Alan Warms

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So Many Mobile Applications to Choose From, So Little Time

Timothy Hay, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 22, 2009 at 4:56 am PT

As the offerings in Apple Inc.’s App Store swell to nearly a million free and paid applications, the abundance and variety of apps is both a blessing and a curse for consumers. While there is an app to match nearly every desire, finding exactly what you want in the App Store can be a daunting project–so much so that it’s now considered good business simply steering users toward what they’re after.

As BoomTown Said, Microsoft's Jeff Dossett Joins Yahoo–As Audience Head

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2008 at 12:55 pm PT

About a month ago, BoomTown reported that MSN executive producer and general manager Jeff Dossett was contemplating joining Yahoo. Microsoft released a statement that day saying Dossett was indeed stepping down from his MSN duties, as I had posted, but noted that he was staying put at the software giant. Oops, it looks like I was right in my report: “The Secret Microsoft Invasion of Yahoo Continues: MSN GM Headed There Soon?” Dossett has accepted a job as SVP, U.S. Audience at Yahoo, Yahoo said this afternoon, while also confirming my previous report that Yahoo Media Group head Scott Moore was departing.

Yahoo Media's Scott Moore and Al Warms to Depart This Week

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2008 at 8:37 am PT

Aside from upcoming layoffs, it seemed as if Yahoo had stanched the flow of major execs from the company. Not so, it seems, as sources with knowledge of the situation confirm that the two top execs of the troubled Internet company’s media unit will be announcing their departures later this week. SVP Scott Moore, who runs Yahoo’s media group out of its offices in Santa Monica, Calif., and also Al Warms, who came to Yahoo from its BuzzTracker acquisition last year, will both be leaving, although it is not clear what their plans are.