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Apple’s 18B App Downloads and a Best-Selling Bio for Jobs
The biography of Steve Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson, has topped the charts, become the best-selling book of the year 2011. It should come as no surprise, given the growing interest in Jobs since his untimely death earlier this year. Isaacson’s memoir beat out Tina Fey’s book Bossypants, as well as A Stolen Life by Jaycee ...
RIP Patricia Dunn, Another Irreparable Loss to Silicon Valley
Last week brought news of another loss to Silicon Valley, as it says goodbye to a highly influential lady. The saddening news is that we have lost Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman, who died of ovarian cancer this Sunday at her home in Orinda, Calif. Dunn was born on March 27, 1953 in ...
Tappin Acquisition Signals Growing Demand for Cloud Access
GlobalScape, the Texas based developer of secure information exchange solutions, is expanding its mobile sharing capabilities by acquiring privately-held, Seattle-based mobile file sharing innovator Tappin. Tappin, formerly known as HomePipe Networks, will bring technology for anywhere, anytime, secure file- and data-sharing for GlobalScape. The acquired company was founded in year 2009, and allows users to instantly ...
RIM Writes Off Tablet Value, Hopeful for 2012
RIM is facing a fresh challenge that’s merely adding stress to the many woes the BlackBerry maker has dealt with in recent months. The company recently announced that it would be taking a pre-tax charge of $485 million in Q3 2012 because of an oversupply of unsold BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. RIM admitted that it does ...
HP and Oracle Still Arguing over Intel’s Itanium Chip
The legal battle between HP and Oracle continues to run over Intel’s Itanium Chip, as the deadline for a key filing from Oracle is fast approaching on Friday. This hearing is in tune with complaints and claims made by Oracle, as it believed that HP engaged in fraud by not telling Oracle that it was ...
Groupon Sees Five-fold Increase in Holiday Deals
After its controversial IPO launch, Groupon is being more transparent with its numbers, making its first announcement on how it performed over the holiday shopping weekend that kicked off with Black Friday. Chief Executive Andrew Mason announced that the Groupon sold more than 650,000 holiday deals between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “With more than ...
Microsoft’s Backdoor Takeover of Yahoo Begins
Following its keen interest in Yahoo, Microsoft is taking the next step by bidding a minority stake. Microsoft, along with private equity firm Silver Lake and Andreesen Horowitz bid $16.60 per share for a minority stake in Yahoo. This bid is in tune with Microsoft’s interest to own Yahoo. Just a few days back, it ...
Adobe Acquisitions Surge as US Employees Face Job Cuts
Earlier today Adobe Systems announced it’s all set to acquire Efficient Frontier, a top player in multi-channel ad buying and optimization. They’re entering into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held Efficient Frontier, which will add up multi-channel ad campaign forecasting, execution and optimization capabilities to Adobe’s existing Digital Marketing Suite. The financial details ...
Is Facebook Worth $10 Billion? IPO Fever Reaches Boiling Point
Facebook is coming close to its much anticipated IPO, seeking one of the largest in history. The company is targeting a time frame of April to June 2012, and is looking to raise around $10 billion. This will bring the company’s total worth to more than $100 billion. If Facebook is successful, it will be ...
Juniper, Akamai Contend over Cotendo Acquisition
The buzz of the day is that Juniper is looking to take over Cotendo, a startup company with roots in Israel. The opposing contender is Akamai, for which Contendo is already a competitor. The entire acquisition process is believed to be of worth $350 million, and would be one of the most successful exits for ...