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Samsung Shows Off 7.7-Inch LTE Tablet and More of That “Phablet”

Lauren Goode 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.

Note is Creating “Phablet” Market, Says Samsung

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

One million Galaxy Notes shipped in two months.

Only One Yahoo Fearless Leader Note This Week: Please Ignore the Unignorable Rumors!

Kara Swisher 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).

Yahoo-Alibaba-SoftBank Settlement Call: At Least It’s Not 100 Percent of Zero!

Kara Swisher 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.

"Fearless Leader" Bartz Out of Foxhole, Reaching Out and Remaining Calm (Until Tomorrow, That Is!)

Kara Swisher 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!

Bartz's (S)mash Note to Ballmer: The Photographic Proof

Kara Swisher 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!

Bartz and Ballmer Meet One-on-One Again at D7

Kara Swisher 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.