Massive Retrenchment and Salesmanship Give Cisco Earnings Bounce

John Furrier | February 4th

After what some in Silicon Valley have been calling a " Cisco Lock Down" - term used to describe the rabid focus to reduce expenses, travel restrictions to visit customers, systematic layoff of employees, and countless of restructuring,...»

Federal Courts Meet Social Media Challenge

Glenn Manishin | February 3rd

[Editor’s Note: Glenn brought to our attention last month a Supreme Court first regarding social media. We now have more judicial news regarding social media in the courts. –mrh]

Well, it took a little

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Build-a-Beard Founders Help You Conquer Pogonophobia

socialnerdia | February 3rd

Every so often I stumble into an interesting + funny blog with the potential to stick around for a while. The moment I heard about Build-a-Beard, I knew I had to find out more about this “movement”

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Attention Journalism Entrepreneurs: Twitter is Changing the Nature of News Media and Business

John Furrier | February 3rd

I've written on countless of times (and being correct of course) that Twitter (and social media) is massively disrupting many industry ecosystems. Today, NY Times writes a great post that completely validates the impact of the

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Is the Infoglut the Cause of Media Trust Bankruptcy?

Tom Foremski | February 3rd

In my recent post about the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer, social media fared badly. But ALL media fared nearly as badly.

Why is that?

- Is it because we now have more

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Mothers Next Door? Sons and Daughters? Hate the iPad? Get Over Yourself.

Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins | February 3rd

Steven Hodson says I should get over myself:

Well you bunch of tech-heads and early adopter dweebs need to get over your ego puffery and delusions of self-importance. Just as with the

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Google Nexus Closes Gap on IPhone with MultiTouch Capability

John Furrier | February 3rd

Google is announcing new over the air updates to Google Nexus One phones (aka gPhone).   Engadget is reporting that Google is also providing multitouch capability - a much sought after feature of the iPhone and now...»

Risk is a Necessity for Exploration and Growth

Tina Seelig | February 2nd

Trying new things requires a willingness to take risks. However, risk taking is not binary. You probably feel comfortable taking some types of risks and find other types quite uncomfortable. In fact, you might not

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Craigslist Leads the $19.6 Billion Attack on the Classified Ads Sector

Tom Foremski | February 2nd

Rick Edmonds, over on Poynter Online, notes that the classified ads sector dropped to $6 billion in 2009. This compares with $10 billion in 2008, and $19.6 billion in 2000.

Much of that drop

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Dan Rosensweig Takes CEO at Chegg or IPO Bound Chegg That Is

John Furrier | February 2nd

Dan Rosensweig, the former COO of Yahoo and recently the CEO and president of the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard, is taking the CEO job at Chegg as reported by Kara (Ms. Exclusive) Swisher at AllThingsD.com....»