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My Kid Is an Honor Student at iTunes U

John Paczkowski in News on August 24, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Downloads from Apple’s iTunes U program topped the 300 million mark today—a formidable feat for a virtual insitution of higher learning that’s just three years old.

Microsoft CEO Ballmer in Silicon Valley to Visit Stanford (and Perhaps Yahoo CEO Bartz?)

Kara Swisher in News on May 6, 2009 at 6:30 am PT

Later this afternoon, BoomTown will be front and center–well, I will probably get seated on the far side and way back–for a speech to be delivered by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at Stanford University’s Memorial Auditorium on innovation and entrepreneurship, aimed at students there who are looking for some advice from tech’s big dogs. Ballmer is, of course, all that, with a blustery bark and an occasional bite. Of course, he’s probably channeling a more charming demeanor in another meeting sources say he plans to have with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz on this visit to Silicon Valley. The second since Bartz took over Yahoo in January, it’s about whether or not the pair should make nice after a long period of useless acrimony, and strike a significant search and advertising partnership.

Yahoo and Microsoft Deal Progress "Meaningful"–Plus the Deal Team Rosters

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2009 at 7:11 pm PT

Recently, BoomTown reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo had gotten “hot and heavy.” That mood seems to be continuing, as many sources close to the situation on both sides said that the pair are coming ever closer to a search and advertising partnership deal. “It’s meaningful,” said one source. “The fact that there is even progress and engagement, after so many failed attempts between us, says a lot.” Indeed, there seems to be a lot of engagement between the two sides of late, and some sources think a deal could even be struck within the next few weeks.