CHART OF THE DAY: Yahoo Shares Are Quietly Soaring Under Marissa Mayer (YHOO)
When you weren't looking, Yahoo's stock soared 50 percent in the last year. In this chart, we mark off the major events since Marissa Mayer was named CEO.The three big reasons for the stock's lift:...
View ArticleWhy You Should Sell Your Video Game Before It's Complete
In early September of 2012 on the Greek island of Lemnos, two Czech nationals were caught by Greek military police taking pictures and video of military installations.The Greeks, perhaps justifiably,...
View ArticleStore Charges Customers $5 'Just Looking' Fee To Combat Showrooming
There's a store in Australia that really hates it when its customers walk around the store without buying anything.Redditor BarrettFox posted a pic of a sign informing shoppers of a new fee at a...
View ArticleCisco's Head Of Sales Is Selling Half His Stake (CSCO)
Cisco's head of sales Robert Lloyd plans to sell more than 1 million shares—about half of his Cisco stake—according to documents filed with the SEC today.Lloyd is primarily exercising options due to...
View ArticleYour Coworkers Are Your Biggest Distraction At Work, Survey Says (JIVE)
Your coworkers are driving you to distraction. So is sifting through a ton of unnecessary email making sure you didn't miss something important, according to a survey of 2,000 folks by Jive Software.On...
View ArticleBest Buy Employee Risks Job In Mission To Save A Nintendo Deluxe Set
A Best Buy employee is risking his job in a desperate attempt to save a Nintendo Entertainment System Deluxe Set.The worker took to Reddit to tell his tale.A customer brought in the Nintendo set to get...
View ArticleThe 10 Smartest Things Tim Cook Has Done Since Becoming Apple's CEO (AAPL)
When Tim Cook became the full-time CEO of Apple, it was one of those good news, bad news situations for him.The good news is that he gets to run the most important tech company in the world. It's a...
View ArticleThese Six Regular People Just Got Invited To Use Google Glass (GOOG)
Earlier today, Google announced that it had picked the winners of its #ifihadglass campaign this week.It will be sending out thousands of invites telling these lucky people that they can buy the Google...
View ArticleWhat Twitter Can Learn From Google About Tracking What Goes Viral
With Twitter and Pinterest showcasing their new and updated analytics features recently, a lot of the focus has been on how to ensure your content reaches as large a group as possible. While first...
View ArticleApple In Chinese Court After Being Accused Of Copying Siri Software
Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Wednesday, accused by a Chinese firm of copying software used for the "Siri" personal assistant on its hugely popular iPhones.The Californian company's products...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, FB, BBRY, GOOG, DELL)
Good morning!News:The people behind Dark Sky, the prettiest weather app on the iPhone, are making their short-term weather prediction data available to other developers.They're making another Jurassic...
View ArticleThe Internet Is Making Us Poor
Everyone knows the story of how robots replaced humans on the factory floor. But in the broader sweep of automation versus labor, a trend with far greater significance for the middle class—in rich...
View Article10 Mind-Blowing Facts About Amazon.com (AMZN)
Amazon.com is well-known for its Kindle, lightning fast shipping, and selling virtually anything online.The e-tailer's revenue totaled $61 billion in 2012 and it currently sits at No.5 on ComScore's...
View ArticleBETRAYAL: Michael Dell's Former Right-Hand Man Leads Coup To Push Him Out
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dave Johnson finds himself once again pitted against a former employer.In leading Blackstone Group's 11th-hour bid for Dell Inc, the acquisitions expert and famously...
View ArticleCan Mark Zuckerberg And His Friends Convince Conservatives And Labor Unions...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is joining with like-minded US tech execs, including LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, to fund a $50 million political organization backing comprehensive immigration reform, and...
View ArticleChina's Smear Campaign Against Apple Isn't Working
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Internet users are crying foul over the perceived unfair treatment doled out to Apple Inc by state-run media which has actively criticized the smartphone maker for the past...
View ArticleHave Pinterest, Foursquare And Groupon Peaked?
Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insightshere or...
View ArticleWhat The Future Of Advertising On Google Glass Might Look Like
Early trials of Google Glass are earning some serious hype.Tech bloggers are almost panting with excitement. Ad agencies are "literally begging to get a pair." Google got so many submissions for the...
View ArticleThe 17-Year-Old That Yahoo Paid $30 Million Was Renting His Startup's Core...
Yahoo's weird-looking Summly acquisition is looking weirder by the minute.Yahoo made big news this week when it bought Summly, a startup with a 17-year-old CEO named Nick D'Aloisio, for $30 million.The...
View ArticleVelti Launches An Ad Network To Compete Against Google's AdMob And Millennial...
Velti, one of the larger mobile ad companies, is filling a gap in its business by launching a new ad network, called Velti Media.It will compete head-to-head for advertiser dollars with Google's AdMob...
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