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Mayer’s 10X Challenge: Yahoo’s Homepage, Mail and Search Traffic Show Significant Year-Over-Year Declines
The reality of traffic falloffs on key properties is a vexing issue.
Viral Video: Awesome Asian Bad Guys Are Awesome
“These badasses were often cooler than the heroes they fought, but they’d usually have a two-minute lifespan before they were mortally wounded or beaten to a pulp.”
As Yahoo Readies Doling Out Alibaba Billions to Shareholders, Mayer Memo Says Tech Reporters Can’t Add
One plus one equals — wait, I am stumped …
Samsung’s Galaxy Stellar Has Two Interfaces: One for Techies and One for Newbies
Samsung’s new budget phone is aimed at smartphone newbies.
T-Mobile’s $20 Prism Sacrifices Speed, but Not Call Quality
T-Mobile aims its $20 Prism at first-time smartphone buyers. But is it worth it to scrimp?
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Crowdsourcing Deficit Reduction
Can the Internet help balance the budget? Amid the conflict in Washington over how to reduce the deficit, two heavyweight computer scientists in the Bay Area have launched a website that aims to find politically palatable solutions, in part by giving ordinary citizens a voice on the matter.Viral Video: Our Nation’s Capital in Real Time
Despite all politicians’ efforts to make us hate Washington, D.C, this week, here is another, lovelier, look at the place.
Yahoo’s China Settlement Fails to Stem Its Stock Decline
You would think the settlement of a major dispute would goose the stock of a company, but Yahoo’s deal with its Chinese partner Alibaba Group on Friday did exactly the opposite.
Don't Rain on Microsoft's Ad Parade (Except It's Raining in Seattle, Natch!)
BoomTown scrambled the All Things Digital jet (aka, United Airlines, Seat 7A) late last night to get up to Microsoft’s big event for its online advertising clients today. Called “Imagine 2011: Marketing Leadership Summit” and held at its Redmond, Wa. HQ, the two-day event is designed to wow peeps by trotting out a spate of strategery concepts those who buy advertising on Microsoft’s various digital offerings from its Bing search service to MSN to Xbox to Windows Phone 7.
Awkward! As Microsoft Marketing Event Opens, Its Longtime Marketing Head Announces Surprise Retirement
Timing is everything and, sometimes, very awkward. Today at its Redmond, Wash., campus, Microsoft is hosting a splashy online “marketing leadership summit” titled “Imagine 2011″–a gathering of top marketing execs from across the globe, most of whom are advertising clients of its online division. Also today: Its longtime head of global marketing, Mich Mathews, announced her departure–to the surprise of many Microsoft execs here, in fact–via a report in Ad Age.