8 posts and columns on Heroes

It's a New Day, So NewEnterprise Is Here

in Enterprise on December 1, 2010 at 4:10 am PT

Everyone loves Twitter and Facebook and Google, but when some part of them fails to work right, phrases like “Fail Whale” enter the popular lexicon, and careers, reputations and investments are all at risk. When they do work, the people who assembled all the hardware and software become the unsung heroes. That’s where NewEnterprise comes in.

A Clicker To Watch TV Online

in The Digital Solution on November 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm PT

Katherine Boehret looks at Clicker.com, which helps viewers find their favorite shows online faster.

Weighing Devices for Your Netflix Delivered via Web

in Personal Technology on December 3, 2008 at 6:18 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Netflix was a pioneer in the business of movie rentals — getting consumers to rent DVDs online and mailing them out in cheery red envelopes. Recently, it has put a lot of effort into a service that delivers movies digitally over the Internet to subscribers, preparing for a day when getting movies on a physical disc will become outmoded.

The Yahoo Rumor Mill–The Broken Clock Will Be Right at Some Time

in News on December 1, 2008 at 3:25 pm PT

Let me be crystal clear: Yahoo and Microsoft are not currently secretly at work on a pricey new search partnership and a piece this weekend in the Times of London that said they were is inaccurate. It’s natural for the idea to be brought up, since they have talked about such a deal many months ago and have indicated publicly and recently that they should again in the future, so smart betting is correct in guessing that they probably will do some sort of search deal in the months ahead. Still, various rumors pop up weekly about deals between the pair, which are about as convoluted as a mash-up of “Richard III” and “Macbeth,” with some “Three’s Company” thrown in for comic relief.

Yahoo Earnings: What to Expect When You're Not Expecting (Much)

in News on October 21, 2008 at 6:55 am PT

Here’s a bright spot in Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings announcement later today: Sources told BoomTown that the company will not announce a specific number of layoffs tomorrow, although it will give an overall percentage of employees and costs to be cut. In other words, you get to practice your long division and multiplication skills! Fun! Other than that, of course, when Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang gets on the horn at at 2 p.m. Pacific time, the outlook is likely to be a wall-to-wall glumfest.

Register to Vote Before Deadlines–Or Jessica Alba Will Muzzle You

in News on October 6, 2008 at 9:37 am PT

One of the more interesting developments of this election cycle has been the boom in viral online videos being used–from a plethora of political spoofs of the candidates to educational videos to people simply venting. And those pushing citizens, especially young people, to register to vote have been using the boom in online video too.

Writers' Strike Over and Still No Web Profits in Sight!

in News on February 13, 2008 at 3:22 am PT

What does it take to imagine a new industry out of orange groves? A lot more than settling a strike, I would posit. A lot has been written about the writers’ strike in Hollywood, which is officially over after three acrimonious months with the overwhelming vote by the members of the Writers Guild of America to accept a contract it hammered out with the entertainment studios. Writers will presumably be back at their keyboards today.

The Striking Writers and the Striking Lack of Web Hits

in News on December 19, 2007 at 3:44 am PT

Why does the idea of a marriage between Hollywood writers and VCs make me slightly queasy? But that’s just the feeling I got when I read the always sharp Joseph Menn of the Los Angeles Times, who penned an interesting piece earlier this week about writers in Hollywood turning to venture capitalists as the strike [...]