Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: It’s Ring-Kissing Time for Ross at Yahoo’s All-Hands Meeting.

I’m gonna make you an interim CEO offer you can’t refuse.
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Apple Doubling Presence in Texas

Apple Inc. plans to build a $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, doubling its presence there over the next decade.

Viral Video: Jai Ho! Employee Flash Mob Dances in Yahoo’s 17th Birthday.

Every day they’re shufflin’!
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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.
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MyForce Pushes a Panic-Button App for the Campus

A Colorado-based security company is looking to bring a one-touch mobile app to school campuses for emergencies.
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A Few Questions for Yahoo Product Dude Blake Irving — Who, Thankfully, Does Not Want to Make a Bid (Video)

Who has the most thankless job at Yahoo these days? My vote goes to the guy who has to keep innovating in the midst of all the noise.
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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.

With Jobs Definitely Mulling Appearance at iPad Event, Let's Hope the Focus Is on the Product

According to several sources close to the situation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs–who is on a health-related leave from the company–is definitely considering an appearance at its big iPad 2 event tomorrow. But the possibility–which would be a big sensation at the San Francisco gathering–is also just as definitely not confirmed as yet, stressed sources. In any case, if he does appear, let’s hope everyone can pay more attention to what bells and whistles the iPad 2 has rather than how his jeans are fitting.

Inside Facebook's Big Move to Menlo Park

Facebook is holding a press conference later today to announce it will move to a campus in Menlo Park, Calif., that the company expects to become its long-term home.

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