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Let’s Play Word Association With Tech Moguls!

in News on June 16, 2011 at 8:06 am PT

Earlier this year, I moderated a panel of tech leaders from the U.S. and Europe, at the opening of the DLD conference in Munich. To get things going, I used that old trick of word association — asking for lightning observations on Facebook, Google, Steve Jobs, Nokia, Rupert Murdoch and smartphones. Results, well, varied.

New Microsoft/Icahn Deal Details Semi-Sweet to Yahoo, Now Turns Sour for All

in News on July 13, 2008 at 9:51 pm PT

If you want to get to the heart of the truly dysfunctional relationship between Yahoo and Microsoft, consider the alleged 24-hour deadline that Yahoo claimed Microsoft and its sidekick, activist investor Carl Icahn, gave the company to respond to its most recent search proposal. I say “alleged,” because like in all things related to this takeover mess, the pair disagree on exactly what that meant. Frankly, it’s enough to make former President Bill Clinton’s definition of what “is” is make sense. Before we get to this disagreement, here are the terms of the new Microsoft/Icahn joint deal to take control of Yahoo’s seach business, according to numerous sources from both sides.