HP's CFO Tried To Stop The Company From Spending $11 Billion On Autonomy (HPQ)
Now that HP's $11.1 billion purchase of Autonomy is completely blowing up in its face, it's time to look back at how it could have happened in the first place.Wasn't anyone warning HP's board that it...
View ArticleThis iPhone Case Is Also A Knife (AAPL)
Not that you needed it, or anything like it, but TaskLab has put a Swiss Army knife into an iPhone case, 9to5Mac informs us.It includes 16 various tools you'd expect on any other Swiss Army knife, like...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How Retailers Are Trying To Own Mobile Commerce
Shoppers carry mobile devices everywhere they go, and they're already using their phones to redeem coupons, research products, and pay for things online and offline.Practices such as "showrooming," the...
View Article5 Essays That Got People Into Harvard Business School — And Why They Worked
With an acceptance rate of only 11 percent, even people with the most impeccable credentials and test scores routinely get turned down from Harvard Business School.What sets people apart are their...
View ArticleEx-Autonomy CEO: It's Interesting HP Announced This Accounting Problem On The...
HP is leveling serious charges at former Autonomy employees, accusing them of "a willful effort ... to inflate the underlying financial metrics of the company in order to mislead investors and...
View ArticleThis Slide From MySpace's $50 Million Pitch Deck Made Us Chuckle
Yesterday, we published the pitch deck MySpace parent company Interactive Media Holdings is using to try and raise $50 million.In the deck, there is a chart that caused us to chuckle. Half of it, the...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: HP Since Mark Hurd Left (HPQ)
Check out what's happened to HP since Mark Hurd was forced out of the company. The stock has been in a free fall after two CEO changes, bad earnings, and failed acquisitions. Our question: Would this...
View ArticleHP Is In A Whole Mess Of Trouble Right Now
HP has been a total mess since Mark Hurd was ousted as CEO, and things got even worse for HP today.On top of weak earnings, HP took an $8.8 billion write-down due largely in part to accounting fraud at...
View ArticleWhat It Was Like Trying To Raise Money The Day Lehman Brothers Collapsed
One of the essential ingredients for a startup is timing.GoodData CEO Roman Stanek knows that particularly well, having started his first major company just as the Internet bubble started, and sold it...
View ArticleIf You're Gunning For An iPad On Black Friday, Prepare To Be Disappointed
The one holiday gift topping most shopper's wish list this year is hands down the coveted tablet computer.A fresh poll from Reuters/Ipsos found one-third of consumers are on the prowl for tablets, and...
View ArticleDisney's CEO Is Selling His Company's Stock And Buying Apple (DIS, AAPL)
On Monday, Disney CEO Bob Iger bought $1 million worth of Apple shares, an SEC filing revealed. He's on Apple's board of directors.That's really interesting, because Iger exercised a million options on...
View ArticleApple's Spaceship Campus Delayed Until 2016 Because Apple Is Futzing With The...
You're going to have to wait until 2016 to see the coolest new corporate headquarters in the world, according to Bloomberg's Peter Burrows.Apple has filed new plans and a new timetable with the city of...
View ArticleThe Growth Of China's Smartphone Market Is Absolutely Staggering
China will be 2x the US smart phone market in a year! Only two years ago, China was a laggard with a tiny portion of the US. What happened?Originally, China's market developed more slowly because of...
View Article90% Of 18-29 Year-Olds Sleep With Their Smartphones
A cool infographic by Online Psychology Degree shows the extent to which smartphones have basically become a new bodily appendage:90% of 18-29 year olds sleep with their smartphones1 in 3 people would...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, HP, NOK, GOOG, MSFT, RIM)
Alert: You only have a few hours left to figure out what you're thankful for!In the meantime, here's news:Apple is delaying construction of its spaceship-like new campus because of redesigns.HP says it...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your iPad Into A Foosball Table (AAPL)
If you've got $100 and the desire to turn your iPad into a tiny foosball table, that dream is about to become a reality, we learn via Gizmodo.NewPotato Technologies has created Classic Match Foosball,...
View ArticleThe Biggest Tech Flops Of 2012 (RIMM, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, FB, YHOO, ZNGA)
This year saw surprisingly few big, fat failures from tech companies.Normally when we put together a list of the biggest tech flops of the year it's not all that hard to come up with a list. This year...
View ArticleAll The Best Black Friday Deals For Gadgets And Apps
Black Friday starts early this year.Some retailers, including Amazon, are starting Black Friday sales as early as today. Meanwhile, some physical stores like Walmart will start their special offers...
View ArticleCleeng Lets Publishers Kind Of Charge You For Web Content, And It Has Raised...
Publishers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have full-blown pay walls that prevent people from reading their content without coughing up a monthly fee.Others make all of their...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How Startups Like Foursquare Are Trying To Make Money
Location-based services get a lot of hype, However, many people wonder what location-based services are really about, and whether they can be a real business. In a recent report, BI Intelligence...
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