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At Tomorrow’s AOL Investor Day, Will “Execution” Focus Mean Cylinders Firing or Heads Rolling?

Kara Swisher in Media on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Talking to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong earlier this week about its investors day tomorrow, he used the word “execution” a lot. No, not the kind evoking a firing squad if he did not succeed at turning around the New York-based Internet giant soon as he has long promised. He means the good kind.

Nokia’s Stephen Elop Responds to Those Who Oppose His Big Windows Phone Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 5:37 am PT

Nokia’s Stephen Elop Talks to Mobilized About the Big Microsoft Deal (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 7:23 am PT

In an interview, Nokia’s Stephen Elop tells Mobilized why he went with Microsoft over Android and how the company expects to turn its patent portfolio into a far more lucrative business.

Google Willing to Start From Scratch to Enter Daily Deals Market

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 21, 2011 at 12:20 am PT

Google appears to be entering the daily deals business on its own after Groupon rejected its jaw-dropping $6 billion buyout offer.

Analyst: RIM Vulnerable Ahead of OS Transition

John Paczkowski in News on December 3, 2010 at 3:04 am PT

The all-new QNX operating system that will debut on Research in Motion’s forthcoming PlayBook tablet may well rejuvinate the BlackBerry when it replaces the smartphone’s aging BlackBerry OS. And it may herald a promising new period for the company, but only after RIM has negotiated a potentially painful transition.

Videos of the Three Best Sessions at the Web 2.0 Summit

Liz Gannes in Social on November 18, 2010 at 7:08 pm PT

I spent the first half of the week at and around the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. This year’s edition felt a bit smaller than before, but it still attracted some of the key characters on and off the Web. If you weren’t there or didn’t tune in to the event’s first-ever full livestream, and want to catch up, here are some of the highlights, which have already been posted to the O’Reilly YouTube account.

Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Unveil "Project Nike" Partnership Deal With Nokia at Monday Event

Kara Swisher in News on May 20, 2010 at 11:38 pm PT

Today, Yahoo sent a press conference invite for Monday in New York to reveal “an exciting announcement about providing global consumers with rich online and mobile experiences, and bringing forward a new era in keeping consumers connected.” That’s all it took to get BoomTown on the horn to find out what that meant. And, according to sources, that will be a deal with Finland-based mobile phone giant Nokia to build Yahoo’s email, search and other applications and services into a range of its devices.

Liveblogging the AOL Conference Call: To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn?

Kara Swisher in News on February 3, 2010 at 6:21 am PT

BoomTown liveblogged the AOL conference call, the first since it spun off from Time Warner. Earlier this morning, AOL reported its fourth-quarter results, whichN beat very, very low Wall Street expectations. And essentially, it was all about turning the Internet icon around. Bottom line: Still turning, but the lid is super-duper tight, folks!

Nokia: 2010 Will Be Better–We Promise

John Paczkowski in News on December 2, 2009 at 7:54 am PT

A bit of good news for Nokia in its seemingly endless parade of bad. The company said today that it expects handset industry volumes to rise 10 percent in 2010 from 2009 as the market rebounds from the econalypse. “Going into 2010, the overall mobile devices market is stabilizing and it is growing more in the areas where Nokia has competitive advantages,” CFO Timo Ihamuotila said during the company’s Capital Markets Day event today.

Media Link's Michael Kassan (in NYC) and Wenda Millard (From a Boat Somewhere Near Slovenia) Speak About Their New MySpace Gig!

Kara Swisher in News on August 20, 2009 at 4:48 pm PT

Wenda Harris Millard–calling in to BoomTown HQ from a cruise either on the way to or the way from Slovenia, since she said she was not exactly sure, given that it was the middle of the night there–wanted to make one thing clear: She is still working for her other dozens of clients at Media Link as its president, but also has a big new gig helping MySpace get its advertising sales house in order, especially related to strategy and execution. “I guess it’s a matter of semantics, but I will be leading the engagement,” said Millard. “But we have a whole team here too, and I am also still working for all our great clients.” Okay, people?!? Which is, in Slovenian, in case anyone asks there, Wenda: Vidirati narod?