6 posts and columns on elephant

Meet Billy, the Bison Mark Zuckerberg Shot and Hung On Sheryl Sandberg’s Wall

in Social on December 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

What’s worse than getting an unsolicited a poke on Facebook? Getting shot, killed, eaten and having your head mounted on a wall by its famous founder, that’s what!
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Adobe Releases Major Upgrade of Creative Suite: It Can Bend Elephants, but Will It Make the "SoftWar" With Apple Worse?

in News on April 12, 2010 at 1:04 am PT

Although caught in an ever-noisier squabble with Apple over the banishment of its popular Flash technology from the iPhone, iPod and iPad and over other issues, Adobe Systems is pressing forward with the release of one of its most important products in many years–an upgrade of its popular and highly profitable Creative Suite software. And while CS5 is the most significant update in several years and can do all kinds of cool things–like bend an elephant, as you will see in the video–it is also at the heart of Adobe’s issues with Apple.

RealNetworks' Rob Glaser Talks About Giving the Internet a Voice and, Yes, Woolly Mammoths!

in News on January 15, 2010 at 5:20 am PT

Rob Glaser called BoomTown when he landed in Washington, D.C., only a few hours after he announced Wednesday he was stepping down as longtime CEO of RealNetworks…Although execs come and go in various and sundry ways–you simply have to give Glaser credit for his pioneering work in bringing both audio and video to the Web.
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Microsoft: Mr. Acquisitive?

in News on May 11, 2009 at 11:58 am PT

With $25 billion in its coffers, Microsoft isn’t exactly hurting for cash. So why is the company planning a bond offering that could raise billions in additional capital? Microsoft will say only that the sale of the notes will be used for “general corporate purposes.” Those include working capital and share buybacks. They also include acquisitions.
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Why Portfolio’s Peers Shouldn’t Be Celebrating

in Media on April 28, 2009 at 9:17 am PT

While the chattering classes continue to pick over Portfolio’s bones, it’s worth checking in on the business titles Condé Nast was targeting with its ill-fated magazine. In short: None of them are suffering from a Portfolio-like swoon, but they’re all in lousy shape. And while we’re at it, let’s dispense with the story that Condé Nast burned $100 million or more on this one.
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