMT Founded in 1990 as Citron Haligman Bedecarre, an Internet consulting firm, AKQA became the global digital firm that it is today in 2001, after CHB acquired three other companies - AKQA, an independent Internet development company; Magnet, a Washington D.C.-based developer and e-commerce specialist; and AdInc, a Singaporean new media agency. Click headline above to view AKQA's full profile, complete with capabilities and company history. http://www.dmnews.com/akqa/article/136575/ Mon, 18 May 2009 01:09:00 GMT Systemax Inc. won Circuit City's e-commerce business at an auction held this week, subject to court approval. Last month, multichannel electronics merchant Systemax entered a stalking horse agreement valued at $6.5 million with Circuit City, which began liquidating assets in January after filing for bankruptcy protection in November. http://www.dmnews.com/systemax-wins-circuit-citys-online-business-at-auction/article/136705/ Wed, 13 May 2009 11:45:19 GMT Experts say word of mouth works well for notebook computers, as consumers seek out peer feedback to inform this complex purchase http://www.dmnews.com/laptops-benefit-from-word-of-mouth-buzz/article/130731/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:45:00 GMT Hewlett-Packard (HP) has tapped Publicis Groupe to handle its above-the-line communications for its Geneva-based personal systems group (PSG) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The PSG account was previously handled by McCann Erickson. BBDO, Y&R and McCann also were vying for the account. http://www.dmnews.com/publicis-groupe-snags-hps-pc-account-overseas/article/130730/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:42:00 GMT T-Mobile is planning to launch a number of communications devices utilizing Google's Android operating system, an open source software for mobile devices. http://www.dmnews.com/report-t-mobile-developing-more-devices-featuring-googles-android/article/130200/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:02:59 GMT