“Yes, Keep Moving”: Marissa Mayer's First Memo to Yahoos (Natch!)
While I might abandon my internal memo-quest at Yahoo at some point soon, I wanted to make sure to post the very first one from newly installed — and extraordinarily well-paid — CEO Marissa Mayer.
Sparrow and Google
We're excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google! We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing expe...
Viacom Is Said To Get Over $600 Million A Year From DirecTV
Viacom Inc. (VIAB) will get more than $600 million a year from DirecTV (DTV) in programming fees under their new seven-year agreement, up at least 20 percent from the previous terms, a person with dir...
Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously
In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home. — Last month I convened an emergency mee...
Kayak shares pop 14% to $30.10 in first trade (and climbing), online travel firm valued at $1b+ in IPO
The stock of online travel site Kayak.com just commenced trading on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol KYAK. At its public debut, the share price promptly soared more than 14 percent to $30.10 …
Making money with your apps through the Windows Store
keeping with the preview nature of the Windows 8 releases to date. At Windows 8 RTM (Release To Manufacturing), all developers signing …
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As betaworks and Digg both announced on their blogs, we are taking over Digg and turning it back into a startup. What they didn't mention is that we're rebuilding it from scratch. In six weeks. — ...
Where's Azure, and 4 other takeaways from Microsoft's earnings
For all of Microsoft's huge investment in the Azure cloud computing platform, there was scarcely mention of the multi-billion-effort on Thursday's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 earnings call. H...
Video: Nexus 7 touchscreen defect
As Nexus 7 pre-orders start filtering out into the world, users are finally getting acquainted with Google's 7-inch slate. There is a lot to like about the device; it's fast, solidly built, and has g...
Russian hacker strikes again with new ‘free in-app purchase’ exploit for Mac apps on OS X
Alexei Borodin, the same hacker who came up with the recent in-app purchase exploit that allowed free transactions for iOS users has struck again with a new method that allows users of Mac apps to do ...
Nexus 7 sees “incredible demand”, sells out at major retailers
Summary: The Nexus 7 has already sold out at retailers such as GameStop, Staples, and Costco. Here's how you can get one. — Ed Burnette — Follow @eburnette — Introduced 3 weeks ago at Google I/...
Lenovo CEO distributes $3 million personal bonus to production-line workers, other junior-level employees
After Lenovo posted extremely healthy financials back in May, it provided CEO Yang Yuanqing with a $3 million bonus for doing such a good job. There's nothing particularly notable …
Fred Wilson is wrong about “Free”
Fred Wilson is one the smartest, most genuine people in the tech business. He has a huge fan club that he has earned by being radically transparent and consistently engaging in public debate. I have...
Apple Yanks Privacy App From The App Store
Apple Pulls Bitdefender's ‘Clueful’ Privacy App From The App Store — Back in May of this year, Internet security firm Bitdefender launched an App and service designed to help iOS users get a grip on...
Tokyo, Seoul, and Paris get faster, cheaper broadband than US cities
Tokyo is one of the world's leading cities for high-speed Internet access. — Kondo Atsush — A new study from the New America Foundation suggests that the United States is lagging in the broadband ...
Kleiner Loses Pao Ruling And Opts For Another Year Of Everyone Talking About This Sex Scandal
As expected, Judge Harold Kahn has denied a motion by Kleiner Perkins to compel arbitration in a lawsuit filed by one of its partners, Ellen Pao, for gender discrimination and retaliation.
Test Firefox OS on a desktop computer with new B2G nightly builds
The Firefox OS home screen running in the B2G nightly on Mac OS X — Mozilla is creating a new kind of mobile operating system that is aligned with standards-based Web technologies. The platform, ca...
YouTube restores Obama videos, refuses to explain takedown policies
Four YouTube videos that had apparently been taken down earlier this week due to dubious copyright claims by the music publisher BMG Rights Management have once again become available to American audi...
Exclusive: Comcast Prepping 305 Mbps Tier - To Counter Verizon's New Quantum FiOS Offerings
Last month Verizon raised the bar for residential broadband (and high prices) when they announced their new Quantum FiOS tiers, which included a new top shelf 300 Mbps downstream, 65 Mbps upstream tie...
Apple says iOS 6 to fix in-app-purchase fraud, gives developers a temporary fix
Apple has responded to the recent App Store in-app-purchase bug and fraud with an email and temporary solution for registered iOS developers. This email includes a link to a new Apple developer web d...
Microsoft fixes ‘big boobs’ coding gaffe
Microsoft is gearing up for the release of Windows 8 that will run on desktops, tablets and phones — Microsoft has swiftly fixed an embarrassing gaffe which saw a chunk of code labelled “big boobs”....
Amazon Prime streaming library grows again with Warner Bros. TV shows
Say what you will about Amazon's complimentary Prime streaming video library, but at least its selection is consistently growing. — Amazon has forged a new licensing agreement with Warner Bros. to b...
Palo Alto Networks Up 31% Post-IPO
Network security firm Palo Alto Networks Inc.'s stock soared 31% in early trading Friday after the initial public offering priced above a boosted range. — The company's stock opened at $55.15 a shar...
Facebook acquires talent behind iOS and Mac developer Acrylic, makers of Wallet and RSS reader Pulp
The Mac development house Acrylic has announced that they have been acqui-hired by Facebook. Acrylic's Dustin Macdonald shared a statement on the company's blog.
Samsung Preparing To Reveal “Newest Galaxy Device” On August 15
Here's a little something to get the ol' rumor mill churning before the weekend — Samsung has just sent out a save-the-date email for a “major” product announcement on August 15. Samsung goes on to s...
Google is now rolling out Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, to Nexus S phones on various carriers
According to Google, it is now rolling out Jelly Bean (Android OS 4.1) to Nexus S phones on a few different carriers: … According to Android Police, the rollout started yesterday …
Edmodo scores another $25M, adds NEA to roster of top investors
It looks like social learning platform Edmodo is on an upward swing. In the past year the education startup has not only more than doubled its user base from 3 million to 8 million and expanded to 85...
Intelligent, Context-Aware Personal Assistant App “Friday” Makes Its Public Debut
How appropriate. That crazy Android personal assistant app called Friday is debuting today, on a Friday. Marketing genius! Friday comes from a startup called Dexetra, the same folks who previously ...
The State of Mobile Advertising, Q2 2012
Executive Summary In our first edition of the State of Mobile Advertising report, we take an in-depth look at the monetization of mobile advertising from four perspectives within the ad delivery value...
Nasdaq to Release Compensation Plan for Investors Hurt by Facebook IPO Mess
Nasdaq is looking to release next week the compensation plan for investors who lost out on the bungled IPO of Facebook, FOX Business has learned. — Sources say the deal being discussed will be all i...
Kim Dotcom Sings: Are You Going to Fix This Mr. President?
“The war for the Internet has begun. Hollywood is in control of politics. The Government is killing innovation. Don't let them get away with that.” — These are the opening words of Kim Dotcom's n...
Rocket Internet's New Site Reveals A Huge Global Cloning Operation In Full Flow
Rocket Internet, the secretive incubator vehicle and some-time clone factory piloted by the billionaire Samwer Brothers out of Berlin, is all of a sudden becoming more open about its activities.
VCs pump $2.1 billion into early-stage startups, biggest haul in more than a decade
Venture capitalists are pumping more money into early-stage companies. And that, say some industry watchers, is very much a good thing. According to the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers ...
California Starts Up a Privacy Enforcement Unit
Watch out, Silicon Valley, there's a new startup in town and its gunning for you. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Thursday she's created a unit intended to actually enforce federa...