In February 2008, Apple (AAPL) released a long-awaited update to its much-maligned Apple TV. It introduced HD rentals, expanded storage, and offered AirTunes support. And now, a short 20 months later

With as many terrible typos and grammatical errors found on most menus, one would assume that they’re an afterthought for restaurants. But menus are the first thing people look at when trying t

In recent times, I've lost a lot of enthusiasm for Panera Bread (PNRA). The stale menu, deteriorating ingredient quality, and presentation skills killed my loyalty as a customer. The lack of focus on

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One might think that entrepreneur Scott Shickler has been cloned: He owns a full-scale restaurant in Roswell, Georgia, a software company, and is spinning off a gourmet dessert company (not to mentio

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