6 posts and columns on reaction

Worried About IPO Filing Backlash, Groupon Surveys Consumer and Merchant Reaction

in Commerce on July 7, 2011 at 3:05 am PT

Groupon’s S-1 filing for an IPO last month certainly got a lot of ink. Unfortunately, much of it was negative, focused on several controversial parts of the document. So the social buying service conducted a poll to find out the impact.
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Nokia’s Stephen Elop Responds to Those Who Oppose His Big Windows Phone Deal

in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 5:37 am PT

Apple Shares Down Nearly Eight Percent in Frankfurt on News of Jobs's Medical Leave

in News on January 17, 2011 at 7:10 am PT

The knee-jerk reaction to news of Steve Jobs’s medical leave of absence from Apple was as expected, though somewhat muted by the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the States. U.S. markets are closed today, so Apple’s share price here remains at $348.48, its Friday close. But it’s already taking a beating abroad. As I write this, Apple’s stock is down nearly 8 percent in Frankfurt trading.

Confirmed! Reddit Users Really, Really Dislike Pop-Up Ads.

in Media on January 29, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

It is all Apple, all the time in techland this week. Except at Reddit, where the social news site’s users spent most of yesterday obsessing about something else: A rogue ad.

Full Coverage: Carol Bartz Named New Yahoo CEO

in News on January 13, 2009 at 1:00 pm PT

Yahoo’s board has approved Carol Bartz for the company’s top job and Bartz has accepted. What happens next? Yahoo’s CEO post has been the subject of speculation of one kind or another for most of the past year, and BoomTown’s had the right story earlier–and more often–than anywhere else. Tune in here for the latest developments in the ongoing story. Sue Decker’s Goodbye Memo to the Yahoo Troops Yahoo’s Decker Resigned With Class–Now Chairman Bostock Should Exit Stage Right Too The Past Is Prologue: Carol Bartz and Autodesk in 1992=Yahoo Now Carol Bartz: The ALL CAPS CEO Live-Blogging Yahoo’s Bartz as CEO Announcement: Her First Words? “Yahoooo!” and “Friggin’” Yahoo Confirms Bartz Pick as CEO; No. 2 Exec Decker Out Is a Microsoft Search Deal With Yahoo “Ticked and Tied”? Bartz to Be Named Yahoo CEO: Now What’s Next? Yahoo Investors: We Would Have Preferred Steve Jobs… First Up for Carol Bartz: Deliver Yahoo’s Miserable Q4 Report Card As BoomTown Said, Bartz Is Tops on the Yahoo CEO Short List–Here’s the Reaction New Prospect for Yahoo CEO: Carol Bartz

As BoomTown Said, Bartz Is Tops on the Yahoo CEO Short List–Here's the Reaction

in News on January 9, 2009 at 3:01 pm PT

Following on BoomTown’s report earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal has also named former Autodesk top exec Carol Bartz as a contender for Yahoo CEO in a report today. Since my post on Wednesday, I have been getting a lot of intense reaction from inside and outside of Yahoo to the idea of an old-line tech CEO–such as Bartz–with little Internet or online advertising experience, taking on the difficult role at Yahoo. What’s most interesting about the reaction to Bartz is that the kudos and the knocks track very closely.