Hey, Big Senders! YouSendIt Bulks Up Mobile App.

Looking beyond just sending, YouSendIt focuses on productivity features with its new mobile app.
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YouSendIt’s Brad Garlinghouse Talks About Found Acquisition, Rebranding and More! (Video)

The data on the file-sharing service was lost and is now presumably, um, found.
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Sweet! Mayer Declares That It’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Time at Yahoo.

Good riddance to the Peanut Butter Manifesto and hello to Process, Bureaucracy & Jams.
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AOL PR Exec Hollars Becomes Andreessen Horowitz PR Partner

After the departure of AOL exec Brad Garlinghouse, it’s probably no surprise that his longtime public relations exec Kiersten Hollars would be next to go. And she is indeed leaving to take a job as a PR partner at Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. She’ll be reporting to marketing partner Margit Wennmachers there.

Ex-Yahoos Getting Downloaded by PE Firms and Others on Possible Deals

Former employees are good for something, apparently!
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RIM Workers Respond to ‘BlackBerry Jam Manifesto’

Current and former Research In Motion employees are offering their two cents after an anonymous worker’s manifesto of all that ails the company was posted on Thursday to Boy Genius Report. RIM publicly brushed off the first letter, but will any of the comments be taken to heart?
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RIM Gets Its “Peanut Butter Manifesto” as Employee Rails About Internal Woes

Back in 2006, then-Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse wrote the now infamous Peanut Butter Manifesto detailing the internal issues that ailed the company. Now, Research In Motion is having its Skippy moment.
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AOL's Stock Might Be Cold, but Its New Silicon Valley HQ Is Pretty Cool (Video)

Earlier this week, BoomTown took the All Things Digital minivan for a spin down to see the new Silicon Valley digs of AOL. The Palo Alto, Calif., office is helmed by former Yahoo exec Brad “Peanut Butter Manifesto” Garlinghouse, who also turned out to be a very entertaining tour guide.

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Former Googler Adam Smith Takes Off for AOL Ventures

Former Googler Adam Smith has moved on to take the West Coast Lead for AOL Ventures. Smith started yesterday and reports directly to Brad Garlinghouse.

Following Layoffs, Yahoo Cuts Products: MyBlogLog, Delicious, Yahoo! Buzz

At an all-hands meeting for the Yahoo product team following a round of layoffs yesterday that significantly impacted that group, Chief Product Officer Blake Irving announced plans to “sunset” eight products.

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