BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Is It Time To Stop Building Mobile Websites?
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View ArticleAn Internet Fax Company Just Bought One Of The Most Famous Brands In Tech...
Internet-fax and cloud-services company J2 Global just acquired tech trade magazine publisher Ziff-Davis for $167 million in cash.As part of the deal, J2 will take control of sites like PCMag.com,...
View ArticleHere's A Video Of Will Arnett Hawking Nokia's New Lumia 920 Phone (T, NOK, MSFT)
As part of Nokia's Lumia 920 Windows Phone launch, AT&T is sponsoring a contest where you can wiin the right to be Will Arnett's personal assistant for a day. It's funny. Arnett isn't the only...
View ArticleA 16-Year-Old Just Crafted One Of The World's Best Email Pitches
This morning when I opened my work email, there were about 600 unread messages.Near the top of the stack was an email from a mysterious person named Xavier. I had never heard of him before. More...
View ArticleIs Apple Really Going To Launch The iPhone 5S Early Next Year?
Apple is supposedly starting production on the iPhone 5S this December, but we're highly skeptical this report is true.Find out why we think this report is wrong and why Apple is more likely to stick...
View ArticleHBO To Air Louis C.K. Stand-Up Comedy Special In 2013
"Louie" fans no longer have to wait until 2014 to see their favorite comedian on TV. HBO announced earlier today that they will air a Louis C.K. stand-up comedy special in 2013, according to The...
View ArticleTim Cook Is Giving Apple Employees Two-Week Breaks To Work On Special...
Apple's culture is getting to be a little bit more like Google, and other Silicon Valley companies, says Jessica Lessin at the Wall Street Journal.Speaking on today's News Hub video show, Lessin...
View ArticleAmazing Facts About US Presidential Voting By Sex, Age, Race, Money, And...
The New York Times has an awesome graphical breakdown of voting data from the 2012 Presidential election.In case you had any doubt about how the country breaks down along gender, age, race, financial...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Google Is Bigger Than The U.S. Print Ad Business (GOOG,...
Here's a look at how Google has been swallowing up the print business. Its ad revenues in the first half of this year were greater than the ad revenues of newspapers and U.S. magazines, according to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Slashes Yammer Prices 80 Percent (MSFT)
Microsoft today laid out its grand strategy for Yammer, the social enterprise startup it bought over the summer for $1.2 billion.Step 1: Slash prices.Step 2: Bake it into Microsoft's cloud-based...
View ArticleTwitter Just Lured One Of Google's Top Legal Eagles Out Of Retirement
Twitter, whose ranks are already stuffed with former Googlers, has hired another one: Nicole Wong, who left the search engine last year after nearly eight years as Google's chief fighter against...
View ArticleHere's How Steve Ballmer Explained That Steve Sinofsky Is Leaving (MSFT)
The guy in charge of Microsoft's all-important Windows division, Steven Sinofsky, is out and this how Steve Ballmer explained it to the troops.The Verge posted this letter sent from Ballmer to...
View ArticleMeet The Two Women Now Running Microsoft's Most Important Business (MSFT)
With the abrupt departure of top Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky, Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller are running the Windows division.Larson-Green will run the engineering part of Windows, while...
View ArticleWINDOWS BOSS STEVEN SINOFSKY OUT AT MICROSOFT (MSFT)
Microsoft's Windows boss Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft.Julie Larson-Green will take over as the new Windows boss. The changes are effective immediately, Microsoft said in a statement.AllThingsD...
View ArticleSOURCE: Sinofsky's Out At Microsoft Because He Wanted Steve Ballmer's Job (MSFT)
Here's what one plugged-in source tells us about Steven Sinofsky's exit at Microsoft.Sinofsky felt that he deserved to be Microsoft's next CEO, and wanted to be designated as Steve Ballmer's successor...
View ArticleThe Best Profile You'll Read On Steven Sinofsky, The Windows Boss Suddenly...
Editor's note: In a huge surprise, Microsoft announced the exit of Steven Sinofsky this evening. Sinofsky is the man who led development of Windows 8, Microsoft's most important product. In...
View ArticleBoth Steve Ballmer And Steven Sinofsky Lost Bonuses Over Windows Missteps (MSFT)
Last month, the Microsoft board formally reprimanded CEO Steve Ballmer and top Windows executives Steven Sinofsky. But they didn't just have strong words—they hit them in the wallet.Microsoft's...
View ArticleMicrosoft Just Lost Its Most Important Executive (MSFT)
Microsoft just announced that Steven Sinofsky, the head of the Windows division, is out.It's an understatement to say this is a big deal.When Microsoft launched the Surface tablet, its first attempt at...
View ArticleThese Are Supposedly The Shoes Of Foxconn's CEO
On Twitter, a user by the name of Joon Lee has posted the following photo claiming that they are the shoes of the CEO of Foxconn, the Asian manufacturing giant that makes iPhones, iPads, Xboxs, and...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Have A 'Superman Complex' That Holds Them Back
One the biggest lessons entrepreneurs need to learn is that some serious dangers come along with rapid growth. The very things that help entrepreneurs succeed — including willpower, individualism, and...
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