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Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.

CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 15 at 5:06 am PT

The new leader addresses the nervous troops: Once more unto the breach, dear possibly laid-off Yahoos, once more …

Magnum P.I. Can See the Future, and We’re Living in It Right Now

Peter Kafka in Media on August 12, 2011 at 6:27 am PT

A nearly 100 percent accurate view of the present tense, forecast back in 1993.

Your Next Game Console Could Be … the iPhone 8?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 5, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT

If the iPhone 4 dramatically improved the small-screen gaming experience, imagine what the iPhone 8 will do. That’s what Epic Games President Mike Capps is doing these days.

Nokia’s Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for its future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the rest of its strategy, which includes a mix of Symbian and even a dash of MeeGo. Mobilized has live coverage of the event, which started at around 4 am PT, or noon here in London.

"Beyond the Search Box": The White Pleather Honeypot Smackdown

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

Perusing AOL’s leaked damn-the-journalism-full-speed-ahead business plan, BoomTown was a little late to the Microsoft Bing event this morning called “Farsight: Beyond the Search Box.” But things had certainly been cooking with gas when I walked into the meeting room at the University of San Francisco, including allegations of cheating, honeypot stings and a whole lot of insulting of the hosts. Schweeet!

Exclusive: Google’s Android Design Expert Outlines the Vision Behind Honeycomb

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 1, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

In an interview, former Palm designer Matias Duarte talks about the changes that will allow Android to evolve from a phone-centric operating system to one well-suited to tablets and all manner of other devices.

Apple’s Cook Aims to Reassure Wall Street on Apple’s Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 18, 2011 at 2:32 pm PT

We’re several questions into the earnings conference call and no analyst has yet directly asked about the health of CEO Steve Jobs. However, analysts have probed as to just how far out Apple plans its products, something Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook declined to state.