10 posts and columns on note

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Citi: Positive Trends Ahead for E-Commerce

in News on February 17 at 11:50 am PT

According to a brief from comScore, total U.S. online spending in January — including retail and travel — grew 13 percent year over year to $23 billion, compared to 11 percent in December. Both months were pointing slightly downward from fourth-quarter online spending, which saw 14 percent year-over-year growth, but Citi analyst Mark Mahaney said in a note that he sees overall positive trends ahead in e-commerce, with the possibility of seeing pre-recession 20 percent growth rates. Key segments contributing to January’s overall growth included online sales of computer software, jewelry and watches, and home electronics.

Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

in Social on February 14 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)
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Samsung Shows Off 7.7-Inch LTE Tablet and More of That “Phablet”

in News on January 9 at 4:50 pm PT

At Samsung’s CES press event, the electronics giant again showed off its “phablet” device, plus a 7.7-inch Galaxy tablet that will run on Verizon’s LTE 4G wireless network.
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Note is Creating “Phablet” Market, Says Samsung

in News on December 29, 2011 at 8:26 am PT

One million Galaxy Notes shipped in two months.
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Only One Yahoo Fearless Leader Note This Week: Please Ignore the Unignorable Rumors!

in News on September 30, 2011 at 5:03 pm PT

Here’s the weekly internal management email from the Silicon Valley Internet giant (just because I can).
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Yahoo-Alibaba-SoftBank Settlement Call: At Least It’s Not 100 Percent of Zero!

in News on July 29, 2011 at 6:01 am PT

As these companies are wont to do in the middle of the night, Yahoo, SoftBank and the Alibaba Group have reached an agreement in their nasty dispute around the Alipay payments unit, and they are ready to talk about it.
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"Fearless Leader" Bartz Out of Foxhole, Reaching Out and Remaining Calm (Until Tomorrow, That Is!)

in News on October 18, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

Thus spake Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in her weekly note to Yahoos on Friday, signing off as the Internet giant’s “fearless leader”: “There sure are a lot of folks writing about us. There are some pretty incredible stories out there. I’m not letting it distract me, and you shouldn’t either.” Did she just call BoomTown incredible? Thanks!

Digital File Cabinet You Can Bring With You Anywhere

in Personal Technology on January 20, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt Mossberg reviews Evernote, which lets you create notes of text and photos and file them in your own searchable database, accessible on a number of devices.
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Bartz's (S)mash Note to Ballmer: The Photographic Proof

in News on May 29, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

If a search and advertising partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft is ever struck, perhaps a little CEO-to-CEO note-passing should get some credit. Yesterday, we wrote about the purple Post-It that Bartz passed to Ballmer via the makeup person in the D: All Things Digital Green Room. Here’s the photographic proof!
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Bartz and Ballmer Meet One-on-One Again at D7

in News on May 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had yet another one-on-one meeting yesterday evening at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., said several sources, in ongoing discussions about a search and advertising partnership. In addition, top deal execs from both Yahoo and Microsoft continued their talks, including Yahoo U.S. head Hilary Schneider and top Microsoft digital exec Yusuf Mehdi.
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