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TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| September 25, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Never fear! After a slight delay, we’re back with all the latest tech news. We’ve got the most powerful women in business, several major departures and hirings across the sector, an update on Kim Dotcom, the iOS 6 Maps debacle, and of course the space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight – all this, and more, below. Business Fortune has announced its most recent “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list, which included several women in the technology sector. Topping the list was Ginni Rometty, the CEO of IBM, followed by Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, at number three; Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, at number eight; and Safra Catz, president and CFO of Oracle, at number 10. The front page solo… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| September 16, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Welcome back to TSR on tech! After a few weeks of R&R we’re back and ready to bring you all the latest tech news – and just in the nick of time! This week we’ve scooped up announcements about the iPhone 5, Lumia 920 and Wii U (yes, seriously), as well as plenty of hirings and firings and, naturally, the odd lawsuit. Let’s go! Business Yahoo! is set to sell back half of its 40% stake in Alibaba, the Chinese internet and e-commerce giant. The sale, due to close next week, will be worth $4.5bn after tax – money that Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!’s CEO, will likely spend on acquiring a startup or three to bring some fresh faces and ideas to… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Welcome back to TSR on tech, where we gather, analyse and discuss all the week’s best tech news. And what news! Several new announcements from Facebook, bad quarters for Dell and HP, a Tesla museum in New York – and, yes, an astonishing verdict in the Apple v Samsung case. It’s all below; what are you waiting for? Business Wayne Powers, Yahoo!’s senior vice president for North American sales, is the latest executive to leave the company since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO. Powers was brought in from Time by Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo!’s interim CEO before Mayer, in 2010, and had been expected to depart after Levinsohn missed out on the top spot. Powers will go on to run… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| August 19, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
We start with lots of business news this week as Marissa Mayer continues to organise Yahoo!’s executives and HP attempts to rejuvenate its webOS division (formerly known as Palm) with yet another name change. Then we’ve got the latest legal lowdown, with an in-depth look at the Apple v Samsung trial as well as news about Julian Assange and Kim Dotcom. Finally, we wrap up with some product news tidbits and some exciting science. All that, and more, below. Business It seems Marissa Mayer doesn’t plan to cull every executive at Yahoo!: the new CEO has appointed Ron Bell, a legal executive who has been with the company since 1999, to the role of permanent general counsel. Bell had served as… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
A truly thrilling week for technology this week: let’s face it, it was all about NASA’s Curiosity landing on Mars. Rest assured that we’ve got plenty of that below, but other things did happen too – after all, there has to be some reason for that imperious picture of Marissa Mayer – and so we’ve also got the latest on everything from Apple v Samsung in San Jose to Mat Honan’s frankly epic hacking, to the Ouya (you’ll find out) to the latest gossip from Iran’s Supreme Leader. All this and more; what are you waiting for? Business Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!’s new CEO, has continued her purge of the senior staff and executives at the company. First to go this week… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| August 5, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
You might have worried that the Olympic Games would lead to a dearth of tech news, but never fear: the march of technology stops for nothing. As such we’ve still got a week bursting with news: high-profile departures from Yahoo! and Facebook, an algorithmic slip-up that cost one company $440mn in 45 minutes, the start of a major patent trial between Apple and Samsung, the launches of Mountain Lion and Outlook.com, and plenty more. If there were medals for excitement, this week’s news would definitely be in the running. Business Marissa Mayer, who departed Google to join Yahoo! two weeks ago, has already started to influence the culture at her new fiefdom – and it’s beginning to look a lot… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| July 24, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Lots of exciting business news this week, though even the multitude of earnings calls was overshadowed by the announcement that Google’s Marissa Mayer has taken over as CEO at Yahoo!, quite possibly providing the listing company with a strong chance to re-invent itself. Elsewhere, Microsoft has managed to find its way into quite a few stories and Valve is finally bringing the Steam platform to Linux. Read on! Business The biggest news this week was by far the sudden and unexpected appointment of Marissa Mayer to be Yahoo!’s next CEO, taking by surprise everyone who had assumed Ross Levinsohn, the interim CEO, would get the job permanently. Mayer, who had previously worked at Google for 13 years, said: “I am honored… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| July 15, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Welcome back to TSR on tech! This week we’ve got all sorts of exciting news, from the sudden sale of Digg right through to a nuclear-powered underwater deep-sea Chinese mining station. Quite seriously. Plus there’s everything in between: funding for GitHub, funding from Bing, patent settlements, activity from Anonymous, announcements about the next two major operating systems, and much more. Read on! Business Digg, the social news site that was once valued at $175mn and was seen as one of the main drivers of internet traffic, has been sold to Betaworks, a technology development company, for just $500,000 plus equity. The site fell from favour after a series of missteps in the way it engaged its community, and since its… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| July 1, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Wow, what a week! This might be the most stories we’ve ever covered in one go, so let’s not waste too much time on introductions. Want to know about Sheryl Sandberg and Bob Mansfield? Jimmy Wales’ petition to save Richard O’Dwyer? Apple’s injunctions against Samsung? Details of the Natwest “meltdown”? Google skydiving? All that and much, much more below. Business Facebook has named Sheryl Sandberg, its chief operating officer, as its eighth director. In a statement, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, said: “Sheryl has been my partner in running Facebook and has been central to our growth and success over the years. Her understanding of our mission and long-term opportunity, and her experience both at Facebook and on public company boards makes… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| June 24, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It seemed as though nobody wanted to follow Microsoft’s Monday announcement of its new Surface tablet, resulting in an unusually slow news week – or so they would have you believe. Never fear, for we have dug deep to bring you all the best tech stories that didn’t make the headlines: we’ve got employees breaking ranks at Google, good news on ACTA, Julian Assange causing havoc as usual, and Larry Ellison buying a Hawaiian island. And if you’re lucky, we might also mention Natwest’s “small” banking issues and have a quick look at the Surface after all. Business Yahoo! has hired Michael Barratt, a well-known advertising executive currently working for Google, to be its chief of revenue from July. The move signals… more
