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AOL’s Biz Dev SVP and Strategy Chief Heads to Spotify

Kara Swisher in News on October 27, 2011 at 12:19 am PT

Top AOL dude abandons ship to head to hot music start-up.

Year of The Mac? How About “Years of The Mac”

John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2010 at 3:32 am PT

Back in January Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster proclaimed 2010 the “Year of the Mac.” Now, with the year nearly over, it’s looking like he was right.

A 4.3 Million Mac Quarter for Apple?

John Paczkowski in News on November 15, 2010 at 2:24 pm PT

Apple is headed toward another record-breaking quarter for Mac sales. That’s the indication from the latest NPD retail data, anyway.

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Japan No Longer Home For Panasonic?

Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 2, 2010 at 8:09 am PT

In Japan, if you buy a map of the world, it will probably have Japan right at the center –- with the Eurasia continent to the left, and the Americas to the right. That’s what the world used to look like to the country’s electronics makers. But now, Panasonic Corp., like many of its Japanese peers, is drawing a new map.

Silicon Valley, Mind Your Manners–A Squad of Intellectual Property Cops Arrive at the Justice Department

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Let’s make short work of this: Yesterday, the Justice Department named 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorneys to the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property program, as well as 20 Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents, to police intellectual property violations, both domestic and international. The new FBI agents nearly double the number working on copyright issues and will be part of “intellectual property squads.” Why all the muscle? Pressure from the entertainment industry no doubt.

magicJack: Cheap, Way Overhyped, But Really Works

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT

Walt reviews magicJack, an Internet-based device for making phone calls from a computer.

Microsoft Says It’s Done Buying Search. Writing Big Checks for Search? Different Story.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 5, 2009 at 7:23 am PT

Steve Ballmer says he doesn’t expect to do much search-related M&A, which makes sense since there’s little left to buy. But he may be willing to pay for search. Ask AOL.

NPD: Mac Sales Up Seven Percent, iPod Sales Down 16 Percent

John Paczkowski in News on September 14, 2009 at 1:15 pm PT

Apple’s September quarter is shaping up to be a good one, if the latest metrics from NPD as reported by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster are any indication. According to the research outfit, Mac sales for July and August are up seven percent year-over-year.

Mac Shipments Up. Also, Mac Shipments Down.

John Paczkowski in News on July 16, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

Domestic Mac shipments for the second quarter of 2009 rose to 1.422 million, a 2.5 percent year-over-year increase. Or, they fell to 1.2 million, a decline of 12.4 percent. All depends on whom you believe, Gartner or IDC.

Insert Bad "Wi-Fli" Pun Here…

John Paczkowski in News on March 31, 2009 at 11:39 am PT

American Airlines domestic passenger jets are fast becoming a fleet of airborne Wi-Fi hotspots. After a successful six-month pilot program on 15 planes, the airline will expand its in-flight Wi-Fi service to 300 more over the next two years.