Dish Bought Blockbuster to Open Wireless Stores

in Media on February 11 at 7:34 pm PT

“Because we got delayed on wireless, it hasn’t worked out exactly as we planned,” Chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview at D: Dive Into Media.
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Charlie Ergen on Dish’s Company Culture: It’s Not That We’re Mean, It’s That We’re Like an Indiana Jones Movie

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 7:32 pm PT

The so-called meanest boss in America defends himself.
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Dish Chairman: “I Think People Are Cutting the Cord”

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 7:12 pm PT

“I think we ought to be hooking people on pay TV when they are young,” Charlie Ergen said at D: Dive Into Media. “If we are getting run out of town, I want to get in front of that.”
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Dish Chairman Ergen on Why the Company Needs a Wireless Network, Anyway

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 7:07 pm PT

The company would have liked to have built its own network, but since getting its license has taken so long it may need to partner.
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Dish’s Charlie Ergen Says He Doesn’t Want to Kill Ads, for Real

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 7:04 pm PT

“I don’t want to kill ads. I also don’t want to put my head in the sand,” said Ergen.
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David Eun Explains Samsung’s Silicon Valley Invasion

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 5:35 pm PT

Samsung makes a wide variety of devices — smartphones, televisions, refrigerators. What happens when you connect them all together?
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Obsession

I think the outside world is more obsessed with our relationship with Apple than we actually are.

– Samsung Executive Vice President David Eun, in conversation at D: Dive Into Media

Groupon Has Acquired MashLogic and Is Shutting Down Its Note-Taking Service

in Commerce on February 11 at 5:17 pm PT

Another acquisition to help build out the daily deal company’s tech team.
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Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 5:00 pm PT

Samsung’s new open-innovation center aims to court precious developers.
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Anomaly Productions Brings Interactive Twist to Graphic Novels

in Dive Into Media on February 11 at 4:54 pm PT

At D: Dive Into Media, Anomaly Productions shows how it’s using tech to create a more immersive reading experience.
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Microsoft Talks Up Xbox 360 While Staying Mum on Its Successor

in Dive Into Media, February 11, 2013 at 4:35 pm PT

Microsoft Fancies Itself a Content Producer Again

in Dive Into Media, February 11, 2013 at 4:23 pm PT

Xbox by the Numbers: 76M Devices, and They’re Not All Used by Dudes

in Dive Into Media, February 11, 2013 at 4:18 pm PT

VMware to Acquire Storage Software Company Virsto

Apple To Respond to Greenlight Suit by Wednesday

in News, February 11, 2013 at 3:23 pm PT

American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy

in Commerce, February 11, 2013 at 3:00 pm PT

Time for iWatch (Comic)

in Voices, February 11, 2013 at 2:50 pm PT

Should Amazon Spin Out Its Cloud Operations?

in News, February 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm PT

Go Daddy Acquires Mobile Site-Building Startup M.Dot

Google Options Turn Bearish After Schmidt’s Stock Sale

in News, February 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm PT

Apple CEO Tim Cook to Join Michelle Obama for State of the Union Address

Bill Gates on Philanthropy, Steve Jobs and the Microsoft Product That Never Was

in Social, February 11, 2013 at 1:07 pm PT

Apple Updates iOS 6.1 to Fix iPhone 4S Performance Bug

About that Starfox Cosplay Blog…

in News, February 11, 2013 at 11:59 am PT

Myanmar Denies Hacking After Gmail Warnings

in News, February 11, 2013 at 11:23 am PT