Ernie Sander
Staci D. Kramer
Feb 8, 2012 2:00 PM
Yes, it’s true: We are joining GigaOM. And the combined group will be a powerhouse, with more than 20 writers and editors, a strong presence on the East and West coasts and in Europe, and coverage of everything from media and big data, to the cloud and mobile, to book publishing and…
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Laura Hazard Owen
Feb 2, 2012 9:25 AM
Hoping to tap into India’s rapidly growing e-commerce market, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is launching Junglee.com in the country today.
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Tom Krazit
Jan 22, 2012 9:17 PM
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has finally decided to get serious about its predicament: co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping aside after a disastrous year in which the company squandered its once-dominant position in the smartphone market.
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 20, 2012 12:37 PM
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is headed back to the Journal, swapping his role as managing editor of the Washington Post responsible for digital for managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ:…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 17, 2012 4:53 PM
Investors won’t have Jerry Yang to blame anymore. In a stunning move announced after the markets closed, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder resigned from the company’s board of directors and from all other positions—effective immediately. Just as quickly, Yahoo’s stock jumped in after-hours trading.
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Tom Krazit
Amanda Natividad
Jan 15, 2012 8:00 AM
This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unprofitable Motorola’s struggle to regain its footing, and Microsoft’s phone-in of its last keynote, to Intel’s big plans for 2012. Learn what it all means and below, check out our…
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Amanda Natividad
Jan 3, 2012 1:23 AM
Last week, the paidContent staff analyzed the sectors we cover most, highlighting the key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012. Some key topics: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), internet TVs, publishing, advertising, legal and the age of ubiquity. Below, links to our coverage:
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Staci D. Kramer
Laura Hazard Owen
Amanda Natividad
Nov 14, 2011 4:59 AM
Just last month, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) rolled out its Kindle Fire, the first Kindle designed as a full media device—not an e-reader with some frills. That announcement was followed by Kobo’s announcement of the Vox. And, as expected, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—which already had a touchscreen color e-reader that…
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John Naughton
The Guardian
Stuart Dredge.
MediaGuardian
Nov 7, 2011 11:24 AM
“Where did the computer go?” was the slogan Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) used in 2004 when it launched the first of its current range of iMac desktop computers. The question was designed to draw attention to the ingenuity with which the company’s designers had managed to pack the components of an…
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Charles Arthur
MediaGuardian
Oct 21, 2011 1:14 PM
Steve Jobs swore to “destroy Android” in his anger over what he saw as outright copying of Apple‘s ideas in Android phones unveiled early in 2010, according to a new biography being released following his death this month.
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Charles Arthur
MediaGuardian
Oct 11, 2011 12:55 PM
Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing a user revolt after tens of millions of users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered a second day without services such as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), as the company struggled with problems at its hub in Slough, Berkshire.
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Tom Krazit
Oct 5, 2011 7:37 PM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56.
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Robert Andrews
Oct 5, 2011 10:00 AM
Move over, Kindle Fire - the world has a new cheapest tablet computer. India’s government has announced a new Android-powered tablet called Aakash priced at between $35 and $60 that could set a light under the booming country’s digital content market.
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Tom Krazit
Oct 4, 2011 2:04 PM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ended the rampant speculation over the plans for its next iPhone with the announcement of a new model called the iPhone 4S during an event at its headquarters in Cupertino Tuesday. The iPhone 4S will be much the same as the current iPhone 4, but will use…
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Tom Krazit
Oct 4, 2011 1:08 PM
Apple’s redesigned Internet services portal, iCloud, will arrive next week for iPhone and iPad users looking to sync music, contacts, and other media across their devices and Apple’s servers. There were few surprises revealed Tuesday during an event at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters chaired by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook…
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 3, 2011 6:36 AM
There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 29, 2011 7:52 PM
Facebook has had a lot of scrutiny over how it uses information about you to market to you—something that has only been heightened the introduction of “frictionless” sharing launched at this year’s f8 developer conference. Well, get ready for more. Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s global VP of marketing solutions, said at…
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Penn Olson
Sep 28, 2011 6:03 AM
Google India head Rajan Anandan yesterday announced in a press conference that it has joined hands with the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan to promote its new social network, Google+. He also added that the actor who is often referred to as the “The King of Bollywood,” will be one of…
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Amanda Natividad
Sep 28, 2011 6:00 AM
One of iPad’s flagship apps wants to help publishers sell ads by flipping back to familiar old print rules. “One of the big problems with the web is that it scrolls,” Flipboard CEO Mike McCue told our recent paidContent Advertising conference. » Watch the video of McCue’s Q&A with paidContent UK…
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Ian Fogg
ianfogg.com
Sep 27, 2011 12:14 PM
Tomorrow Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) holds a major launch event and will likely unveil its first tablet, according to TechCrunch named the Kindle Fire. To date, everyone bar Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has failed with tablet launches. If Amazon mimics Apple then its tablet will fail too. Apple has too many economies…
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