Has Facebook Been Cooking the Ad Books? [Update]
If allegations of click fraud are accurate, Facebook could be in for a round of negative PR that would make any that went before look like unadulterated praise.
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Why Facebook's Revenue Growth Won't Justify a $70B Valuation
Facebook revenue is growing twice as fast as its customer base. But that's still not going to be enough to justify its massive valuation.
It's Not Just Yahoo: 5 Terrible Boards in Need of Fixing
Time to stop always blaming the CEO. When a board of directors rots, there's no way to get rid of the smell. Here are five of the worst.
Yahoo's for Sale -- but Why Would Anyone Buy It? [Update]
Yahoo's board is ready to sell the company - again. But given what they've done with it, finding a buyer is going to be tough.
Volatility in Management, not Markets, Gets Groupon to Hold Its IPO
Groupon supposedly will postpone its IPO because of market volatility. But CEO Andrew Mason's memo excoriating critics of the company seems a more likely reason.
Microsoft and Sony Were Right: Game Consoles Are the Future of Entertainment
If you're watching video from Netflix at home, chances are greatest that it's on a game console. Welcome to the future of entertainment.
TechCrunch Drama Fest Is an AOL Management Meltdown
Stop looking at the details of the public train wreck in AOL pulling Michael Arrington away from TechCrunch and you see a much bigger problem unfolding.
Amazon and Baidu to Google: Fork You
Amazon and Baidu are creating their own versions of Android. There's probably nothing that Google can do about it, and that's bad for the company.
Groupon Might Be Fine, If Only Its Customers Weren't Burning Out
Over time, Groupon's customers buy less and less. That's going to make sustaining sales without expensive acquisition efforts difficult to say the least.
Bad Corporate Management Is Killing the Economy
Companies are spiting themselves in the long run, by cutting rather than grow revenue and borrowing money so they can horde cash that they don't invest.
Schmidt's Moto-Mouth Puts Google in a Tricky Position
Chairman Eric Schmidt makes a remark about Motorola and sets Google's relations with hardware vendors back years.
Conflict Zone: AOL Sets Up TechCrunch's Arrington as a VC, but Still Lets Him Write
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington starts his own VC firm. He'd be leaving AOL, except the company is following him as an investor -- and still having him write.
Google Gets an Antitrust Win -- and That's No Surprise
An antitrust suit, which appears backed by Microsoft, was just tossed by an Ohio court.
Twitter and Facebook Must Really Be Hungry for Revenue
Twitter and Facebook put ads in users' news streams. It's not just them, it's the revenue pressure in high-valuation social network start-ups.
AT&T Wants Ma Bell Back, but It's Not Happening... and That's a Good Thing
AT&T will have a hard time buying T-Mobile with the opposition of both the Department of Justice and the FCC. And that's just fine -- for the country and for business.
FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf, Israeli investigators believe
CBS News poll finds Democrats maintain House advantage amid concern about prices
Key Biden aide recalls "draconian measures" being considered against Israel
Hero passenger on FlyDubai flight: "We are going to survive"
Search ongoing after debris of plane that went missing off Nantucket found
Supreme Court gears up for new term with major cases on climate change, guns
U.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
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Senior Trump administration officials met to discuss Iran war at Camp David
