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Despite Crackdowns, Sina Still Winning the Weibo Game

Loretta Chao and Josh Chin, Staff Writers, The Wall Street Journal in Social on April 28 at 10:23 am PT

Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo may be in the midst of its most aggressive crackdown yet following an explosion of political rumors among users, but it is still beating Tencent in the microblogging race in China, according to a McKinsey & Co. report released this week.

Wielding a Sword of Damocles, Yahoo’s Asian Partners Await Answer on Yet Another Proposal to Buy Back Shares

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT

While last week’s swirl around an Alibaba takeover of Yahoo were overhyped and premature, a lot of what will happen depends on negotiations to settle a longtime asset dispute.

Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

There is no $20 bid for Yahoo today. So why was it suddenly news? Time to blame Wall Street again.

Yahoo Shares Melt as Rumors Collide (Plus, I Add Another Log to the Fire)

Kara Swisher in News on October 31, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT

The Hamlet of Internet companies asks: To be or not to be? That is the question. Or maybe something else.

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).

October. Oc … to … ber. Repeat After Me: Apple iPhone 5 to Launch in October.

Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 12, 2011 at 4:51 pm PT

Dear Everyone: Chillax, because, as we said, you’ll have to wait until October.

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Taiwan Newspaper Pre-Announces iPad 3

John Paczkowski in News on June 14, 2011 at 2:27 pm PT

Here’s a hell of a rumor: Apple’s got another iPad in the works and intends to launch it before the end of the year. But this iPad 3 will have a touchscreen with an image resolution five to six times greater than its predecessor. As implausible as that jump in resolution sounds, that’s what industry sources are telling Taiwan’s Economic Daily, which correctly predicted some of the specs of the original iPad well ahead of its debut.

Will Yahoo Be In Play Again? Here's a Few Scenarios (That Could Be More Than Just Scenarios)

Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

One of the results of Yahoo’s weak earnings report earlier this week has been the renewal of chatter about possible changes in its leadership and even ownership. And continued investor discomfort with its troubled stock price and the level of renewed grumbling by major institutional shareholders is causing some key players to go back to their PowerPoints to reevaluate various options.

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iPad 2 Spotted at Daily Launch?

John Paczkowski in News on February 2, 2011 at 2:42 pm PT

The future of journalism wasn’t the only thing on display at News Corp.’s launch event for the Daily today. The future of the iPad was as well. A “Reuters eyewitness”claims to have seen the next iteration of the device at the gathering. Reuter’s describes it as a working prototype and says it features a front-facing camera, which has been endlessly rumored. But it offers no photographic proof (evidently its eyewitness is unfamiliar with the intricacies of the smartphone camera). Odd that Apple would allow something like this to be taken to an event filled to bursting with media. Good thing News Corp. didn’t hold it at a German beer garden….(Disclosure: News. Corp. owns this Web site.)

Steve Jobs Asks for Privacy–and He Deserves It This Time

Kara Swisher in News on January 17, 2011 at 7:32 am PT

There had been rumors bubbling up last week in Silicon Valley that Apple CEO Steve Jobs might be sick again, due to a non-appearance at a big event. Jobs confirmed that this morning in an email to his employees, in which he asked everyone to respect his privacy. This time, in his third major health-related bout, we probably should give it to him.