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Microhoo: We Don't Need No Stinking Deadline
Tech Confidential submits: Wednesday was the first day of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) road back to respect, CEO Carol Bartz promised before an audience of analysts. But a key part of the executive's transformation of the struggling Internet company that was supposed to be consummated Tuesday is going...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-10-29
Yahoo / Microsoft: Let the Filing Begin - Some Early Details
Tech Confidential submits: Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) Form 8-K filing with the SEC provides some details of the search and advertising deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), including payments, reasons for termination and employment issues. by Dealscape
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-08-05
Yahoo's Waiting Game
Tech Confidential submits: Only time will tell whether Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) made the right decision in inking its paid search deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). Investors certainly didn't like it, despite Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey Lindsay's belief in the long-term possibility of the deal adding up to $4...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-08-03
eBay: Still Clouds Over Skype IPO
Tech Confidential submits: Despite a few ominous signals, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) insists that it's moving full-steam ahead with its spinoff of Internet phone service Skype.The online auctioneer felt compelled to issue a statement saying that its plans to spin off the unit, which it acquired in 2005 for...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, eBay Inc.
External links 2009-07-31
Jason Calcanis on Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Epic Mistake
Tech Confidential submits: "Yahoo committed seppuku today," blogs serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis about Yahoo Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) 10-year deal with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), referring to the Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment. by Dealscape
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-07-29
Apple Earnings Preview
Tech Confidential submits: "None of the three dozen analysts who follow the stock think it will have any trouble beating its guidance numbers," writes Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt about Apple Inc. (NASADQ:APPL), which reports its fiscal third-quarter results after market close Tuesday. "The question is by how much."Elmer-DeWitt says:...
Tags: Hardware, Dealscape, Apple Inc.
External links 2009-07-21
AOL's Armstrong Talks Tech
Tech Confidential submits: It's been about 100 days since Tim Armstrong, the new CEO of AOL LLC, began his review of the soon-to-be independent unit of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), and PaidContent.org on Sunday published a lengthy interview with the exec about what he's learned. by Dealscape
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Time Warner Inc.
External links 2009-07-20
Google Q2: What to Expect
Tech Confidential submits: Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will report its second-quarter earnings after market close Thursday afternoon, and whatever the results, the Street will be poring over the numbers -- particularly in ad revenue -- for hints of an economic rebound. Analysts on average expect Google to report earnings...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Google Inc.
External links 2009-07-16
Bill Gates Speaks: On Physics, Terrapower, and Google Chrome
Tech Confidential submits: In a wide-ranging interview with Cnet's Ina Fried, Bill Gates talks about some of the projects he's been working on since retiring from day-to-day operations at Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) a year ago, including a startup called TerraPower, which is developing a new design for nuclear...
Tags: Software, Dealscape, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-07-15
Google Aims Directly at Microsoft with Chrome OS
Tech Confidential submits: To be a fly on the wall at Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, confab as always would be an interesting experience. However, this year's event, while potentially overshadowed by the G8 Summit, promises to be as exciting as ever, especially in light of the...
Tags: Software, Dealscape, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-07-08
What Software Theft Could Cost Goldman
Tech Confidential submits: By now you've probably heard about former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) employee and ballroom dancer Sergey Aleynikov being arrested for allegedly stealing the computer codes for the firm's high-speed trading platform, but what could the theft actually cost the bank? Well, if prosecutors...
Tags: Software, Dealscape, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
External links 2009-07-07
MediData's IPO: Did VC's Exit Strategy Pay?
Tech Confidential submits: The fondest wishes of venture capitalists are coming true as the IPO market appears to have a heartbeat again. While a far cry from the roaring 1990s, exit-starved VCs and entrepreneurs should be encouraged by the healthy performance of Medidata Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:MDSO) when it...
Tags: Healthcare, Dealscape
External links 2009-06-26
E*Trade: Living on Borrowed Time?
Tech Confidential submits: The largest broker in the U.S. -- E*Trade Financial Corp. (NYSE:ETFC) -- is living on borrowed time. It received a reprieve of sorts when it refinanced its mountainous debt load on Monday with its largest shareholder Citadel Investment Group LLC, but many say that the...
Tags: Financial, Dealscape, E*Trade Financial Corp.
External links 2009-06-23
Twitter Pays Off for Dell
Tech Confidential submits: Microblogging service Twitter famously (or infamously, depending on who you ask) doesn't have a revenue model, but that's not to say that plenty of money isn't being made on the service. The revenues just aren't going into Twitter's pockets. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) showed last week...
Tags: Hardware, Dealscape, Dell Computer Corp.
External links 2009-06-15
News Corp. Seeking Salvation in Paid Content
Tech Confidential submits: Dire situations sometimes call for bold measures. Just ask News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. by Dealscape
Tags: Media, Dealscape, News Corp.
External links 2009-08-06
Salesforce Quietly Backing Startups
Tech Confidential submits: Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:CRM) has quietly invested in several startups and wants to do more. Practice Fusion, a San Francisco startup that develops free Web-based programs to help physicians manage their practices, announced Wednesday that it had secured a minority investment of less than $10 million...
Tags: Software, Dealscape, Salesforce.com Inc.
External links 2009-08-07
IAC to Focus on Content
Tech Confidential submits: IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) CEO Barry Diller is bullish on content production for the growing Internet and traditional broadcast television models. The brash executive is so excited about the area that he sees his firm getting more for less, saying he's willing to spend less than 10%...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, IAC/InterActive Corp.
External links 2009-10-28
IAC's Big Question: What to Do with Ask.com
Tech Confidential submits: Look for IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) to unload its Ask.com search engine rather than confront what even chairman and CEO Barry Diller admitted Tuesday was a "speculative" future. While a sale wouldn't deliver anything near the $1.85 billion that IAC paid to buy Ask.com...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, IAC/InterActive Corp.
External links 2009-10-27
Microsoft Earnings Preview
Tech Confidential submits: Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Friday morning earnings announcement on the results of its fiscal 2010 first quarter will cap a jam-packed week for the software maker, following the launch of Windows 7, the opening of its first retail stores, the unveiling a revamped online store...
Tags: Software, Dealscape, Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-10-23
Amazon.com Earnings Preview: First Quarter to Fully Reflect Kindle Sales
Tech Confidential submits: Analysts expect solid performance from Amazon.com Inc.'s AMZN third quarter results, due for disclosure at a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters on average expect earnings of 33 cents per share on $5.03 billion in revenue. In July,...
Tags: Internet, Dealscape, Amazon.com Inc.
External links 2009-10-22
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