12 posts and columns on response

Loeb Lobs Lawsuit, as Expected, at Yahoo’s Borked Bio Mess

in News on May 7 at 9:23 am PT

Botched CEO bio. Activist shareholder. Screwy board of directors. Mix it all together and what do you get?
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MyForce Pushes a Panic-Button App for the Campus

in Mobile on December 8, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

A Colorado-based security company is looking to bring a one-touch mobile app to school campuses for emergencies.
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Viral Survey Says: No Thanks to Facebook Phone

in Mobile on November 28, 2011 at 12:07 am PT

In a post last week about what could be in a Facebook smartphone — one in a series about the mobile efforts at the social networking giant — AllThingsD.com asked readers if they wanted one or not (we also offered a “maybe” option).
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Verizon iPhone Lines Inversely Proportional to Verizon iPhone Rumors

in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

After the nearly interminable buildup to the iPhone’s launch on Verizon–the years of anticipation, rumors and speculation–you’d think eager buyers would be camping out in front of their local Apple Store and that Verizon stores would literally be overrun with frustrated AT&T iPhone users looking for relief. But evidently that’s not the case.

Google Joins Mozilla With Opt-Out Plug-In for Chrome

in Enterprise on January 24, 2011 at 3:04 pm PT

Like Mozilla, Google has heeded the call of U.S. regulators to give Web users an easy way to stop companies from tracking their online activities for targeting advertising.

This Supercomputer Defeated Human Champions of a TV Game Show in 2011

in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT

Answer: What is IBM’s Watson? The supercomputer training for an expected TV debut next month on “Jeopardy” won a practice round today.

Gawkergate Collateral Damage Now Includes the New York Times

in Enterprise on December 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm PT

In the 10 days or so since hackers purloined account data from the Gawker group of sites, several Web properties have urged users to change any potentially compromised passwords. Today, the New York Times joined the chorus.

There's Still Time to Take the ATD Survey: Who Are the 10 Most Interesting People in Tech in 2010?

in News on December 21, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Last week, BoomTown posted a survey–titled “Who Are the 10 Most Interesting People in Tech in 2010?”–asking for readers’ choices. We have gotten a cornucopia of responses so far, but All Things Digital is running the poll one more week. We’ll publish the winners as part of our year-in-review postings before 2011 dawns and we get a whole new passel of digital characters to kick around.

Consumer Reports Slams AT&T (Again)

in Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 8:33 am PT

Consumer Reports has been taking swings at AT&T’s cellphone service for a while now. But the carrier finds itself once again in its crosshairs. The January 2011 issue ranks cellphones and services, and carries this headline on the cover: “Best and worst providers (Sorry AT&T).”

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LimeWire Makes It Official: It's All Over

in Media on December 3, 2010 at 1:03 pm PT

It took a day, but LimeWire has responded to my request for comment on its imminent shutdown: It acknowledges that it’s shutting down, imminently. Via email: “Given our current situation, plans to bring our separate, legal music service to market have been canceled. The beginning of 2011 will mark the closing of LimeWire’s New York office and cessation of business by LimeWire. We attracted some of the top talent from the technology community over the years to build our new music service. We’ll be helping our team members commence their job search over the next few months.”

Viacom Asks for a Do-Over on YouTube

in Media, December 3, 2010 at 11:51 am PT

Verizon to AT&T: Do Yourself a Favor and Shut Up

in News, November 17, 2009 at 5:31 am PT