Word: consumerization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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"Right now, I don't think the Fed will raise again," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "But the markets can always find a reason for uncertainty." Indeed, as more and more readings indicate that Cap'n Greenspan's economy is touching down softly and inflation-free, the narrower...
Grove soon realized that in the computer revolution, consumer discontent could kill a product. Reversing his previous strategy, Grove declared he would replace computers containing Pentium chips. The move cost Intel nearly $475 million, but the company rebounded from the temporary crisis with major publicity--and celebrity for its CEO...
There's more good news. FCC officials and telecom execs alike predict that Wednesday's overhaul will push the land-line phone business further down the road toward flat-fee pricing, with either unlimited usage (rather like an Internet service) or a bundle of minutes (like wireless plans). Will that...
TIME DIGITAL MAGAZINE, which began as a periodic supplement for TIME subscribers to help guide them through the panoply of developing technologies, is in its second month as a freestanding magazine. "The need for a regular monthly guide became apparent in the past year," says TIME DIGITAL staff writer Maryanne...
When that happens, Japanese consumer-electronics giants like Sony and Panasonic are likely to stage their own assaults on the market and chip away at Nokia's lead, warns Iain Gillott of IDC. But Ollila is undaunted. "In 1991," he recalls, "people were telling me, 'Now that you've been...