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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
| 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
| May 13, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It has been a most unusual week in the tech world, with neither news about Apple nor any more mind-numbing patent lawsuits. Instead we’ve got some exciting intrigue at Yahoo! – did he alter it or didn’t he? – along with good news on ACTA, bad news about The Pirate Bay (sort of), several announcements from Facebook, and a couple of highly amusing computer glitches. Read about all this, and more, below. Business The headlines this week were that Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo!, is being accused of falsifying his academic record. Thompson’s official Yahoo! profile (included as part of regulatory filings submitted to the SEC), as well as his official bio from his previous job at eBay, stated that… more
How to extend your e-penis: a practical guide
| May 3, 2012 | Posted by Joe Towse under satire |
So, you’ve just realised that being an idiot on the internet is fun and entirely without repercussions, but you want to improve your ability to do so. Well, here at The Student Review, you’re fortunate that we all have 12-inch e-cocks – so we can tell you how! We’ve assigned our most knowledgeable experts on the subject to research it heavily, and we found the optimal way to piss people off. What’s more, we managed to convert our complex algorithm into a simple five-step text form. And so we commence: Use some basic common sense Ever wondered why Anonymous is called just that? If you have, and you spent more than three seconds (being generous there) on it, you’re stupid.… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| April 22, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It was all about the numbers this week, as several major companies reported their quarterly earnings. Many hit the mark but we weren’t left without any surprises; you’ll have to read on to find out more. If finance isn’t your thing then don’t fret: we’ve also got the low-down on the Flashback virus infecting everyone’s Macs, a brief open beta for Diablo III, a very fancy watch, and MacBook Pro perfume. I kid you not. Business Microsoft’s Q3 earnings were better than expected this week, as the Redmond company reported profits of $5.11bn – 60 cents a share – on revenue of $17.41bn. Analysts had expected $17.18bn. The greatest increases were in Microsoft’s Business Division, which reported a 9% year-on-year… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| April 15, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It’s a business-heavy week this time around, with Facebook’s highly priced acquisition of Instagram and the launch of the first major Windows Phone handset. We also have some number stories as usual: this week it’s Google’s Q1 earnings, Apple’s market cap, layoffs at Sony and a patent purchase by Microsoft. Not only that, but Apple is being sued by the American government, Anonymous is unexpectedly topping a poll of influential people, and Google+’s metamorphosis into Facebook is nearly complete. For all this and more, read on! Business By far the biggest tech story this week was the sudden announcement that Facebook will be buying Instagram, a popular photo-sharing service, for $1bn. Many are wondering how sensible this was: not yet… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| March 11, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
It’s been a slightly crazy week for tech, with the arrests of five prominent hackers across the front pages of international newspapers mixed up with Apple’s announcement of the new iPad. Still, at least we’ve some continuity: Yahoo!’s senior management continues to flee the company, Adobe continues to fix security holes in Flash, and Google continues to struggle to unify itself. At least Bethesda and Mojang have finally sorted their little tiff out. Business According to SharesPost, a company which has been managing the private trades of some of Facebook’s shares, the social network’s value has rised to $100bn since its IPO announcement. Although investors are obviously excited by the news, analysts have been cautious in confirming anything since Facebook’s… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| March 4, 2012 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Hurrah – no one is suing anyone else this week! Thankfully we don’t need to repeat last week’s mass (or should that be ‘mess’) of legal rumblings. Instead, we’ve got… job layoffs and the fall from grace of the world’s favourite tech blog (which, for some inexplicable reason, is not TSR). Oh well, what can I say? It’s tough in the world of technology. But it’s not all doom and gloom. We’ll also look at YMAN (Yet More Apple News), some exciting gaming updates, the iPad 3 launch invitation, the highly anticipated Raspberry Pi computer, and much more. Shall we? Business These days it is seemingly impossible to start a weekly news review without mentioning Apple’s latest achievement, and this week… more
