Apple’s New Subscription Plan Not So Great for Publishers

There’s nothing newspaper and magazine publishers crave more right now than a straightforward way to sell subscriptions via Apple’s App Store. But Apple’s plan to let them do just that may not do much to help the beleaguered in…

Oprah and Wal-Mart Bring Smartphones to Main Street

How can you tell that smartphones aren’t just for tech geeks and corporate types tethered to their email anymore? When Oprah Winfrey gives Motorola Defys to her whole studio audience, and Wal-Mart says it’s launching its own mo…