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Sources to Dow Jones: Apple plans to launch touchscreen netbook

Sources to Dow Jones: Apple plans to launch touchscreen netbookWho says it will be 500 dollars?The last thing Apple would want is that someone purchase a Windows netbook as there is no Apple alternative for them to consider.At least an 800 dollar netbook would give the consumer the size they...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Apple Inc., netbook, Dow Jones & Company Inc., touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Sources to Dow Jones: Apple plans to launch touchscreen netbook

I'm as tired as anyone about these Apple netbook rumors, but the story's starting to gain some traction after it was revealed yesterday that Taiwan-based Quanta and Wintek would be manufacturing the machines for the Cupertino-based vendor. Today, two unidentified sources told Dow Jones Newswires that Apple...

Tags: Touch Screen, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Dow Jones: Sales Triggers 1.0.0 (Mobile)

Dow Jones: Sales Triggers gives you a business edge from wherever you are. Right from your iPhone or iPod Touch, discover opportunities to call into customers or prospects, uncover high-quality leads and track competitive threats based on news events found in the most credible sources in the world as well...

Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., Mobile, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-05

Intel Tops Dow Jones Sustainabilty Index (again)

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI results for 2008 are out, and although I’m not a huge fan of corporate sustainability beauty pageants, this one is probably the most credible measure of performance yet. That said, the DJSI is a far from perfect measure of corporate sustainability performance and contribution towards...

Tags: Sustainability, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Intel Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-09-22

VC funding in Chinese IT companies falls

Venture capital funding in Chinese information technology companies was $992 million in 2007, down 9 percent from 2006, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource. The slowdown in venture funding for technology companies is striking given that funding in China hit its highest level in six years...

Tags: Technology Company, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Information Technology, Information Technology Company, Internet, Strategy, Venture Capital, Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Did Jobs diss HD camcorder makers?

According to a Dow Jones report released on Tuesday, Aug. 13, Apple CEO Steve Jobs jabbed the manufacturers of HD camcorders at last week's introduction of the new iMacs in Cupertino. Except, I was there that day and heard a different story â€" or none at all.Here's how the...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Camcorder, Resolution, Video, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angstData silosWell, the data is all one logical database and you need to put the mechanisms in place so that this is actually the case from a user and programmer perspective no matter how many physical databases are sitting underneath it. This...

Tags: silo, Friday Rant, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Facebook

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst

A few points to ponder ahead of the weekend...Why is my information always in the other database?When folks call customer service, some see incompetence. Others see red. I see data silos.This week I've called Verizon and Comcast about billing errors and been transferred repeatedly and also realized Yahoo thinks I...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General, Facebook

Blog posts 2007-08-03

News Corp. to buy Dow Jones for $5.6 billion

News Corp. to buy Dow Jones for $5.6 billionThe Bill Gates of media? NTnt

Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., News Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

Done deal: News Corp. lands Dow Jones, Negroponte on WSJ edit board

News Corp. has won Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch got his big catch--The Wall Street Journal.The companies announced that 37 percent of the Bancroft family voted for the deal. Combined with other shareholders--who would possibly turn down $60 a share?--the deal is done. There was little new information in the...

Tags: Web Technology, General

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and Rupe

Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and RupeOh, come *on*...I appreciate a good rant as much as the next guy, but on two of these points I think you're really off-base.First, there's the TechCrunch story. Yes, it's a pocket-cash deal, but what was the alternative? I...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Blogging, Rupe, Friday Rant, Dow Jones & Company Inc., acquisition

Discussion threads 2007-07-24

Friday rants: $25,000 acquisitions; 100 days too long; Dow Jones and Rupe

A few rants ahead of the weekend...Is $25,000 material to anything?One rule of thumb in the news business is that you usually don't have to waste your time reporting a merger or acquisition where the deal value is roughly $50 million or less. Depending on the editor each newsroom had...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Rupe zeroes in on Dow Jones

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reached an agreement to buy Dow Jones for $5 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.That price tag is the same as Murdoch's original offer and the Dow Jones board will meet tonight to approve the deal. What remains to be seen is whether the...

Tags: Web Technology, General

Blog posts 2007-07-17

News to know: Salesforce.com; iPhone/Safari dialer; Rupe lands Dow Jones

Notable headlines:Dan Farber: Salesforce.com transitions to platform as a service. Salesforce swings into its Summer '07 release.Ryan Naraine: Beware the iPhone/Safari dialer.Will Vista cause a switch to Macs, Linux? Larry Dignan: CIO switches his company from Windows to Macs. Computerworld: Mac Attack! An enterprise PC shop switches to Apple.Garett...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Rupe ready to close Dow Jones deal?

The Business, citing "sources acting for the Dow Jones board, is reporting that News Corp and Rupert Murdoch have sealed the purchase of Dow Jones.Here's what The Business is reporting:Negotiations have been completed and the board is confident the terms of the deal will be accepted by the Bancroft family,...

Tags: General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Analysts predict minimal iPhone impact on BlackBerry sales, stock

An article running this morning on the Dow Jones Newswires quotes analysts and presents information that the release of the iPhone may have minimal impact on BlackBerry sales.John Lynch of Needham & Co. tells Dow Jones that while the Palm Treo is popular with the iPhone's target market of...

Tags: Corporate Stuff

Blog posts 2007-06-26

Murdoch coveting Dow Jones...and Facebook?

Murdoch coveting Dow Jones...and Facebook?yesnice

Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., Facebook

Discussion threads 2007-05-13

Murdoch coveting Dow Jones...and Facebook?

The New York Times Richard Siklos wrote a profile of Rupert Murdoch that including some interesting details from a News Corp. executive offsite. He reported that the 76-year-old media mogul spent some quality time with 23-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the Monterey, CA offsite, which was set up for...

Tags: Facebook, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc.

Blog posts 2007-05-12

Rupert Murdoch's excellent adventure

Is Rupert Murdoch shrewd or what? Perhaps that MySpace acquisition wasnt a fluke. Murdochs News Corp. made an unsolicited bid for Dow Jones and wants to pay a whopping $60 a share. Dow Jones closed at $36.33 on Monday. In a statement, Dow Jones said its evaluating the offer.To understand...

Tags: General, Media Juggernaut, MySpace, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-01

IAC, Dow Jones team for personal finance online community

Barry Diller, CEO, IAC/Interactive, is fond of saying flagship search engine Ask.com is the “glue” for IAC’s integrated conglomerate of Internet properties, even though Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone prefers to see himself as a head “chef.”(SEE Jim Lanzone’s vision for Ask.com: Exclusive Interview)Be it by “glue” or a “mixing of...

Tags: team, Ask.com, finance, personal finance, IAC, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Barry Diller

Blog posts 2007-03-11