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As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame)

Kara Swisher in News on May 6 at 8:27 pm PT

On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.

They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

Kara Swisher in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.

With iPhone OS 4, Apple Joins the Multitasking Party

Beth Callaghan in Mobile on April 8, 2010 at 11:12 am PT

Since the launch of the iPhone’s competitors, the most valid claim for operating system superiority has been the iPhone’s lack of multitasking. Both Palm’s webOS and Google’s Android have offered such functionality from the start. But this morning, noting that “we weren’t the first to this party, but we’re going to be the best,” Jobs announced that iPhone OS 4 will, indeed, offer multitasking.

iPhone 3 Rumors Upgraded to Outperform

John Paczkowski in News on March 16, 2009 at 8:07 am PT

Apple’s plan to preview iPhone OS 3.0 tomorrow is a sure sign that the company is on track to debut the next iteration of the phone on which it will run this summer. That’s the word from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who has high expectations for the OS and device both.