Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT
Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward.
Other than that …
Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm PT
Guilherme Ribenboim, VP and managing director of Latin America and U.S. Hispanic markets, has left Yahoo for another job at a start-up.
Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2011 at 9:36 am PT
As a day of meetings begin for Yahoos over the sudden firing of CEO Carol Bartz, I’ll be the one in the back taking notes. Co-founder Jerry Yang says “no sale,” which means the sale is definitely in progress!
Kara Swisher in Commerce on June 9, 2011 at 3:16 pm PT
One area of medical care has gotten little attention online has been —
wait for it — dental care.
But before you click away from this story to avoid thoughts of root canals, it’s the well-funded premise behind the latest start-up called Brighter from longtime online exec Jake Winebaum.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT
For Apple, a smaller, cheaper iPhone may be more than a means of entering the market for lower-end phones currently dominated by Android and Symbian–it could be the final step in the company’s global smartphone dominance.
That’s the theory put forth today by Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, who sees an iPhone Nano or Mini as an inevitability, one that would dramatically expand Apple’s addressable market.
John Paczkowski in News on February 15, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
Apple’s new subscription plan has a compliance deadline. June 30, according to a memo sent to publishers earlier this year.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 15, 2011 at 4:45 am PT
President Obama’s proposal to auction wireless spectrum currently held by TV broadcasters could bring in much more than the $28 billion he said it would, a study by the wireless industry has found.
John Paczkowski in News on February 3, 2011 at 12:24 pm PT
Does your wireless plan suit your needs? Truly suit your needs? Because if it doesn’t, you’re potentially wasting hundreds of dollars. According to a yearlong BillShrink survey of more than 230,000 wireless users, people waste an average of $336 annually by miscalculating their voice and data needs.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Most of the questions that remained when the product was announced on Jan. 11 have now been answered, including how much the data and hotspot service will cost.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 25, 2011 at 3:29 am PT
When the iPhone goes live on Verizon’s network on Feb. 10, the carrier will indeed offer it with an unlimited data plan, as I reported earlier this month. But not because of an exception it’s made for the iPhone–because it’s doing away with its tiered smartphone data plan entirely.
