Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Applied Materials: The Next Tech Layoffs?
In a development that only Scrooge and the Grinch would find amusing, the tech industry has entered into a fevered period of pre-holiday job cuts.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
7digital Plans iPhone App, Google-Music Talks, in U.S. Expansion
Music-download service 7digital faces plenty of skepticism since its U.S. launch two weeks ago.
According to Ben Drury, its co-founder and chief executive, many of the questions–how do you compete with iTunes, how do you stand out amid a sea of music services–are valid ones.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Carriers Eye Pay-As-You-Go Internet
In the early years of the Internet, the more time people spent online, the more they paid a provider like AOL for their connection. But as customers have shifted to always-on broadband services, many Web surfers have enjoyed all-you-can-eat Internet for a flat rate.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
MySpace Tries to Recover Its Cool
A new executive team at MySpace is trying to reignite the brand by focusing on areas like music, videos and games as users abandon the social-networking site for cooler destinations.
MySpace, which is holding a conference this week for its global ad-sales staff, needs to lure visitors back and kick-start advertising revenue, ad executives say.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hotmail Phishing Attacks Spread to Other Email Services
Phishing attacks that affected customers of Microsoft’s Hotmail Monday have compromised more than 30,000 email accounts, including those of Gmail, Yahoo Mail and other services.
Microsoft blamed phishing, in which cybercriminals try to trick consumers into revealing personal information through fraudulent emails, for a list of Hotmail account passwords that appeared online.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Diller on AOL: No Thanks
Barry Diller, IAC’s chief executive, said Wednesday that he’s not interested in acquiring AOL after the Internet business is spun off from its parent company, Time Warner.
“I have no interest in purchasing AOL, but there are kinds of alliances that are possible for us,” Diller said at an investor conference in New York. “Those maybe will happen, or maybe they won’t happen.”
Thursday, September 3, 2009
A Day Without Cat Videos?
Can you imagine the Web without cats LOLing, eating spaghetti or playing the keyboard? The day (just a day!) is coming.
Sept. 9 will mark Urlesque’s 24-hour feline-content blackout, also known as “Day Without Cats on the Internet,” and as a lead-up to the event, the site will spend the next few days focused on kitty memes.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Will Time Warner Dump the Magazine Business?
While Time-Warner moves closer to the spin-off of AOL, the Street is anticipating what they might do after that. An obvious option: shed the magazine business.
In a research note picking up coverage of the company today, Caris & Co. analyst David Miller proposes that the company’s publishing arm is likely head for its “swan song.”
Thursday, August 13, 2009
LOLcats Go Off-Broadway
I Can Has Cheezburger, the Web site that popularized the “art” of matching cat photos to misspelled captions, is the inspiration for a new independent musical that debuts Friday.
Kristyn Pomranz and Katherine Steinberg, both online editors at AOL, created “I Can Has Cheezburger: The MusicLOL” out of a mutual appreciation for the site.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Daring to Dream of a Resurgent AOL
Shortly after Tim Armstrong took over as chief executive of AOL, he asked to see the list of business deals that were being negotiated. He saw 900 of them.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Does John Malone Want To Own AOL?
Does Liberty Media want to own AOL?
CNBC’s David Faber raised the question this morning at the tail end of a long interview with Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Barry Diller: ‘If You Have Too Many Epiphanies, You’re On Some Kind of Drug’
Drippy Manhattan evenings aren’t usually a draw for an outdoor cocktail party but the FoundersClub NYC Internet Week soiree had something that overcomes a little rain: power.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Dennis Woodside Wants to Be a Friend to Agencies, Advertisers
A month ago Dennis Woodside was running Google’s U.K., Ireland and Benelux business out of London, thinking that’s where he and his family would be for at least a few more years.
Friday, March 27, 2009
“Whatever Happened to…?”
Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market–even though they haven’t been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products–available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they’re obsolete–long after the rest of the world has moved on.
Your ISP’s Customer Service: Just OK Is the Best You’ll Get; Many Stink
AOL was the top Internet service provider when it came to customer service in 2008, according to a Forrester Research report. The rub: AOL’s top rating based on Forrester’s “customer experience index” translates into a “just OK” mark.
As a group, ISPs grade out with a “poor” rating of 59 percent based on Forrester’s customer experience index.
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