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The future of product management

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future, Insider, product management

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Lauren Maffeo was a contributing writer to TNW from 2012-2014. She oversees content strategy at Aha! – the world’s #1 product roadmap software. Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent a few weeks ago — but not for the reasons you may be thinking. The two giants behind this $16 billion deal are not citing “synergy from cost reduction” or similar phrases that often accompany large corporate mergers. In this case, improving the speed at which they innovate was cited as the catalyst. Neither brand is really known for innovation these days. That fact has been a major problem for both as they try…

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The future of product management

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Future, Insider, product management

productmanagement
Lauren Maffeo was a contributing writer to TNW from 2012-2014. She oversees content strategy at Aha! – the world’s #1 product roadmap software. Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent a few weeks ago — but not for the reasons you may be thinking. The two giants behind this $16 billion deal are not citing “synergy from cost reduction” or similar phrases that often accompany large corporate mergers. In this case, improving the speed at which they innovate was cited as the catalyst. Neither brand is really known for innovation these days. That fact has been a major problem for both as they try…

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Grooveshark returns from the dead, now sketchier than ever

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 4:24 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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In a bizarre turn of events, Grooveshark has come back from the dead after being closed down by the authorities last week. According to BGR, a small team assembled after the site’s demise to revive it. The group had been secretly backing up the site’s content for some time and believes it had over 90 percent of it before it was taken offline. The site is now available at a new URL (which we won’t link to), with much of the music that was found there previously. We have to wonder how long it’ll last considering the group is now operating well…

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An EU court thinks you can’t tell the difference between Skype and Sky

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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The General Court of the European Union court has ruled today that Skype’s name is too similar to Sky’s and could easily be confused. This means that Microsoft is now banned from registering a trademark for the Skype name and logo. According to a report on BBC, the judges noted that: Conceptually, the figurative element conveys no concept, except perhaps that of a cloud. [That] would further increase the likelihood of the element ‘Sky’ being recognised within the word element ‘Skype’, for clouds are to be found ‘in the sky’ and thus may readily be associated with the word ‘sky’.…

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An EU court thinks you can’t tell the difference between Skype and Sky

May05
by on May 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

SkyCollage
The General Court of the European Union court has ruled today that Skype’s name is too similar to Sky’s and could easily be confused. This means that Microsoft is now banned from registering a trademark for the Skype name and logo. According to a report on BBC, the judges noted that: Conceptually, the figurative element conveys no concept, except perhaps that of a cloud. [That] would further increase the likelihood of the element ‘Sky’ being recognised within the word element ‘Skype’, for clouds are to be found ‘in the sky’ and thus may readily be associated with the word ‘sky’.…

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