Miami

IBM Scores a Touchdown With Football’s Miami Dolphins

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 28 at 1:15 am PT

IBM’s Smarter Cities group is going to help the Dolphins manage their stadium more effectively.

Voices

Getting Online in Cuba Remains a Risky Endeavor for Most

Erik Silk in Voices on May 28, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Only three percent of Cubans have direct access to the Internet, but many find more clandestine ways to get online and connect to the rest of the world.

Gilt City Leaves the Masses to Groupon, Skims the Cream Off the Top

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 7, 2011 at 2:07 pm PT

As Groupon and LivingSocial scramble for first-mover advantage and launch in as many as eight new markets a day, Gilt City is taking a different approach to the group-buying market.

Gilt Groupe Leans on Mixture of Equity and Debt to Fund Growth

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 15, 2010 at 3:55 pm PT

Gilt Groupe has secured about $15 million in a line of credit, which we’ve learned was primarily used for building out a new warehouse in Louisville, Ky.

Shopkick Checks In With Target–CEO Cyriac Roeding Talks About Social Shopping

Kara Swisher in News on November 16, 2010 at 10:28 am PT

The idea of being rewarded for being a consumer is getting a lot of heat of late, as retailers seek to take advantage of the fast-moving social phenom among consumers, especially young ones. Thus, a wide range of efforts to combine location-based mobile apps with purchasing, both online and offline. Today, another company in the space, shopkick, announced it had added another store–Minneapolis-based Target–to its list of retailers deploying its platform and mobile app that gives you points for simply walking in a store.

Viral Video: John Mayer Channels LeBron James

Kara Swisher in News on July 12, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

Oh, that scamp John Mayer is such a jokester. Here’s a video the singer did in the wake of all the controversy around the basketball star choosing Miami to play for and leaving behind a dejected and angry Cleveland. Big surprise, given his promiscuous reputation: Mayer will play for everyone.

Liveblogging Bing Demo: No Donuts, Unlikely to Pay for De-Indexing Google, but Cool New Maps

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

BoomTown is awaiting a passel of Microsoft execs, who will be talking about a range of new features for Bing. I will be liveblogging, but I must say, I wish there were donuts.

Sony Ericsson to Sack 2,000

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2009 at 9:56 am PT

Given its recent string of lousy financial reports, its weak platform strategy and declining share of the the global handset market, I suppose it was only a matter of time before Sony Ericsson began sacking employees again. And it did just that this morning, announcing plans to shutter its Research Triangle Park facility in North Carolina, as well as offices in Miami, India and Sweden.