Archive for June, 2009
They are all unable to earn money from Amazon’s Associates program. Amazon has for years run a program that pays website operators who advertise or link to Amazon products, rewarding them with a commission on any sales.
Jun
30
2009
 
SEC STALKER: Yahoo’s Directors Rewarded For All Their Hard WorkPosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
As part of their annual compensation, Yahoo (YHOO) awarded each of its directors the option to buy 15,000 shares at a price of $15.53 on June 25, 2016. By then, Yahoo’s shares should (hopefully) be worth much more than $15.53, and selling grant stock, the directors will get to keep the difference.
In a recent poll, a majority of Americans surveyed said they wanted health care reform to include some kind of public medical plan that would compete with private insurers to hold down costs. Somehow, the respondents felt, adding a government-sponsored option would discipline the marketplace and keep costs in line. A Texas carpet shop changes its controversial name, but the haggling goes on and on. Now the store is advertising ‘total liquidations.’
Jun
30
2009
YouTube Cofounder Quits CTO Post, No One NoticesPosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
Peter Kafka at AllThingsD reports that Chen left the post sometime, “last fall” and hasn’t been replaced. He’s still with Google, where he’s been since the company acquired YouTube in 2006, but no one knows what Chen is spending his time on these days.
There are thousands of stocks and practically an infinite number of inputs that can potentially move the market. But John Roque, managing director of WJB Capital Group, believes there are just six bellwethers that can tell you pretty much all you need to
Jun
30
2009
Harvard Business Fails Steve Jobs As A LeaderPosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
We’re disinclined to believe it matters what kind of “manager” Jobs is so long as Apple continues to revolutionaize the industry and all. But the prof. has a contrary take and we like those, so here’s the bullet-point version of his argument:
Jun
30
2009
Cisco "Thinking About" Going Up Against Microsoft Office and Google AppsPosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
Cisco VP Doug Dennerline told reporters, the company is “thinking about” adding document drafting and sharing to WebEx, which already features instant messaging, online meeting and email services. The networking company, which bought WebEx in 2007 for $3.2 billion, is pushing the service hard towards businesses of all shapes and sizes. In that context, developing document sharing tools makes sense.
From The Business Insider, June 30, 2009: Every politician (except Michael Dukakis) has campaigned on some
Jun
30
2009
Joost Forced To Reinvent Itself AgainPosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
CEO Mike Volpi, who last year spearheaded the company’s last reinvention, has been let go, and SVP of engineering Matt Selesko will replace him. Around 100 employees will be laid off. It was reported in April 209 that Joost was trying to sell itself, with Time Warner expressing interest in the company. But that didn’t work out. And no surprise. As we said then, “While Time Warner Cable probably doesn’t need Joost’s technology, content deals, mediocre traffic, or crappy brand, they’re all better than nothing if the price is right.”
Jun
30
2009
Stocks Likely Stuck in the Trading Range for Summer, Save HealthcarePosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerThe stock market slumped midday Tuesday but the S&P 500 is still on track for its best second-quarter since 1998, up about 15%. The question, of course, is what the rest of the year looks like.John Roque, managing director of
Jun
30
2009
Next Segment of the Housing Market to Crash: $1+ Million McMansionsPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFrom The Business Insider, June 30, 2009: The new hallucination for most strapped McMansion owners is that they’ll “rent the house for a year and then sell when the market comes back. …
Having founded a magazine for IDG and starting a newspaper in Boston, CEO Tim Armstrong has fully embraced plans to turn the company into the Time Inc. of the 21st century. He sees there’s money in it.
Jun
30
2009
Dell Developing Pocket-Sized Web DevicePosted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley Insider
The web device will work on Google’s Android OS, and might be out later this year. The WSJ adds that its source also said that “the plan could be delayed or scrapped entirely.” That can happen when you’re always running three years behind the competition.
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After failing to close the Microsoft merger or a search deal with Google, on June 25, Yahoo’s directors finally got what they had coming to them: stock options, and lots of them.
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is no longer CTO — and hasn’t been for months.
As a visionary, Steve Jobs gets an A, but as a manager he fails, writes Prof. William C. Taylor on his 
Cisco wants to challenge Microsoft Office and Google Apps–even though it must know it can’t beat them.
Joost, one of the most overhyped startups since the last bubble burst, will restructure itself to focus on providing back-end services to other video players, says 
Dell is working on an iPod Touch-sized Internet tapping device,