17 posts and columns on boom

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Kleiner Plays Catch-Up

in News on August 29, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the late-1990s dot-com frenzy with investments in Netscape Communications Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and, later, Google Inc.

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Jumping the Corporate Ship

in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A growing number of middle managers are stepping out of their corporate nests to join start-ups, as the new technology boom continues to gather steam.

Motoogle: BOOM! The Mobile Business Just Got Completely Blown Up

in Mobile on August 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Things that make you go “Boom!!!”: Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola.
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Tech Boom Drives Turnover at Popular SoMa Address

in News on July 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

For a sign of how the region’s technology boom is progressing, consider the growth going on at just one San Francisco building that has attracted start-up tenants.

Web Video Doubter Mark Cuban Invests in Web Video Studio Revision3

in Media on February 1, 2011 at 5:01 am PT

Mark Cuban, Web video skeptic? Meet Mark Cuban, Web video investor. He’s the guy putting money into the company that brings us Diggnation, Tekzilla and Scam School.

Online Purchases Helped Boost Strong Retail Sales in 2010

in Commerce on January 14, 2011 at 9:45 am PT

Don’t call it a boom yet, but retail sales in 2010 saw the biggest gains since 1999, with the help of online retailers like Amazon.

The Ad Tech Boom, Explained

in Media on November 1, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

And parodied. Because in this case, “We provide scalable advertising solutions to integrated demand-side platforms that deliver serious ROI” is a joke. But normally, it isn’t.

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Gartner: Here Comes the Tablet Tsunami

in News on October 15, 2010 at 10:05 am PT

With the iPad, Apple once again redefined a product category, and the result is one of Steve Jobs’s favorite words: Boom! According to a forecast released by Gartner today, worldwide sales of media tablets, led by the iPad, will reach 19.5 million units this year, and then jump 181 percent next year as more entries based on Google’s Android and other systems flood the market. By 2014, Gartner sees sales topping 208 million units. Some of those sales, however, will come at the expense of other portable computing and media devices, the report said.

Addition Through Subtraction: Wall Street Gives Google a MySpace Bump

in Media on October 6, 2010 at 4:23 am PT

Google and MySpace have yet to announce a new search deal. But J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan thinks he knows what the new pact will mean to the search giant: A $200 million annual boost.

Watch Hollywood Crater in a Single Sentence

in Media on February 1, 2010 at 11:57 am PT

DVD sales are collapsing, nearly as quickly as music sales did over the last decade. Just ask MGM, which saw sales drop off a very steep cliff in just a couple of years. And remember this when you hear talk of Hollywood’s resurgence or the coming boom in 3-D.

HP to Merge PC and Printing Divisions?

in News, September 30, 2009 at 11:39 am PT

Time Warner’s $4.2 Billion AOL Fire Sale

in Media, September 30, 2009 at 3:46 am PT

Bluetooth Headsets That Up the Chic Factor

in The Mossberg Solution, September 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm PT

Twitter App Investors Still Writing Checks: StockTwits Raises a Round

in Media, May 18, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Would Microsoft's New Search Name Smell as Sweet if It Were Named After a Cherry or a Soprano?

in News, April 21, 2009 at 11:03 am PT

Apple Q1: Boom

in News, January 21, 2009 at 4:35 pm PT

Phone Headset Curbs Sounds of the City

in The Mossberg Solution, October 7, 2008 at 4:30 pm PT