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- Amazon acquires book community Shelfari
- Amazon has added another tuck-in acquisition: Shelfari, an online community for book worms. Shelfari is likely to be integrated into Amazon's services and continue to exist as a separate destination. Amazon, which helped fund the social networking startup, now owns Shelfari and a stake in its primary...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Shelfari, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Networking, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Working online from home in your pyjamas
- A good proportion of a working day in the average office, is indeed working outside of the office. It seems nowadays though, the opportunity has arisen to let those who can't get a job - students for example - to utilise their skills for the online market. Working from home...
- Tags: Poster, Task, Web Browsers, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Macs account for two-thirds of sales of PCs costing $1,000 or more
- Macs account for two-thirds of sales of PCs costing $1,000 or moreAny word on how long this has been the case?Is this a recent phenomenon or has it been true for many years?This is only USA market, right?Because I cannot imagine that would be the case in markets outside USA...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Desktops, PC, sales, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Yahoo ditches March 13 Microsoft proxy war deadline
- The Microsoft-Yahoo proxy war clock has stopped. In an SEC filing on Wednesday Yahoo said it has changed the due date to nominate board of directors. Instead of March 13 being the last day you could make a pitch for Yahoo's board the rules have been changed...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Director, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Opportunity the Software (zip)
- "Opportunity" is a dedicated software with thousands of hand-picked great opportunities. Every opportunity offers a service and/or a product along with a resell or affiliate program, which you may join and earn commissions. Simply seek and find opportunities that interset you and join their affiliate programs, with just one click....
- Tags: Software, Opportunity, Ultimate Web Advertising, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-02-21
- Yang's latest email missive: Future prospects worth more
- Here's a look at Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's latest employee email regarding the company's rejection of Microsoft's bid. Microsoft called the move unfortunate. Subject: our board's decision yahoos as you'll see from the news release we issued today, our board of directors has reviewed microsoft's...
- Tags: Strategy, Advertisement, Brand, Financial, Mobile, Board, Investment, E-mail, Online Advertising, Advertiser, Yang, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo; May change the search game; Bid could rise
- Microsoft said Friday that it is making an unsolicited offer of $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, to buy Yahoo in a move that would give the software giant more market share and become a significant threat to Google. In a statement, Microsoft would allow Yahoo shareholders...
- Tags: Game, Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Proposal, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!
- Microsoft just announced a $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the half-cash, half-stock offer in a brutal carrot-and-stick open letter to Yahoo!'s board of directors. The Redmond giant appears to laying the groundwork for a hostile takeover if it comes to that. Ballmer...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Common Stock, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?
- If the world is converging on The Big Switch to utility computing, then where are the telcos? As utility providers of the access and transmission infrastructure of the Internet, you'd think they'd be at the forefront of the SaaS revolution. But they're not. The history of software-as-a-service — especially if...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Telecommunications Company, Customer, TELUS Corp., Jamcracker, XO Communications Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade
- First Take: The Xbox 360 Arcade is the entry-level model in Microsoft's game console lineup. It replaces the original Xbox 360 Core console and features add-ins not found in the Core. Priced at $280, the Arcade comes with a wireless controller, a 256MB memory card, an HDMI...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Arcade
- Product reviews 2007-12-08
- Tiffany trademark suit against eBay set to open
- Tiffany trademark suit against eBay set to open...bad for eBay and craigslist and another online vendorif they have to spend resources and technology to weed out fake products and fight off lawsuits from vendors and consumers.Is there a new math?Tiffany randomly bought silver "Tiffany" jewelry on eBay and found only...
- Tags: Tiffany, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Virtualize the Data Center: How to Deliver Information More Reliably and Cost Effectively
- Companies clearly need a data center that powers business processes and delivers reliable, cost-effective availability. They realize that business availability means more than just keeping the lights on or ensuring that the supply chain is moving along. Designing the data center for high availability ensures continuous business operations to help...
- Tags: Business Process, Data Center, Data Centers, Operational Planning, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Red Hat, GroundWork Expand Alliance
- As open source management software makes gains, ISV GroundWork Open Source is getting more attention from Red Hat. On Tuesday, the two partners will announce an expanded partnership in which leading Linux vendor Red Hat will now provide 24x7 telephone premium support of GroundWork products and will...
- Tags: Alliance, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- OnForce raises $6.75 million venture round; Eyes expansion
- OnForce, an online marketplace for IT labor, has raised $6.75 million in a Series A1 round of venture financing. The round was led by Accel Partners. The New York-based company said it plans to use the funds to expand internationally in Europe and Canada and into new markets and...
- Tags: Expansion, Information Technology, Canada, OnForce, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Ten lessons the Xbox Team can teach the rest of Microsoft
- When it comes to building community -- and profiting from it -- Microsofts Xbox team is helping write the playbook. That fact isnt lost on the rest of the company. Increasingly, other divisions at Microsoft are studying what the Xbox folks are doing right and trying to apply those...
- Tags: Xbox Live, Xbox, Corporate strategy, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
- VIPWEBTV Software (exe)
- Buy and sell electronics, cars, clothing, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital cameras, and everything else on VIPWEBTV SOFTWARE, the world's online marketplace. Sign up and begin to buy and sell, buy it now, almost anything on VIPWEBTV SOFTWARE. Order From Guest Category will be proceed.
- Tags: Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-05-02
- Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is dead
- Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is deadGreat newsThis is excellent news for consumers, music and movie fans, and for the future of digital content. www.HungryFlix.com has been offering movie downloads with no DRM for years now and we really belive that DRM is not a solution. ...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, CD sale, digital-rights management, Apple Inc., music, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- Online auto marketing set to shift gears
- Online auto marketing set to shift gearsGetting to know a vehicle.Online it's possible to see reviews of and reactions to a vehicle and to select features and to determine a price. What's missing is sight of the product to be purchased.I wonder whether people would change their minds looking...
- Tags: Marketing research, SEARCH, marketing, Autoxloo, showroom, dealership
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Could a startup beat Microsoft and Google to market with a 'cloud OS'?
- A Swedish, venture-backed startup believes it can beat both Microsoft and Google in bringing a "cloud OS" product to market. A "Cloud OS" is what Microsoft officials have described as the back-end infrastructure that will power its growing family of Live services. And -- in spite of repeated public...
- Tags: Linux, Web 2.0, Office, Corporate strategy, Office Live, Windows Live
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
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