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- Apple deletes the US Chamber
- Is this man the only climate ally left for the US Chamber? Back in May I wrote about how the US Chamber was losing friends fast with its 'head in sand' position on climate change. Since then things have seriously started...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Apple Inc., Climate Change, Chamber, Bruce, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Let it (not) be
- According to a report from MediaMemo's Peter Kafka Apple will not be making a Beatles-related announcement at its 9/9/9 event tomorrow, but that the event would feature iPod and iTunes revs. Big whoop. Kafka makes the case like Andy Ihnatko before him that...
- Tags: EMI Group Plc., Kafka, Digital Music, Digital Media, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- VMware completes the PaaS to vCloud
- If you’ve been wondering why an infrastructure leader would acquire a developer framework, the answer is a bit more complex that what shows on the surface â€" and a lot more strategic. As stated in the press release and in the blogs by VMware CTO Steve Herrod and SpringSource CEO...
- Tags: Java, PaaS, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Microsoft Windows Azure, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Twitter Dropoff
- Is the service sustainable? New data makes you think The Chicago Tribune today reports some interesting statistics regarding Twitter (see: "Twitter Quitters", 4/30/2009, by Steve Johnson). According to the story: - 40% of users who sign up for one month will return for...
- Tags: Retention, Site, Twitter, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement
- So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solutionMissing Facts...You're missing several key facts about our current mess...1) The banks were forced into making high risk loans by our delightful government. Based on a study later determined to be flawed showing bias in lending, the Clinton administration passed laws requiring banks...
- Tags: Government, Obama, JFK
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- LIVE from the Apple event
- Updated: This post is in reverse order. 11:04 a.m.: Jobs right thanks everyone for coming and invites us to "go get your hands on some of these new products. I think you're going to love them." Eric Clapton's "Layla" plays as people start walking out. ...
- Tags: Job, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, Spore, Jerry Seinfeld, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- LIVE from the Apple event
- LIVE from the Apple eventiPod NanoI'm glad I just bought my son a 4 GB Nano for $199 from the Apple web site. OUCH!Apple events are better than Sleeping pillsAnother Yawn event from Apple, there will be a day when no one comes to hear Steve Jobs pamper his ego...
- Tags: Games, Apple Events, MP3/MP4 Player, LOL Here, accelerometer, Apple Inc., Apple Event, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook
- On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...
- Tags: Carl Icahn, Facebook, Internet, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Corp., Podcasts, Portals, Yahoo! Inc.
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins JuniperAlso.....Is he really the "face" you want for Vista? Let's be honest here Balmer is not loaded with charisma or well anything that makes one want to buy from him. Stay away from him maybe but buy? heh heh heh Just saying.....Pagan...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Vista! Hurrah, product people, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Juniper Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board
- Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...
- Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Google bets future on improving Client, Connectivity, and Cloud
- On Wednesday morning, Vick Gundotra, Engineering VP at Google opened the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco. I jotted down a few (ok, a lot of) notes for this and other sessions that I'd like to share with you. This is not quite a transcript, but rather a paraphrasing...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Mobile, Google OpenSocial, Web Browser, Google Web Toolkit, Connectivity, Client, App Engine, AJAX, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works?
- Microsoft is talking to Yahoo again -- but not about an acquisition of all of Yahoo this time around. The pair are back to discussing some other kind of transaction that could involve the two companies. Here's Microsoft's official statement on the matter: “In light of...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- The real question: Is Microsoft still interested in Yahoo?
- I actually believed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer when he said he was walking away from buying Yahoo. I wasn't among the crowd who thought Ballmer was just posturing, waiting for Yahoo stock prices to plummet and Yahoo shareholder lawsuits to mount before sweeping back in and getting Yahoo for a...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
- Companies at least publicly traded ones are beholden to shareholders. But they also are beholden to their employees. And while most Softies are afraid to state for the record that they think Microsoft should abandon its takeover of Yahoo, that opinion is a real and prevailing sentiment among many in...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows, Professional Development, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Career, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- 52+5 reasons to go to Google I/O
- On May 28th and 29th, Googlers from all over the world will converge on Moscone West for Google I/O, the company's largest ever developers conference. At last count, Google is sending 52 employees to speak at the San Francisco event, plus 5 more experts from outside the company. I'll be...
- Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Python Community, Steve, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Microsoft looks to create an Apple-like halo effect across its brands
- Microsoft is working to consolidate all of its consumer-focused marketing in its Platforms and Services division. The ultimate, anticipated result: Microsoft will have a more cohesive branding story and sales approach across for PCs, phones and the Web. That's one of several tidbits from the internal Microsoft...
- Tags: MSN, Brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
- Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is moving on, according to multiple sources of mine. It's hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn't being pushed for the less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft's latest...
- Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Michael Sievert, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
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