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- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?
- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?DIRECTV postJason - Sounds like an incredibly frustrating experience. I am really surprised the DirecTV employee would suggest disconnecting your service. The "D-word" should never be initiated or used by the employee -- Call Center...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DirecTV, TiVo Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of Soduku
- Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of SodukuIt's called Sudoku.Amazing in how may ways you spell that word in your blog.... :-)Linguistically laymanComplicated? Sure it is! But, without trying to sound absurd, I always thought Sherman Morgan was the older, alter ego to Harry Potter in a...
- Tags: Harry Potter, Internet, Soduku
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here
- The digital television transition has begun. And it has little to do with Feb. 17, 2009. Yah, that's the date that all local TV broadcasters have to be sending out all their signals in digital form. And there are going to be a handful of clueless TV...
- Tags: Advertisement, Digital Television, Digital Television Transition, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-06-15
- News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech
- That venerable pillar of old, very established business, the Wall Street Journal has gone public with the bitter resentment of old business and fossil fuel for those upstarts who are trying to shift the business model. The editorial attacking VC Vinod Khosla is just one volley in what will...
- Tags: Biofuel, Wall Street Journal, Media, Business, Clean Technology, VC Vinod Khosla, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politicsTheres that loophole again........that doesn't exist. I dislike the idea of the ASP loophole. Its not a loophole. Its a change in principle thats causing the problem if you ask me. The idea of FOSS was software you could do whatever you want...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, software, F/OSS, Obama Party
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless
- News Corp. confirmed what had been reported for weeks: Fox Interactive revenue isn't going to hit its targets. The problem: Social networking is still very hard to monetize. Does inventory matter when you can't sell it? Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s operating chief, delivered his state of MySpace...
- Tags: Social Media, MySpace, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid for Yahoo and left numerous questions hanging. The biggest ones: What's plan B for Microsoft? Can Yahoo deliver? And who are the winners in the aftermath of the Yahoo saga. Here's your cheat sheet to the aftermath (Techmeme,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo
- Microsoft's Saturday "negotiate or else" deadline for Yahoo has passed with an eerie silence. Yahoo's board is reportedly meeting Sunday--you'd think the company would have met before the deadline, but I guess we're all prone to procrastination. Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell hinted on Thursday and in a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts
- Updated: The Microsoft-Yahoo saga appears to be heading toward closure, but there are multiple loose ends to tie up. Microsoft has set the pace with a three week deadline--quickly becoming two weeks--for Yahoo to join negotiations, but Jerry Yang and company are proving that they have more strategic alternatives in...
- Tags: Antitrust, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microhoo, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?
- Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?You're so funnyFor such a doomed company, their stocks are soaring higher than ever."only works when you can eat or harm other companies"Same for Google : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_acquisitionsFor such an un-innovative company, I guess you've never seen Live Image and Video...
- Tags: Branding, Financial accounting, strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Yahoo may go nuclear vs. Microsoft: Close to Google ad deal
- Yahoo may go nuclear vs. Microsoft: Close to Google ad dealanything is better than being assimilated by M$M$ brings only waste, death and slavery to what it aquires!Google must step in and save the day.Fire at willNext shot is MS taking it to the streets.. watch.RE: Yahoo may go nuclear...
- Tags: advertisement, Yahoo shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Legg Mason Inc., shareholder
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Fox Interactive reshuffles: Social media and making money tough
- Fox Interactive confirmed Friday that it has reshuffled its management and ad operations--a sign that problems monetizing Myspace persist. First, the generic headline from the statement that confirmed a lot of coverage. Fox Interactive named Adam Bain to be president of Fox Interactive Media Audience Network. Key...
- Tags: Revenue, Fox Interactive Media, Social Media, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., MySpace, FIM, PaidContent, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Green v. Long Green as CEOs Wander in Policy Wilderness
- There's a building conflict within corporations' shareholders: go green or go for the green money. Environmental reponsibility or shareholder value. Save the planet, or get the money. Sadly the digit-heads who measure things don't put any value on clean air or survival of mankind. But then they...
- Tags: Shareholder, CEO, Financial Accounting, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Fox Interactive and Google: Is breaking up hard to do?
- Fox is reportedly thinking about terminating its deal with Google for search advertising and getting in bed with Microsoft. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is reporting the news based on what appears to be one source, but a potential Google-Fox breakup is plausible. It's also possible that this rumor...
- Tags: Fox Interactive Media, Google Inc., TechCrunch, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Breakup, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Yahoo seen in News Corp. talks, but analysts dubious
- Yahoo seen in News Corp. talks, but analysts dubiousStraight from the Horse's MouthFrom a Fox News Interview - Feb. 5, 2008 Thurs on the future of any Internet revenue with his groups - something to really Bank on??CAVUTO: ..One of the things they [writers] talk about, Mr. Murdoch — and...
- Tags: News Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+merger
- Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+mergerIt's a done deal!It's already a done deal. They are just waiting for some time to announce it in public. Major stockholders will have the final say on this and most of them don't want to lose more money. Merger with Microsoft will give them more profit....
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., board
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Investor says Microsoft's Yahoo offer high enough
- Investor says Microsoft's Yahoo offer high enoughWell, if MS listens to him, the deal is over and MS has just embarrassedthemselves. Especially if the News Corp / Yahoo joint venture deal goes through, Microhoo is done. But, will Balmer listen to major investors? Does Balmer know something about OS trends,...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+sense
- Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+senseSounds good, but, if MS is persistent, 60B trumps everything.Having these talks IS a great strategy to make MS pay more, but, MS could still do a hostile takeover after the News Corp deal, it would just be a lot harder and more expensive with Rupert Murdoch owning 20%, and...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., News Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
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