6 Keys To Delivering A Powerful Elevator Pitch
When you only have a small window of opportunity to make a lasting impression, it's crucial to be prepared long before a chance encounter. In her book Small Message, Big Impact, Fortune 500 consultant...
View ArticleDo Rich People Have A 'Moral Obligation' To Pay More Taxes? California...
We had an interesting debate on DailyTicker this morning after California governor Jerry Brown said rich people have a moral obligation to pay higher taxes... Yahoo producer Stacy Curtin: Do the...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: iOS Continues To Dominate Mobile Ad Monetization
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View ArticleCrazy, Beautiful, Strange: Get A Look At The Dizzying Array Of Windows 8...
Windows 8 is finally here. Microsoft's newest operating system brings with it a host of devices—some in form factors we've never seen before. You've got your usual laptops and all-in-one desktop...
View ArticleGoogle-Like Interview Questions May Be Costing Employers Their Best Hires
Google is known for grilling candidates with brain-teaser questions like, "How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?" or "Why are manhole covers round?" during job interviews. These questions have...
View ArticlePROJECT HOMERUN: Marissa Mayer's New Yahoo Homepage Is Going Wide (YHOO)
Marissa Mayer has a winner: Project Homerun, the crucial redesign of Yahoo's homepage, is going wider. Yesterday, TechCrunch confirmed our earlier reports with the additional news that more users are...
View ArticleThis Might Be Yahoo's New Logo (YHOO)
Yahoo may be testing a new logo, according to an online survey spotted by a TechCrunch reader which asked people to say whether they preferred the old logo or a new, sleeker version. CEO Marissa Mayer...
View ArticleKanye West Recited Poetry At This Exclusive Samsung Launch Party
Samsung Mobile hosted an interactive event in New York City Wednesday night to celebrate the U.S. launch of the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Camera. In addition to tech writers and celebrities such as...
View ArticleForget Wi-Fi ... Here Comes WiGig (DELL)
With a new Windows 8 ultrabook from Dell, a superfast alternative to Wi-Fi has arrived. Gigabit-speed wireless networking—also known as WiGig—is more than 20 times faster than what's on the market...
View ArticleGoogle Snubs Bing With Hilarious 'Get Your Google Back' Video (MSFT, GOOG)
If you're a Windows 8 user and want Google on your Start screen check out this hilarious how-to video posted by the search giant. The video is set to the Jackson 5's, "I want you back" song. Don't...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Where Apple's Revenue Comes From (AAPL)
Apple generated more than $35 billion in revenue during the last quarter. Here's where Apple got all that money from. Also: ready for the annual December spike? Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter:...
View ArticleStores Are About To Make These Radical Changes To Compete With Online
Brick-and-mortar retailers are making some big changes to prepare for competition from online in the next year.  Gary Lombardo at branding company Demandware sent us a few of his predictions for how...
View ArticleThese New Robots Will Fill The US Military Of The Future
Like it or not, robots are swiftly making their way deeper and deeper into battlefield operations. Though the airborne drone seems to take precedent, both in combat operations as well as media...
View ArticleGoogle Is Testing Same-Day Delivery In San Francisco (GOOG)
We scoffed when we heard Google was thinking about getting into the same-day delivery business. But now the New York Times reports that Google has launched a private test of a same-day delivery service...
View ArticleWhy Apple Cannibalized The iPod (AAPL)
Remember the iPod? It just observed its 11th birthday Tuesday, though few noticed. When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, it wasn't trying to create a huge new business as much as it was looking to...
View ArticleMEET THE NEXT CEO OF MICROSOFT: Steven Sinofsky Is The Man Who Made Windows 8
This story was originally published in February. We are republishing it because Steve Sinofsky is in the news after Microsoft launched Windows 8, the most radical change to its ubiquitous operating...
View ArticleIPAD MINI WATCH: The Black iPad Mini Is Still Available (AAPL)
In the lead up to the announcement of the iPad mini, and even after it was announced, there were multiple reports claiming Apple was going to have limited supplies because the screen was hard to...
View ArticleAMAZON: We Had Our Best Day Of Kindle Fire HD Sales After Apple Announced The...
Amazon has another chest-thumping, but detail free, proclamation about Kindle sales. It tells All Things D, "Wednesday was the $199 Kindle Fire HD’s biggest day of sales since launch and up 3x week...
View ArticleSHOCK: Siri Isn't A Totally Useless Hunk Of Junk From Apple (AAPL)
It turns out Apple's voice-based assistant software, Siri, isn't completely useless. Siri, which Apple used heavily to market the iPhone 4S, has been regularly trashed by the tech press, and normal...
View ArticleGoogle Lost Its Next Super Phone In A Bar, Just Like Apple (AAPL)
In 2010, before it was released, photos of the iPhone 4 were published on tech site Gizmodo. Gizmodo got the phone because an Apple engineer allegedly lost the iPhone 4 in a bar. The same thing...
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