Peter Kafka in Media on November 11, 2010 at 1:33 pm PT
We know the drill by now: Cable company exec speaks in a public setting, gets asked about “cord cutting” and says he can’t see it.
Cue disbelief.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2010 at 10:47 am PT
Time Warner’s magazine unit was ecstatic about the iPad, but now it’s in a standoff with Apple. Which is why Jeff Bewkes is talking loudly–if not directly–about the appeal of the new Android tablets.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 21, 2010 at 4:30 am PT
Here is the standard cord-cutting formula: Tell your cable company to pound sand and replace it with an antenna, an Internet connection and a Netflix subscription.
Except, says Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, that’s not what his 19.6 million customers are doing. For now.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 19, 2010 at 10:40 am PT
The New York Times is getting ready to roll out a pay wall in January, and plenty of people fret that the paper will see its audience disappear when the gates go up. Here’s a counterargument: The Telegram & Gazette, which happens to be owned by the Times, and which has seen its traffic rise after its wall went up.
John Paczkowski in News on October 18, 2010 at 3:18 pm PT
CEO Steve Jobs made a special guest appearance on Apple’s Q3 earnings call today and used the opportunity to fire a few shots at Google while reframing the comparison between iOS and Android.
John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2010 at 11:45 am PT
Tablets and how to respond to them. That, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, was “the big question on everyone’s mind” yesterday during the company’s earnings call. And he did come prepared with an answer: Tablets are just another growth opportunity for Intel, one that the company plans to take good advantage of.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 25, 2010 at 1:00 pm PT
The long, stumbling game of catch-up Research in Motion has been playing in the smartphone market is nearing its end. And when the end is finally reached, RIM will emerge the victor. Because the BlackBerry maker isn’t standing still–anymore. It will soon roll out its new BlackBerry 6 platform and new handsets. And when it does, global smartphone supremacy is assured…MUAHAHAHA.
John Paczkowski in News on June 17, 2010 at 7:13 am PT
uring a 2009 earnings call, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said it was up to Apple to bring the iPhone to the carrier’s network. “This is a decision that is exclusively in Apple’s court,” Seidenberg said. “Obviously we would be interested if they thought it would make sense for them to have us as a partner. And so we will leave it with them on that score.”
John Paczkowski in News on May 25, 2010 at 2:45 pm PT
Microsoft’s patent infringement suit against Salesforce.com has drawn a scathing response from Marc Benioff, the customer relationship management software provider’s mercurial CEO. During a company conference in Singapore, Benioff slagged the software giant for filing the suit, branding it a patent troll.
John Paczkowski in News on May 21, 2010 at 5:15 am PT
Did Apple underestimate the iPad’s early popularity? It certainly seems that way. Amid reports that the device is now outselling the Mac, comes news that iPad supplies are increasingly constrained as Apple prepares for its international launch. A new survey of 50 Apple retail stores found the iPad to be sold out at 74 percent of them.
