Mark Zuckerberg's Most Valuable Friend
EVERY Monday a bit before 10 a.m., Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, dashes off a quick e-mail to her boss, Mark Zuckerberg. “We have a routine,” Ms. Sandberg says. “I e-mail, ‘Co...
Oh Thank God Oracle Has a New Rivalry
I used to cover enterprise software for BusinessWeek. You're probably not impressed by that, and you shouldn't be. That beat is a combination of a punishment and proving ground because despite being...
How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today
Remember three years ago, when Microsoft paid a quarter-billion dollars for 1.6% of Facebook and the exclusive right to run banner ads across Facebook.com? Tell the truth, how many of you thought tha...
More than 100 arrests, as FBI uncovers cyber crime ring
The investigation kicked off when the FBI noticed a pattern of suspicious bank transactions in Omaha — The FBI says it has cracked a major international cyber crime network after more than 90 suspec...
Adidas Gives Up On Apple's iAds Because Steve Jobs Is Too Much Of A Control Freak — Scuttlebutt
Scuttlebutt — Apple has lost another advertiser for its “iAd” mobile advertising business — this time Adidas, the athletic apparel giant — according to scuttlebutt we have heard from two mobile indus...
Microsoft's Secret Acquisition Spree
A weekly look at a story that is defining the news. — Several reports that circulated this week claimed that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) had made zero acquisitions in 2010, a stark contrast to Google's 2...
Shocking: Apple Approves BitTorrent App For App Store
Apple is known for the stringent guidelines it applies when deciding which software to allow into their App Store - BitTorrent is one of the things on their ban list. However, one developer who caref...
The Dream Is Collapsing: Another Massive Yahoo Re-Org Coming Next Tuesday
Yahoo is in shambles right now. You've likely already heard about the most recent SVP exits, which CEO Carol Bartz has tried to spin. Now we've heard another one is leaving as well — Jeff Kinder, th...
Psst. Sprint 4G is Lit up in San Francisco
You folks in Silicon Valley who are waiting for Sprint to light up the 4G network are going to like what I have to tell you. I've been in San Francisco for four days and have tested the 4G coverage a...
Why I Think (And Hope) @Qwiki Will Fail
“Today, consumers are absolutely overwhelmed with information.” — “Information is an experience that we can watch. Wow, that is an amazing idea!” — Quotes from Doug Imbruce, the CEO of Qwiki. Qu...
On AOL... Again
The question I probably get asked most often is: “what does ParisLemon stand for?” I usually just tell people it's not that interesting — because really, it's not. The fact of the matter is that it ...
Car Home for Android Gets Personal
Car Home for Android turns your Android phone into a better driving companion by providing you with quick access to key applications on the go: GPS navigation, voice-activated commands, contacts, and ...