John Battelle Going Back To CEO Role At Federated Media
Federated Media Publishing announced today that Deanna Brown is stepping down as CEO. Founder John Battelle ,who has been in an Executive Chairman role since handing over the CEO reins to Brown in...
View ArticleThe Weather Channel Resorts to Dickish Behavior to Promote Its New Android App
The new Weather Channel app for Android lets you know exactly when weather events like rain or snow are supposed to start. Cool, right? What’s not cool is installing sprinklers inside a bus shelter and...
View ArticleFacebook Officially Announces Atlas Acquisition
We’ve known for quite some time, at least based on rumor, that Facebook would acquire the Atlas ad platform from Microsoft. The rumors heated up this week, and today, the company has finally made the...
View ArticleGroupon CEO Andrew Mason Is Being Replaced
Groupon just announced that CEO Andrew Mason will no longer remain CEO of the company, which he founded. The company reported massively disappointing financial results on Wednesday, and the board has...
View ArticleGroupon Stock Rises On Andrew Mason Departure
As you may know, Groupon fired its CEO on Thursday, a day after another disappointing earnings release, which sent stock tumbling. Since the news broke, the stock has taken a turn for the better. In...
View ArticleSquare Hit with Cease and Desist Order in Illinois
Mobile payments startup Square has apparently run afoul of the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation. In a cease and desist order sent to Square, the Illinois department says...
View ArticleGoogle Launches New Mobile App Download Ad Format
Google has a new mobile app download ad format aimed at making it easier for people to download advertisers’ apps. It works with iTunes or the Google Play Store. The format is only available for those...
View ArticleYahoo Is Now 18 Years Old. Is It On The Right Track?
Yahoo, as an incorporated company, is officially 18 years old on Friday. The company was incorporated on March 1, 1995. I can’t believe there’s no Google doodle to celebrate. In fact, we’re not seeing...
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s Version of Bad News
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announced what amounts to bad news for the firm. Berkshire Hathaway reported profits of 24 billion dollars for the year, and while this appears...
View ArticleIs Google Launching An Amazon Prime Competitor?
Full disclosure: I love Amazon Prime, and I’ve been a faithful subscriber for the past three years. That being said, there’s definitely some room for competition. eBay already provides some in the form...
View ArticleNew Facebook Lawsuit, Same Old Facebook IPO Gripe
A new lawsuit filed by a Facebook shareholder claims that the company knew about downward trends in revenue tied to increased user defection to mobile from desktop use. Gaye Jones says that such...
View ArticleAmazon Studios Working on a New Kids Show, One of 12 Pilots Currently in the...
Amazon today announced a new kids show in development from Amazon Studios. Prime Instant Video has greenlit the pilot for interactive math-based puzzle show Sara Solves It. Here’s Amazon’s official...
View ArticleEU Hits Microsoft With $731 Million Antitrust Fine
In July of last year, Microsoft was found to be in violation of an agreement it had made with EU regulators over a Web browser choice screen that was to be installed on every Windows PC sold in the...
View ArticleGroupon’s Next CEO Will Not Come From Within [REPORT]
Last week, after a poor Q4 earnings report, Groupon finally ousted CEO Andrew Mason after months of speculation. Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis were tapped to head the...
View ArticleNook Video Snags Content from Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, and More
Today, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media announced a bunch of new content licensing deals with some major players. These deals will bring movies from Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media,...
View ArticleRobbie Fowler Landlords Course Offers Tips On Wannabe Landlords
English Soccer Star Offers Classes on Buying Property Former English soccer star Robbie Fowler has invested in the buy-to-let scheme. This is a British phrase that simply means Fowler purchased...
View ArticleGoogle Lays Off 1,200 More Employees At Motorola
Google has the unenviable position turning around Motorola Mobility and making it profitable again. That means the company has to make some tough decisions that will affect its employees around the...
View ArticleFacebook Acquires Social Blogging Site Storylane
Blogging site Storylane has just announced that they’ve been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is talent-based, as Storylane’s Jonathan Gheller says that Facebook will not...
View ArticleThe New Facebook News Feed: What Users, Businesses, and Developers Need to Know
Yesterday, at an event at their Menlo Park headquarters, Facebook unveiled a radical redesign of their core product: the news feed. Unlike Graph Search or Gifts (two of the last big products that...
View ArticleTats So Dumb: Man Gets Netflix Tattoo
College Student Gets Netflix Tattoo A lot of people have been upset with the limited content on Netflix, but the movie streaming company still has its supporters. One supporter in particular is Myron...
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