innovation

Seven Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 9 at 1:50 pm PT

In an AllThingsD interview, Cisco Systems’ CEO talks about the company’s turnaround, the hurdles ahead and how badly he wants to bring his company’s cash home.

Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)

Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Wanted, one magical exec to work miracles against increasingly troublesome dragons. Ability to sparkle a plus.

Copiers vs. Innovators

What’s happening is that we might, in fact, be at a time in our history where we’re being domesticated by these great big societal things, such as Facebook and the Internet. We’re being domesticated by them, because fewer and fewer and fewer of us have to be innovators to get by. And so, in the cold calculus of evolution by natural selection, at no greater time in history than ever before, copiers are probably doing better than innovators. Because innovation is extraordinarily hard.

– Mark Pagel, fellow of the Royal Society and professor of evolutionary biology, in conversation with Edge.org

Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

Kara Swisher in Social on December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Let’s put this one in the “done” column, shall we?

For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.

Adobe Admits It Is Saying Buh-Bye to Flash for Mobile Devices

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Looks like Apple’s Steve Jobs was right (as usual).

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.

Out of the Factory

Evan Ramstad and Loretta Chao, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 26, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT

Asia’s place in the global high-tech industry has broadened and become more sophisticated, a shift from its decades-long role as a cheaper builder of gadgets and software than North America and Europe.