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1,100 Jobs Outsourced or Axed at Nokia
Reason for leaving last job: “IT realignment.”
Directly Is a TaskRabbit for Online Customer Service
Directly wants to be an alternative to tweeting out into the ether or scanning the dead ends of online forum discussions to find the occasional relevant comment.
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Closing the Internet Divide
What is the correlation between Internet connectivity and prosperity?
How Obama or Romney Should Have Answered the iPad Question
When CNN’s Candy Crowley asked why iPad and iPhones can’t be made in America, here is what one of the candidates — either one — should have said in response.
Yahoo Gets Googley Q&A Tool at Friday FYI and Uses It to Ask About Exec Accountability and Leaks
Here’s my question for Mayer’s new query machine: When do I get my free lunch?
CrowdFlower Heads Downmarket With New Photo Moderation Tools
CrowdFlower, the crowdsourcing platform, is striking out in a new direction under the leadership of co-founder Lukas Biewald, who recently took back the CEO role from a hired executive.
To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others
There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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Tata Targets Smaller Clients
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India’s largest outsourcer by sales, counts among its clients some of the world’s best known names, from Wall Street banks to automobile manufacturers. Now, it is targeting people many have never heard of on its home turf.
Yahoo Layoffs Coming December 13 (And Not This Week, Though It's Still Bad News)
This will be short and–considering the topic–bittersweet. Despite a report in TechCrunch saying layoffs at Yahoo might be imminent, previously reported termination of employees in its product unit will not take place this week. Actually, according to sources familiar with the situation, they will take place in about two weeks, around December 13th.
Adding Insult to Injury: Yahoo Is Prepping Layoffs, but Limited to Product Group and More Like 10 Percent
Yahoo is indeed preparing to lay off employees, in a reduction in force that will be done in December. But the layoffs, first reported in TechCrunch, will be closer to 10 percent and be almost completely centered on the product organization under Chief Product Officer Blake Irving, said sources close to the situation.