Motorola wants 2.25% of Apple's sales in return for license to standard-essential wireless patents
In my previous post (on Motorola's lawsuits against the German Apple Stores), I said that a statement by Apple's counsel at yesterday's Mannheim trial made me aware of a discovery request …
It's Not Whether Google's Threatened. It's Asking Ourselves: What Commons Do We Wish For?
If Facebook's IPO filing does anything besides mint a lot of millionaires, it will be to shine a rather unsettling light on a fact most of us would rather not acknowledge: The web as we know it is rat...
Zuckerberg's Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook
Few billionaires are willing to reveal much about their taxes. — But the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has indirectly done so in the documents for his company's public stock offering later thi...
Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it
Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps. This week, Yahoo added a new “Apps” tab to its search p...
How Does Facebook Make Money?
Facebook's IPO filing this week confirmed what we already knew: Facebook makes the vast majority of its money by selling ads on its site. — But now we know just how much of its revenue comes from ad...
Las Vegas: Startup City
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh is spending $350 million of his own to make Sin City a startup hub — The history of Las Vegas is full of determined men with outsize egos and grand plans. There was Bugsy ...
Yelp Reports Wider Loss for 2011 After Marketing, Development Costs Climb
Yelp Inc. (YELP), the user-generated review site that's planning an initial public offering, reported a wider loss in 2011 after increasing spending to attract reviewers and make the service easier to...
Microsoft testing Skype Windows Phone client, expected at MWC
Microsoft's Skype division is currently testing an initial Windows Phone client, expected to debut very soon. That's the word from several sources who have confirmed that Microsoft employees are able...
Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10.7.3 Delta Update
After a couple of issues with some software updates, Apple has made some quiet revisions to address the problems. — The first was a Snow Leopard security update which inadvertently caused problems w...
Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death
(Reuters) - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology's board appointed company veteran Mark Durcan as chief executive a day after longtime Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash. — Ho...