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Samsung’s Galaxy S II Beats the iPhone 4S — At Least When You Drop Them

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 17, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

Forget comparing features, just drop them from shoulder height and see which survives. That was the approach taken by SquareTrade and yes, we’ve got video!

O.co Taps Home and Auto Insurance to Grow Discount Shopping

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Overstock.com has been slowly trimming its name down to a more snappy O.co, while simultaneously increasing the number of businesses in which it operates.

Still Not Convinced the Cloud Is a Risky Place? Here Are Some Scary Numbers To Ponder.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 29, 2011 at 8:15 am PT

The company that says cloud providers are in denial about risk has estimated the total costs from the recent Epsilon data breach. Here’s a hint: They’re big.

Are Cloud Companies in Denial About Risk?

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 16, 2011 at 9:48 am PT

Once a sales manager for Salesforce.com, Drew Bartkiewicz was a cloud computing evangelist. Then he worked in the insurance industry. Now he says cloud computing companies and their customers are ignoring a key question: Who’s liable when something goes really wrong?

Rivals Jockey for Roles in Insurance Exchanges

Avery Johnson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 16, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Health-technology companies are hoping that the new state insurance “exchanges” required by the federal health-care overhaul will offer them big new growth opportunities.

Committing to Acts of Kindness on the Go

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 19, 2010 at 8:08 am PT

As marketers experiment with ways to get users to pay attention to mobile ads, insurance company Liberty Mutual is betting on something new–appealing to users’ charitable side. The company’s new ad, which runs on the Apple iAd platform, takes a slightly different tack from rich-media ads that rely on the gee-whiz factor of full-screen videos and games.

HotJobs Sold to Monster in Yahoo Garage Sale

John Paczkowski in News on February 3, 2010 at 1:43 pm PT

Apparently, Yahoo’s efforts to sell off some of its noncore properties are going quite a bit better than previously thought. Moments ago, the company said it will sell Yahoo HotJobs to Monster Worldwide, proprietor of rival online career site Monster.com. Price: $225 million in cash.

Health Insurers Eye Social Networking

Anna Wilde Mathews, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 20, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

Lots of companies are starting to track social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook to keep an eye on negative comments, put out their own happier spin and interact with consumers.