8 posts and columns on cap

Complaints Pop Up for Jawbone’s UP

in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 11:35 am PT

After the splashy launch of a new health-tracking wristband, the maker of slick consumer devices gets some complaints about glitches in the device.
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Yahoo’s China Settlement Fails to Stem Its Stock Decline

in News on July 31, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT

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.
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Viral Video: Yankees Versus Red Sox, Celeb-Style!

in News on April 13, 2011 at 1:45 am PT

Here is a very funny ad for a baseball cap company with actors Alec Baldwin (he of the New York Yankees persuasion) and John Krasinski (a Boston Red Sox fanatic) getting us ready for the 2011 season. (By the way, you must still Fear the Beard.)

AT&T Web Customers Face Data Cap

in News on March 14, 2011 at 2:35 am PT

AT&T Inc. said Sunday that it will begin to cap DSL data usage for its Internet customers and implement charges for anyone who goes over the limit.

Spotify Clears Its Throat for a U.S. Launch in "Coming Months"

in Media on February 8, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

The music service still doesn’t have a U.S. launch date, but it’s telling the American digerati that their free lunch is just about over.

Insanely Great: Apple Shares Top $300

in News on October 13, 2010 at 6:53 am PT

Steve Jobs is smiling into his corn flakes this morning. Apple’s stock rose above $300 per share today for the first time in the company’s history.

Yahoo's M&A Strategy–Maybe Local Commerce Rather Than Content (Hello, Groupon!)

in News on October 8, 2010 at 10:08 am PT

It’s no secret in Silicon Valley dealmaking circles that Yahoo has been looking at what insiders have called a “transformative” acquisition to jumpstart the company. And while many think that has to mean grabbing one of the big content companies–such as AOL or Demand Media–right in Yahoo’s wheelhouse, sources said it is actually training its attention on, drum roll, commerce. That would be local commerce, most specifically, companies such as the hot start-up Groupon, which dominates social couponing.
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The Case for the Fat Start-Up

in News on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

Much has been written and said about the current economic downturn and the resulting lessons on how to run high-technology companies. Quite famously, Sequoia Capital, the premier venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, held a mandatory all-CEO meeting in fall 2008 during which it advised them to “Cut spending. Cut fat. Preserve capital.”