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Wanted: Groupon COO. Must Like Cat-Wrangling, Lack of Spotlight and International Travel (Post-Samwer)

Kara Swisher in News on March 29, 2011 at 10:37 am PT

Of all the many job openings in tech, perhaps the most interesting to watch will be who Groupon selects as its next COO, after the recent announcement that it was parting ways with President and COO Rob Solomon. Requirements for running the Chicago-based social buying site: epic cat-wrangling of thousands of employees in far-flung locations; deep marketing and advertising prowess; high-level technology, product, mobile and e-commerce chops; and international experience. Also, please stand in the shadows.

Groupon Poised to Strike Partnership With China's Tencent, in Key Global Expansion Move

Kara Swisher in News on January 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

Groupon is in talks with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to form a partnership to accelerate its effort in the critical Asian arena, said several sources with knowledge of the situation. Terms of the deal are unclear, but sources said that it is likely to involve some sort of co-branded joint venture effort between the two–a key strategic move for Groupon, given the hard-to-penetrate-if-you’re-not-Chinese Chinese market.

FamilyFinds: Discount Deals Site Aimed at Families Launches With $5.75 Million Funding

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Even as Groupon is poised to sell itself to Google for badillions of dollars, the attack of the social buying clones continues. Today, it is the launch of FamilyFinds, a Santa Monica, Calif., start-up aimed at offering daily deals to families, with $5.75 million in funding to help it get going.

Update: Groupon's Andrew Mason on Clones, the Gap and Mugging Larry Page!

Kara Swisher in News on August 24, 2010 at 5:24 am PT

Last week in Vancouver, BoomTown reunited with Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason, in an onstage interview at the Grow2010 conference being held in the lovely Canadian city. While affable and unusually sweet-looking, Mason was cagey as can be about the really juicy stuff–revenues, IPO plans and acquisition scenarios–but he also had a lot to say about the spectacular growth of the social buying service.

First Impressions of the New Apple iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossblog on January 27, 2010 at 6:49 pm PT

Walt Mossberg provides his first impressions on Apple’s new iPad tablet computer.

Apple to Psystar: And Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas About a Black Friday Sale, Either

John Paczkowski in News on November 25, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Having diligently hewn Psytar’s legal coffin over the past year and a half, Apple has now taken up its hammer and set about nailing the Mac clone maker into it. This week the company called for a permanent injunction against Psystar’s operations.

Apple: Psyonara, Psystar

John Paczkowski in News on November 15, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

Psystar’s ill-starred crusade against Apple has ended in a total rout. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday dropped the hammer on the Mac clone maker, granting Apple’s request for a summary judgment and denying Psystar’s counterclaim.

Psyonara, Redux

John Paczkowski in News on May 26, 2009 at 10:51 am PT

Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has filed for bankruptcy. Seems Psystar’s acrimonious legal battle with Apple and the souring economy have had a deleterious effect on its finances.

Tenacious P

John Paczkowski in News on February 9, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Score one for Psystar. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has won the right to continue its countersuit against Apple. In an order signed last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ruled that Psystar–whose antitrust complaint against Apple was tentatively dismissed last year–can refocus that complaint around copyright misuse.