BlackBerry’s demise puts mobile innovation in question

When it comes to chatter about BlackBerry's fantastic tumble there's plenty being said about who did what wrong and at what point and why. But this week's Searchlight looks at the whole sad story from a different angle: that it was inevitable and ultimately doesn't matter because mobile innovation...
Progressing toward an ‘appification’ nation

There are so many product announcements -- big and small -- pretty much every hour of the day. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but my inbox would beg to differ. That said, it's easy for innovative items to pass by virtually unnoticed. This week's lead Searchlight item focuses on one such...
Introducing the Yammer culture to a Microsoft world

Last year, Microsoft Corp. purchased Yammer for $1.2 billion, and, as analysts have argued, the acquisition was about more than social collaboration...
Apple iOs 7 gives a little love to the enterprise

Sooo, who wants a gold iPhone?!* If Apple's annual Cupertino hype-o-rama failed to excite you with it's new colors and cheaper prices for iPhones, that may be because you came in a little late. If you blinked, or failed to hit "refresh" on your browser, you might have missed the official...
Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition has potential to shake up mobile market

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad mobile world. For the most part that world is being lorded over by Android (Google) and Apple. And while some have pooh-poohed Microsoft's Nokia acquisition as a weak, last-ditch effort at relevancy -- let alone superiority -- in the mobile market such quick dismissal may...
Zipcar puts a face on hybrid IT

IT+Product +Marketing. That's the formula behind car-sharing pioneer Zipcar's mission to deliver personalized service to its more than 800,000 members, said Brian Harrington, chief marketing officer (CMO).