Author: Johnny Canuck
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How Scarcity and Urgency Influence Buying Behavior
In today’s fast-paced, competitive market, brands are constantly looking for ways to stand out and motivate consumers to make purchases with services from themarketingheaven.com. Two of the most powerful psychological drivers that marketers use are scarcity and urgency. These principles tap into fundamental human behaviors and biases, influencing consumers to act quickly and avoid missing…
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The State Of The BlackBerry
I will make no excuses for our past criticism and scrutiny of the Waterloo based Research In Motion. Over the past year they have seen their share price drop $50, from $75+ to a mere $13 recently (two-thirds of the total value). RIM missed crucial deadlines with the PlayBook and then under delivered on…
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RIM Isn’t Going Anywhere… Literally!
“Our checks indicate that current demand is poor: BlackBerry 7 devices are now close to six months old, and our checks suggest that the initial enthusiasm post launch has tailed off,” the analyst wrote. “We model 11 million unit volumes in FYQ4, at the low end of the guidance range. Management’s aggressive marketing campaign, targeted…
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Galaxy Nexus Owner Smokes a Windows Phone Still Gets the Shaft
It’s the sorry and admittedly one-sided tale of Galaxy Nexus-owner Sahas Katta, who claims he beat a “Get Smoked” Windows Phone challenge at a Microsoft store yesterday, but was denied his prize. A Microsoft insider has since tweeted that he’ll “make it right” for Sahas, but will it be the kind of right that includes…
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DadCast Episode 45 • What to Wear in the Spring: 25 Must-Have Men’s Spring Essentials
This post may contain affiliate links. (What’s this?) When it comes to mens spring fashion, guys face a few challenges. For one thing, spring weather doesn’t dictate our wardrobes nearly as much as winter weather does. (When there’s four inches of snow on the ground, you have to wear boots.) This means that in the spring we actually…
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Apple iPhone: Top of Pops for Canucks
Apple surpassed RIM as the top mobile phone manufacturer in Canada said Bloomberg on Thursday. Data from IDC and Bloomberg suggests Apple shipped 2.85 million handsets in 2011, while RIM shipped 2.08 million. This is down from 2008 when RIM out shipped Apple almost five to one. We all saw this coming months ago, but…
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SPONSORED: Stormtroopa Tee From Splitreason
T-Shirt of the week: Stormtroopa @ SplitReason.com We’d like to thank our DadCast and site sponsors SplitReason once again for their continued support. Check out this page or their site by clicking above for more awesome Tees, hats, caps and mugs.
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DadCast Episode 44 • The Kid and the Pirates of Id
Nearly Live From the Wendyhouse studios of Valois Bay… This week the Dads managed to lure Steph out of the dungeons just long enough record a show before he heads off on his whirlwind tour of the Carribean searching for Blackbeards treasure which just happens be to Bluetooth’s headset. The also take some time to…
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Mobility Stuff We Read This Week
Here are the top mobility articles we found this week. Apple’s March 7th event roundup: the new iPad, Apple TV refresh and everything else — Engadget Apple iOS 5.1 hands-on video iOS 5.1 gets tethered jailbreak for non-A5 iPads, iPhones and iPods This is for older devices that don’t take advantage of the moving boot…
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BlackBerry PlayBook & Keyboard: RIM’s $300 Netbook
So what RIM has done is either created a $300 Netbook with no software or a $300 Citrix client machine that only works on WiFi or when tethered to you BlackBerry via Bluetooth. Sounds like a real winner right? Via MobileSyrup.com. Source The Source