Doug Olenick

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C’mon Steve… Dance One More Time

Bill Gates may be an uber geek, but he knew how to have fun at CES and this is something Steve Ballmer should try and emulate. Today I sat through what has to be my 67 th day before CES keynote and let me tell you the shine is off the apple. Pun intended. Prior to Bill hanging up his skates and heading back to his mansion to give away his fortune in order to cure all diseases known to... More

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TWICE Poll: No Election Impact On Holiday Sales

The people have spoken. Much like many of the political races that will run their course today, TWICE’s latest poll asking if the election will impact sales going forward was a close run thing. In this case, those saying “No” won by less than 1 point (and, yes, we know that, due to rounding, our polls never add up to 100 percent). For those keeping score at home the... More

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Apple To Buy Sony? Or Disney? Or Adobe?

The rumors are flying this morning that Apple is looking to buy Sony, or Adobe or Disney. Well, at least the pundits on the web don’t think small! Now I’ve been wrong in the past on many different topics so I could be off base again, but I really can’t think of a strong reason why Apple would bother buying any of these companies. The basis for the rumor is that Apple... More

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Future Bright For e-Readership

Digital book readership is at about 4 percent of the book-reading population, according to a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey issued on Sept. 15. The survey found about 35 percent of respondents said they had read a book the previous day, and 4 percent had read either a digital book or on an e-reader. This factoid is a small part of a very large and interesting... More

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TWICE Reader Poll Results

TWICE readers were quite pessimistic when it comes to the future of independent A/V dealers. By an almost 3-to-1 margin readers said A/V dealers will not turn around their fortune. Interestingly, the negative answers grabbed a quick and dominant lead the first day the poll was issued, but the more positive people came on board late to close that gap, at least slightly. However, the race... More