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Jeff Weiner takes LinkedIn CEO job from Reid Hoffman

By Ric Bohy

June 26, 2009 at 8:25am

Last December’s executive shakeup at business networking site LinkedIn has shaken out.

News of Jobs’ transplant was well timed

By Ric Bohy

June 24, 2009 at 10:35am

Whoever leaked the story about Steve Jobs’ liver transplant could hardly have timed it better for Apple.

Yahoo hires away Altero Corp. CFO

By Ric Bohy

June 14, 2009 at 9:29am

Yahoo’s new CEO, Carol Bartz, has gone outside the Internet biz once again to restaff the executive suite as the company looks for ways to replace slipping online advertising revenues while challenging rival Google for search engine dominance.

Jonathan Rubinstein is named CEO of Palm

By A. James Memmott

June 10, 2009 at 10:42pm

Jonathan Rubinstein, the former Apple Inc. executive who led the development of the Palm Pre, was named CEO of Palm Inc., the company announced Wednesday.

Palm leaps forward with the Pre

By A. James Memmott

June 9, 2009 at 6:14am

The smartphone wars got more intense last week with the arrival of the touch-screen Palm Pre.

Craigslist ends ‘erotic services’ postings

By Ric Bohy

May 14, 2009 at 7:29am

Law enforcement wins and charity loses in Wednesday’s announcement that Craigslist is taking the “erotic services” section of its online classified ads out of service.

Sergey Brin donates DNA, dollars to Parkinson’s study

By Carol Eisenberg

March 13, 2009 at 8:24am

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who carries a gene mutation that predisposes him to Parkinson’s disease, is contributing his DNA and millions of dollars to research into the condition’s genetic basis.

Marissa Mayer insists she’s staying at Google

By A. James Memmott

March 3, 2009 at 10:45am

Marissa Mayer isn’t leaving Google. Really. She isn’t. The New York Times says so.

Stephen King was a digital publisher before the Kindle

By Carol Eisenberg

February 10, 2009 at 2:00pm

Years before he agreed to write a novella just for Amazon’s newest digital reading device, best-selling writer Stephen King had been a digital publishing pioneer.

Blackberry owners aren’t happy with David Pogue

By A. James Memmott

December 8, 2008 at 8:53am

Hold the phone. David Pogue has news. Apple’s iPhone has done so well in the market that it’s no longer the underdog.

Robert Pittman profits from Comcast purchase of Daily Candy

By Emily Morgan

August 7, 2008 at 1:18pm

Robert W. Pittman made a good investment in 2003, when his company, Pilot Group LLC bought a controlling interest in the online newsletter, Daily Candy.

Google wants to take on the venture capitalists

By Laurie Bennett

July 31, 2008 at 10:08am

Google is planning a venture-capital division, to be headed by David Drummond, company SVP and chief legal officer.

Twitter acquires search engine Summize

By Emily Morgan

July 16, 2008 at 2:53pm

Microblogging site Twitter has made it easier to navigate every up-to-the-moment update published on its website with a newly acquired search engine, Summize.

Facebook co-founder helps Obama build support on the web

By A. James Memmott

July 10, 2008 at 10:15am

Thanks to a Facebook founding friend, Barack Obama now has well over one million Facebook supporters.

Rolling Stone replows old ground on Zuckerberg, Facebook

By Gary Jacobson

June 18, 2008 at 4:20pm

Don’t bother reading the Rolling Stone story (dated June 26) on Mark Zuckerberg and “The Battle for Facebook.” It has been done before. And better.

Icahn blogs on Securities and Exchange Commission site

By Laurie Bennett

June 11, 2008 at 9:40am

We wish we had said it first. The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal made the observation Monday that investor Carl Icahn has adopted the Securities and Exchange Commission as his personal blog.

CBS will pay $1.8 billion for CNET Networks

By Laurie Bennett

May 15, 2008 at 9:50am

CBS announced today that is acquiring CNET Networks Inc., for $1.8 billion, at $11.50 per share.

Craig Newmark pursues politics and citizen journalism

By Laurie Bennett

May 12, 2008 at 8:57am

It’s not only his day job that is drawing attention to Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.

Will Hulu dance circles around YouTube?

By Emily Morgan

March 18, 2008 at 11:43am

YouTube may finally have a real competitor.

Video-streaming newcomer Hulu, a joint effort between NBC Universal and Fox, opened to the public last week after a four-month trial period. It provides full-length TV episodes and movies to be viewed for free online.

Audience a-Twitter during Zuckerberg interview

By Emily Morgan

March 11, 2008 at 11:22am

Sarah Lacy reports on technology for Business Week, but on Sunday, technology was her worst enemy.

As she interviewed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference and Festival, the audience was reporting on her questions and style by using Twitter, and their reviews weren’t good.



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