J. Crew CEO Strikes Back At New York Times Columnist Who Called Online...
J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler has responded to a New York Times column that called out a bad experience with his retailer and declared all online shopping "hell."Author Delia Ephron related a personal...
View ArticleThe FCC Just Gave RIM's New BlackBerrys The Thumbs Up (RIMM, T)
The FCC has approved a RIM device that runs on AT&T's network. The filing, which was discovered by Engadget, approves a BlackBerry that runs on the same type of network AT&T uses for its 4G LTE...
View ArticleHow Rent The Runway Helped 20-Year-Old American Beauty, Olivia Culpo, Get...
Two years ago, Olivia Culpo had never entered a beauty pageant. Today, she is Miss Universe, the first American to win in fifteen years.But she might not have made it there without the help of a New...
View ArticleLarry Ellison's Movie-Mogul Kids May Be Working On A New 'Terminator' Movie
You may not have heard the last of John Connor, if Larry Ellison's son and daughter have anything to say about it.And they do.Megan and David Ellison own the rights to the "Terminator" franchise and...
View ArticleThis Startup CEO Abandoned Facebook After Alleging 'Click-Fraud On A Massive...
Charity Engine, a U.K. cloud computing startup that donates a portion of its revenues to non-profit causes, has called Facebook a "scam" that is "allowing click-fraud on a massive scale" and has vowed...
View ArticleInstagram, The App That's Supposedly Bleeding Users, Is Now On Top Of The...
Guess what just became the top Facebook app?Instagram, which just beat out Zynga's FarmVille 2 for the top of AppData's much-watched chart of monthly active users.Given Instagram's runaway growth this...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: The Top 2012 Mobile Infographics
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.Mobile Shown...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: One Of The Biggest Stories To Watch In 2013 (MSFT, AAPL,...
For years, people have been predicting the death of Microsoft's Windows dominance. And in the last two years, it's finally happened. The rise of iOS and Android have made Microsoft's operating system...
View ArticleMeet The Best iPhone Video Game Controller You Can't Have Yet (AAPL)
iPhone gamers have yet to see an unobtrusive game controller for their phones. They've generally been big and bulky.This is exactly the problem that the WynCASE aims to solve. It's a game controller...
View ArticleMeet Page Howe, A Man Who Made Millions Selling 2 Of The World's Most...
Page Howe hasn't always been lucky in business.But in 2007, he struck gold when two domain names his company owned were acquired for more than $1 million each.He sold Seniors.com, which he purchased...
View ArticleDEAR AMERICA: Here Are Your New Tax Rates
Congress has apparently reached agreement on new tax rates to avoid the Fiscal Cliff, although they're still fighting about spending cuts.The details on taxes are still leaking out.Here's the best...
View ArticleCongress Has Now Agreed To Raise Taxes On All Americans--Including The Middle...
According to the latest news out of Washington, Congress has reached a verbal agreement to avoid many of the Fiscal Cliff tax hikes.Congress is still apparently fighting about spending cuts, so a deal...
View ArticleSo Apple ONLY Rallied 31% This Year
My colleague Sam Ro sums it up perfectly.Apple up 31% this year, the most disappointing 31% gain of all time.— Sam Ro (@bySamRo) December 31, 2012The stock ended the year with at 532.86, helped by a...
View ArticleThe Complete Timeline Of Zynga's Disastrous 2012 (ZNGA)
Only nine months ago, Zynga was worth $11.5 billion, pumping out new games every month at breakneck speed.It seems so far away in time, given everything that's happened since.Zynga's stock is stuck in...
View ArticleAmazon Explains Why It Took Netflix Offline On Christmas Eve (AMZN, NFLX)
Amazon issued a long technical explanation and apology for the outage that took Netflix down on Christmas Eve, without ever mentioning the rival online-video service by name.The outage lasted all night...
View ArticleHere's Samsung's Plan To Free Itself From Google And Apple (GOOG, AAPL, MSFT)
Samsung is expected to release a smartphone on a new operating system called Tizen in 2013.It's a bold move that could let Samsung lessen its dependence on Apple, a major customer for parts that has...
View ArticleHTML5 vs. Apps: Here's Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win
HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser.Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps...
View ArticleIf You Work In California Or Illinois, Your Boss Can't Ask You For Your...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Employers in California and Illinois will be prohibited from demanding access to workers' password-protected social networking accounts and teachers in Oregon will be required to...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About iPhone Etiquette Is In A Mom's Letter To...
Greg Hofmann finally received an iPhone for Christmas, but it came with a long list of terms and conditions.His mother, a blogger named Janelle Hofmann, wrote up an 18-rule contract for the...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Trashes Analysts For Blowing It On Facebook (FB)
The Wall Street Journal has a big scare-story about analysts at big banks and their Facebook stock ratings.Despite the fact that Facebook's stock tanked once it hit the public markets, Wall Street...
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