Yahoo: Not the Startup Killer TechCrunch's Arrington Thinks It Is
After Yahoo made a big offer for Foursquare bloggers called it a startup killer. But the facts don't bear this out.
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Apple Earnings: Hot Quarter, But iPhone May Not Sustain the Heat
Apple's iPhone may have buoyed quarterly revenue growth, but product sales are feeling pressure.
The New Yorker's Ken Auletta Needs a Calculator, not an E-Book Reader
In describing how dismal the book publishing business is, New Yorker author Ken Auletta oes off the deep end and severely under-estimates how much money companies make per sale.
Yahoo Falling Behind As Consumer Habits Change
Investors are down on Yahoo because the company's underlying attraction for consumers is dwindling, supplanted by Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
As Services Slow, IBM Rediscovers Hardware and Software
IBM earnings show a shift for the company -- and for the industry -- back to traditional product sales, with slightly less emphasis on service revenue.
OMG! iPhone Leak Shows Apple Makes Mistakes Too
Apple's desire to market its image like that of a celebrity led to Gizmodo paying a bounty to get an early version of the iPhone 4G.
Google Apps Turns the 80-20 Rule Into $100 Million a Year
Google Apps counts on people to be satisfied with 20 percent of what Microsoft Office offers, and currently makes $100 million a year on that strategy.
Bad Recipe: Why McDonald's Shouldn't Use Nintendo To Train Staff
It's a great headline, "McDonald's Uses Nintendo To Train Staff," but don't be fooled. The real story is more fad than future. Here's Gizmodo: ...McDonald's Japan [developed] a $2.2 million DS "game" called eSmart that is designed to "cut training time by half." How? Unclear. Perhaps there's a frial...
Why Bosses Should Worry When Employees Trade Pre-IPO Stock Options
A growing market pre-IPO stock threatens the hold companies have on key employees.
Google's Android Restrictions Are Not Evil, Just Business-As-Usual
Google has at least as much control over hardware vendors using its "open" Android operating system as Apple has over third party iPhone developers.
Why the Mainstream Media Loves Wikileaks' Hacker Journalism
A love affair has developed between the mainstream media and the hacker journalism of Wikileaks, which goes places the traditional press can't, or won't, to get a scoop.
Microsoft's Botched Kin Ad Was Shameless, not Clueless
Microsoft's mea culpa after people reacted badly to the sexual tone of its Kin phone advertising is an attempt to dodge responsibility, because its ad decision was knowing and calculated.
Apple iPads for Everyone (Except Israelis, Students and Doctors)
Steve Jobs' plan is to make the Apple iPad an every machine to everyone, but it's becoming clear that universities, hospitals and even whole countries won't embrce his magical device anytime soon. Several universities have already banned iPad use from campus. From the tech blog TFTS: The iPad has b...
Apple's New Technology Could Revolutionize Professional Printing
Apple patent application describes monitor technology that could change professional graphics, printing, and marketing through better color reproduction.
Goodbye Palm: webOS Security Flaw Dooms Acquisition Hopes
Security flaws in Palm's webOS are so bad, according to a consultancy, that they make it highly unlikely that another corporation will acquire the company.
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