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POPSiPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre BillShrink.com CEO Peter Pham explains why someone would choose the iPhone over the Palm, and vice versa. His company helps users decide on the best phone to meet their needs across all networks
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POPSFinally, Some Late-Night Stability As NBC tests the waters with another (risky) hour of late-night fare (in prime-time) CBS is wise to hold on to its stable alternative. After a decade-plus at no. 2, the tiffany network's veteran host has a real shot at poaching former Leno viewers and winning the ratings war.
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POPSThe Sad State Of Online Comments "Sweetie," "dear," and "zionist stooge liar." Virginia Heffernan, writing about foreign affairs columnist Ann Applebaum, sums up the quality of discourse going on in the reader comment sections of most news sites.
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POPSAre credit card rates out of control? As President Obama makes controlling credit card rates a priority, banks are pushing back saying they have to raise rates to accommodate for the rising costs of doing business in a challenging economic environment.
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POPS"Prime" Ain't What It Used To Be Those nice prime borrowers are getting hit hard. Delinquencies were up 50% last month, and yet the after-shock of the U.S.'s rising unemployment rate has yet to really kick in...
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POPSObama to Lunch with Credit Card Execs Credit card debt is a huge burden to the average American. Since rates can jump at anytime to any level, cash-strapped consumers are at the mercy of cc companies. Here's an idea: why not refinance credit card debt instead of mortgages? That's the real interest rate crunch and principle writedowns wouldn't be necessary since it's the interest accruing and not the amount owed that's the trouble.
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POPSDelta Bags More Fees Delta Airlines will slap a $50 fee on all passengers checking a second bag on international flights, pressuring competitors to do the same. Delta also reports a $794 million quarterly loss, but says the worst may be behind it.
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POPSLSE Loses Top Exec Jerusalami's promotion suggests LSE is gearing up to go head to head with NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX's expansion into derivatives..
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POPSPalm Pre Launch Nears With First Print Ad As Gearlog notes, when a carrier pays hundreds of thousands to run a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, it means a phone is launching soon--within weeks. Sprint has done just that for the much-anticipated Palm Pre--pictured above, along with Twitter's Bluebird mascot.
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POPSOutsiders Serve Up iPhone Nanos Outsiders meaning firms with absolutely no connection to Apple. Ubergizmo spotted this clamshell, iPod-like design (above) from China's HiPhone. Other knockoffs (like the second example, from Thailand) are just scaled-down versions of the original iPhone. Apple will likely update the iPhone line in June.
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POPSMObama Is More Than A Fashion Plate In her blog post today, fashion critic Cathy Horyn makes an excellent point about the world's obsession with Michelle Obama's style. Horyn hits the nail on the head with this one.
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POPSOutsourcing Venture Capital decision-making Interesting twist on crowd sourcing decisions. Not quite crowd sourcing but getting a dozen unique entrepreneurial minds to decide what new businesses to invest in. Is this the future of Venture Capital? We'll all be watching how well these companies pan out in the coming years to see if this is a viable model.
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POPSSolar Power From Space! Cool idea: collect solar energy via satellite, convert it into radio signals, beam it down to Earth, and convert it into electricity. As commenters note, it's an idea that's been kicked around since the 1960's. But a new agreement between PG&E and Solaren Corp. means it's likely to actually happen.
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