Marissa Mayer Says The Work From Home Ban Was 'Well-Received Inside The...
Marissa Mayer says her decision to ban Yahoo employees from working from home took on a life of its own that she never intended.Speaking at Wired's Business Conference, Mayer said, "I didn't mean for...
View ArticleHere's Marissa Mayer's 'Moonshot' Goal For Yahoo (YHOO)
The newest buzzword in the tech industry is "moonshot."It started at Google, where CEO Larry Page wants big, ambitious projects like self-driving cars. Those projects are called "moonshots".At today's...
View ArticleConspiracy Theories Are Flying About The Investigation Of 'Russia's Mark...
The world has started paying attention to an escalating clash between entrepreneur Pavel Durov and the Russian government — wondering what the implications are for the founder of Europe's largest...
View ArticleAn Ex-Googler, Ex-Yahoo Really Good At Putting Himself In Money-Making...
The biggest sector in New York tech remains ad tech.One of the biggest names in New York ad tech is Michael Barrett. He made his name running ad sales at MySpace (back when that was still a big deal)....
View ArticleTHE DESIGN 75: The Best Designers In Technology
In the tech world, there has traditionally been more emphasis on engineering than on design. Build a machine that works first, and decide on the colors later.No more. Innovative companies know that if...
View ArticleThe 20 Hottest Startups From The World's 2nd-Biggest Startup Factory – Israel
Israel calls itself the "startup nation." Israelis say that technology is the country's No. 1 export.By some counts, Israel is home to 4,800 startups today. It's also home to least two dozen...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: How Location Data Is Being Collected And Transforming The Mobile...
With over 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones, location data has begun to permeate the entire mobile space. The possibilities for location-based services on mobile go beyond consumer-facing apps like...
View ArticleGoing To The Doctor Hurts Less Thanks To Masimo's Noninvasive Breakthroughs
Technology is making it easier to monitor patients closely with completely non-invasive medical procedures, instead of painful blood draws and time-consuming lab analysis.Pulse oximetry, a non-invasive...
View ArticleWoz's Company Fusion-IO Just Hired The Guy Meg Whitman Blamed For The...
Shane Robison, whose last job was Chief Strategy Officer at Hewlett Packard, has landed a job as CEO and chairman of hot flash storage company, Fusion-IO.Investors are not happy. Shares of Fusion-IO...
View ArticleNokia Readies The Next Generation Of Its Lumia Line
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Nokia...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: How The Internet Of Things Connects Everything And Everyone
This post is sponsored by SAP.In just seven years, there will be anywhere from 24 to 50 billion Internet-connected devices. That's three to 6.5 devices for every man, woman, and child on the planet....
View ArticleMicrosoft's Windows Chief: Hey, Our Windows 8 App Store Grew Faster Than...
One of the complaints against Windows 8 is the lack of apps. Windows 8 can't run older Windows apps in "Metro" mode and the Windows RT version can't run Windows 7 apps at all.Seven months after...
View ArticleFormer Finance Execs Raise $540,000 For Vimbly, A Startup That Helps You Book...
In 2011, two former finance executives Sam Lundin and Chris Yeung left their jobs to start a company. They moved into startup incubator WeWork Labs and bootstrapped Vimbly, an activity-booking...
View ArticleGroupon Soars After A Strong Earnings Report (GRPN)
Groupon's earnings are out, and the market likes what it sees.The stock jumped 15% in immediate reaction to the news.Here's the key numbers:Revenue: $601.4 million versus expectations of $588.92...
View ArticleThis Insane Graphic Shows How Complex Marketing Technology Is Right Now
The marketing technology world is insanely specialized and complex.How complex?This new chart from LUMA Partners breaks down the world's many different components, from sales and marketing to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Has A New CFO: Amy Hood
Microsoft has named its new CFO, Amy Hood, who was formerly the top financial officer of the Microsoft Business DivisionLast month, Peter Klein announced he was leaving at the end of June after 3-1/2...
View ArticleTesla Smashes Earnings And Revenue Expectations (TSLA)
Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $0.12 per share, This beat expectations of $0.03 per share.Sales were up 83% from the last quarter, to $562 million.This is Tesla's first profitable quarter.The...
View ArticleSteve Ballmer Explains Why He Chose Amy Hood For The CFO Job (MSFT)
Amy Hood was just promoted to CFO of Microsoft today. She's stepping into a lucrative position and, as other publications are pointing out, she's the first woman to hold the CFO job at Microsoft.A...
View ArticleAmazon Took Down 'Ex-Girlfriend' Shooting Targets That Spurt Blood When Hit
Although target vendor Zombie Industries couldn't see anything wrong with its life-sized, big-breasted, dead-eyed shooting target called "The Ex"— who even "bleeds" in seductive splatters around her...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Groupon's Growing Mobile Business (GRPN)
Groupon included this chart in its earnings slide deck. It shows that mobile transactions are now almost half of its business in North America. Internationally, it is less, but Groupon says its growing...
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