Rosen Gunning For The Door   Mickie Rosen, head of Global Media & Commerce at Yahoo, has stepped down from the company, leaving the internet giant without an immediate replacement for her position. Yahoo confirmed the departure, noting that Rosen will officially leave the company at the end of the week. Speaking of her time ...

They Should Just Use Google…   Apple has acquired the small Canadian startup, Locationary in a deal that included the purchase of both Locationary’s team and their technology. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed the deal in a statement he issued, stating, “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not ...

Social Analytics Tools That Don’t Suck   Adobe has made a major improvement to their Marketing Cloud analytics software with the addition of a new product. Called Adobe Social, the new program provides users with a socially predictive publishing toolkit and full integration with social networks like Foursquare and LinkedIn. Adobe Social enables marketers to key-in ...

Another Market for Google to Dominate…   The race to internet television is getting closer, with Google becoming the latest company to join in on the competition. If launched, Google’s Internet-TV service could have major implications for the traditional TV ecosystem. For Google, the road ahead won’t be easy. They’ll be creating new competition for ...

Apple Buyout Bringing Kinect to iOS   PrimeSense, the company behind the technology for Microsoft’s original Kinect sensor is reportedly in discussions with Apple about a possible acquisition. The rumored deal is said to be in the range of $300 Million. Apple has owned patents on similar technology for several years and recently they’ve been working ...

YouTube’s Talent Middleman   A New York-based startup is attempting to help up-and-coming musicians profit from the consumption of their music. Currently, most big record labels have deals with Youtube to collect royalties each time their artists’ content is viewed. Smaller artists who don’t generate enough traffic on the site, lose out on access to ...

Bitcoin, Better   San Francisco’s Coinbase has always made it convenient to buy bitcoins by connecting any U.S. bank account, but now it’s making the buying, selling and storage of Bitcoins even easier. By supplying your private information, and answering some public data questions, the exchange can identify individual visitors as verified users, allowing them ...

Hightail for Dropbox’s Business Model   Just in time for the inaugural Dropbox DBX developer’s conference, the popular cloud service provider has some new competition from an old rival. The file-sharing tool previously known as YouSendIt has rebranded itself. Now known as Hightail, it’s embracing more collaboration services, rather than just file-sharing. To go along ...

Google Maps Just Zagat Better   Just two months after showing off their new Maps service, Google has officially confirmed an overhaul of its Maps for Android app, and the changes are likely to make mobile users very happy. Users will immediately notice a change to the user interface, which now features some nifty tools like ...

Monopoly for Your Phone   Hasbro, the company known for G.I. Joe and Battleship, will be taking their brand digital with a new acquisition announced late last night. In a deal worth $112 million, Hasbro bought a 70% stake in Colorado based Backflip Studios, the mobile game maker behind popular games such as Dragonville, NinJump ...