Yahoo announced today that it is cutting a further 2,000 jobs in an effort to make it self “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate.” The company that really launched the search engine business into the stratosphere has fallen on hard times, and with that comes the need to keep trimming itself down. Yahoo is going to cut a further 14 percent of its workforce...
RIM finally made the move so many shareholders and industry watchers had been waiting for. Today they announced that co-CEOs Mike and Jim were stepping down from the shared post and that Thorsten Heins had been installed as the new President and CEO. To quote former NBA not-so-great Derrick Coleman, “Whoop-de-damn-do.” RIM needed to clean house, bring in some fresh blood, and escape...
It may seem that HP is dead in the water. With their discontinuation of webOS, and spin off of their PC business, things look grim for the once hugely influential company. So what’s next for the tech giant? As it happens, the decision to spin off their PC branch and separate their consumer efforts from their server and business efforts is the closest thing to a new beginning any...
While Netflix is currently in hot water with subscribers due to its recent price hike, that event happened in the third quarter of the year, leaving the company free to have a massive second quarter. The first quarter of the year set record revenue and subscriber numbers for Netflix, and while the company expected subscriber numbers to hit 24 to 24.8 million this quarter, they blew...
The HTC Status (known abroad as the ChaCha) has opened for AT&T pre-orders, with in-store stock set for July 17th. On the surface, it looks like a great mid-tier option for featurephoners dallying with the thought of hopping on the Android bandwagon. But it turns out that it could actually be big with another market — BlackBerry-toting business users looking to switch. Why? Well,...
Verizon is preparing to go to a new tiered data plan for its phones on July 7th it appears. In a story first brought to light by Droid Life, the company is ending a current unlimited promotion on July 6th, and then on July 7th new customers will be treated to a new plan that is only slightly better than what is offered by AT&T. The new plans are: Data plans: 2GB – $30/month 5GB...
Watching the Google Wallet dog-and-pony show today over the new Near Field Ccommunication (NFC)-equipped digital wallet initiative was really fascinating. And also kind of uneasy. I just kept thinking, “This is it. This is the future… So why do I have the cold sweats?” Maybe because the thought of trusting Google or any large company with my actual wallet is kind of frightening. But...
By now you’ve probably heard of Square. The service allows you to insert a small square card reader into your iPhone, iPad or Android device and receive credit card payments on the spot. The card readers are free, or you can buy one at your local Apple Store and receive a credit for the purchase price (essentially making it free). Square was built for individuals, but has started being...
If current hiring listings are anything to go by, Netflix is preparing to expand its services into a lot more of the world. According to Business Insider, Netflix has placed numerous job listings on its site that are looking to fill positions such as a director of global marketing communications and people fluent in “Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (...
Typically when a company drops $320 million on a purchase, you would think they would have a clear idea of their plans. To hear Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen talk about the fate of Blockbuster Video, that wouldn’t seem to be the case. Speaking during the company’s quarterly earnings call with analysts on Monday, Deadline reports that Mr. Ergen sent some very mixed signals about what...