Associate Editor John Sullivan

The Tech 10: Google’s Wireless Bid, Facebook’s Cash Flow and Motorola’s Mojo

John Sullivan in News on November 30, 2007 at 11:01 am PT

Auction Action: Confirming the expected, Google announced today that it would indeed apply to bid for wireless spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission auction in January. … Facebook Gets a $60 Million Infusion… Hong Kong mogul Li Ka-shing has invested $60 million in Facebook. … Rise and Fall of Motorola Magnate: Ed Zander, CEO of the electronics manufacturer whose mojo with the Razr cellphone brought the company big gains, is resigning.

The Tech 10: Google's Wireless Bid, Facebook's Cash Flow and Motorola's Mojo

John Sullivan in News on November 30, 2007 at 11:01 am PT

Auction Action: Confirming the expected, Google announced today that it would indeed apply to bid for wireless spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission auction in January. … Facebook Gets a $60 Million Infusion… Hong Kong mogul Li Ka-shing has invested $60 million in Facebook. … Rise and Fall of Motorola Magnate: Ed Zander, CEO of the electronics manufacturer whose mojo with the Razr cellphone brought the company big gains, is resigning.

The Tech 10: The Times They Are A-Changing for Adobe, iPhone and Facebook

John Sullivan in News on November 29, 2007 at 10:19 am PT

Coming to a PDF Near You: Adobe announced today that it is teaming with Yahoo to put text-based ads in PDF files. … The new and improved version of Apple’s iPhone will be able to download from the Internet at a faster rate, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced last night. … For Facebook, Nothing’s Set in Concrete: Responding to criticism from MoveOn, Facebook execs are looking into changes to the recently launched Beacon advertising tool.

The Tech 10: iPhone Speaks French, FCC Backs Down and Amazon Beats Feds

John Sullivan in News on November 28, 2007 at 10:08 am PT

Bienvenue, iPhone: France Telecom will begin selling Apple’s cellphone this evening at selected Orange stores in Paris and other cities. … FCC Says ‘Uncle’: A proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to tightly regulate the cable TV industry has been “drastically” trimmed. … Amazon: 1; Feds: 0. The federal government has lost its bid to compel Amazon to release details about the book-buying habits of thousands of its customers. …

The Tech 10: Google Wants Your Files, Verizon Wants Your Apps and MySpace Wants to Feed Your Friends

John Sullivan in Social on November 27, 2007 at 10:17 am PT

Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns next Monday. To keep you abreast of tech news while he’s away, we’re compiling a daily digest of 10 must-read tech stories.

The Tech 10: Sony Picks up Petrodollars, Facebook Finds Politics and Shoppers Flock Online

John Sullivan in News on November 26, 2007 at 11:32 am PT

Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns next Monday, Dec. 3. To keep you abreast of tech news while he’s away, we’re compiling a daily digest of 10 must-read tech stories.

Web 2.0 Summit: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

John Sullivan in Social on October 17, 2007 at 2:32 pm PT

First impression of Web 2.0 Summit: The lobby of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco is like Costco on a Saturday morning. And the connectivity is horrifically bad. The Palace Hotel is like some vast black hole, sucking up all WiFi, EVDO and cellular signals into itself and leaving conference attendees like me bumbling about [...]

Web 2.0 Summit: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

John Sullivan in Social on October 17, 2007 at 2:32 pm PT

First impression of Web 2.0 Summit: The lobby of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco is like Costco on a Saturday morning. And the connectivity is horrifically bad. The Palace Hotel is like some vast black hole, sucking up all WiFi, EVDO and cellular signals into itself and leaving conference attendees like me bumbling about [...]

The Tech 10: GPhone Whereabouts, AT&T Won't Whiff on iPhone and Fotolog Gets Frenchified

John Sullivan in News on August 27, 2007 at 10:25 am PT

With Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski barely back from vacation, we’re lending a hand with the news watch by compiling our digest of the day’s top 10 tech stories, shown below: More GPhone sightings: Mark Hopkins of RizWords writes that Google’s forthcoming phone will be less of a competitor to the iPhone than to a soon-to-be [...]

The Tech 10: GPhone Whereabouts, AT&T Won’t Whiff on iPhone and Fotolog Gets Frenchified

John Sullivan in News on August 27, 2007 at 10:25 am PT

With Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski barely back from vacation, we’re lending a hand with the news watch by compiling our digest of the day’s top 10 tech stories, shown below: More GPhone sightings: Mark Hopkins of RizWords writes that Google’s forthcoming phone will be less of a competitor to the iPhone than to a soon-to-be [...]