strategy

Google Developing Home Entertainment System

Amir Efrati and Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 9 at 1:15 pm PT

Google Inc. is developing a home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be marketed under the company’s own brand, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.

Japan’s Rakuten Set to Challenge Amazon With Help From Kobo

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 27 at 11:40 am PT

Who is Amazon’s biggest competitor? It may be a Japanese-based company you’ve never heard of.

Liveblogging the New Yahoo CEO Call: You Might Want to Refrain From Cussing, Scott!

Kara Swisher in News on January 4 at 7:01 am PT

Mind your P’s and Q’s and Y’s too!

Airbnb Hires Former Yahoo Legal Eagle Belinda Johnson as General Counsel

Kara Swisher in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 7:44 am PT

Here’s the lawyer who’s going to write that ironclad lease — that promised espresso maker better be there! — for the lovely apartment in Italy we rented.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

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 …

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Dealpolitik: Yahoo’s Survival Plan

Ronald Barusch, Contributor, Deal Journal in News on December 2, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Yahoo is adrift and the sharks are circling. It needs to do something. It’s not clear how any of the “somethings” the board is reportedly reviewing have any relationship to a fundamental business strategy. But there seems to be no dispute that “something” needs to get done. It’s not a good position to be in.

Exclusive: Zynga’s Van Natta Moves to Strategic Adviser; Feld Off Board, Paul In

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Big changes at the online social gaming phenom as it gets ready to go public.

Samsung’s Won-Pyo Hong on the Mobile Phone Wars: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 11, 2011 at 1:35 pm PT

South Korea’s Samsung is a key player in the global mobile war between and among Apple, Google, Nokia and others. Here’s its smartphone general.

With No-Yahoo-CEO Pledge, David Kenny Back in the Strategic Fray

Kara Swisher in Media on November 8, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

What will David Kenny do? Maybe get something cooking in the whole what-will-Yahoo-do stakes, now that one of Yahoo’s more active board members is back.

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.