analyst

Will Microsoft Name Its CEO Before the New Year? Weary Employees Hope for Even Sooner. (Poll)

Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2013 at 4:15 am PT

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth — and a new leader.

Voices

Amid Drone Talk, Amazon Has Real Robots

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 7, 2013 at 3:00 pm PT

Amazon got a lot of ink for its sci-fi drone delivery idea this week, but a more real and immediate robot effort underway in the Seattle retailer’s warehouses could save it as much as $916 million a year, according to one analyst.

Microsoft Q1 Unveiled Today, but Don’t Expect an October Surprise for New CEO (See You in December)

Kara Swisher in News on October 24, 2013 at 10:30 am PT

Expect the sounds of silence.

MarissaTV, the Yahoo Q3 News — If It Bleeds, It Definitely Does Not Lead

Kara Swisher in News on October 15, 2013 at 2:08 pm PT

At least CEO Marissa Mayer impresses in her second video performance.

Earnings and Revenue Down — Yahoo Delivers on Expected Lackluster Third Quarter

Kara Swisher in News on October 15, 2013 at 1:13 pm PT

No surprise, which should not be a surprise.

No Update on Microsoft CEO Search, but Company Divides in Five New Business Segments

Ina Fried in News on September 19, 2013 at 1:13 pm PT

At a Thursday analyst meeting, Microsoft had nothing to say about who will lead it when CEO Steve Ballmer steps down.

Yahoo Q2 Earnings Call: The Marissa and Ken Show, Now in Living Color

Kara Swisher in Media on July 16, 2013 at 2:05 pm PT

Hiyo, if you will, for the Internet age.

News Byte

Live From Sunnyvale … It’s Yahoo’s Q2, as Mayer Streams Video of Earnings Call

Kara Swisher in Media on July 15, 2013 at 6:41 pm PT

I cannot seem to recall an Internet company doing this — please illuminate me, if so — but Yahoo will “live stream a video broadcast of the company’s second quarter financial results on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern.” The Marissa Mayer CEO show, with sidekick CFO Ken Goldman, will be coming from a studio at Yahoo’s Sunnyvale HQ, and will be available exclusively on Yahoo Finance. (I will so be liveblogging, and am secretly hoping for dancing purple exclamation points.) Wall Street analysts are expecting a meh quarter from the Silicon Valley Internet giant, with a drop in revenue compared to a year ago and worries about Yahoo’s key display advertising business. (Update: I had forgotten, but Netflix will also do so, although it will be a discussion, and not until later this month.)