The one thing that kept Yahoo afloat for this long is Jerry Yang’s risky $1 billion bet on Alibaba in 2005…
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Why Apple’s Spotlight and Siri should merge into one
I think merging both Spotlight and Siri into one feature/entity would…
Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s internet business
Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business…
Yahoo for sale as bidders line up; CEO Marissa Mayer is likely toast
Yahoo is for sale, and bidders are lining up to grab their own, ever-shrinking piece of Internet history…
CEO Marissa Mayer drops the ax, shutters about half of Yahoo’s content verticals
Yahoo was shuttering its tech vertical and moving some of its staff, including former New York Times columnist David Pogue…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets a chance to make one last stand
For Mayer’s part, it is admirable that she fought to stick around and take one more shot…
Yahoo to lay off 15% of staff, close five offices, explore non-strategic asset sales
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans…
Hedge fund manager blasts Marissa Mayer for equipping employees with 22,000 iPhones
Marissa Mayer spends money like Marie Antoinette…
Yahoo investors running out of patience with CEO Marissa Mayer
In December, Yahoo abandoned its original plan to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, worth more than $30 billion…
New Apple supplier leak will upset new Apple TV owners if true
After waiting three long years for the current fourth-generation Apple TV box to turn up…
Amazon Prime Video coming to new Apple TV soon
Hopefully, within a few weeks span, you will be able to see the Amazon Instant Video app feature on your Apple TV…
Apple begins production of Apple TV 5 with ‘dramatically improved’ performance, new functions
The fifth-generation Apple TV will come into volume production in the first quarter of 2016…
Should Apple buy Yahoo?
It looks like Yahoo is considering selling its core business…
Yahoo board to weigh future of company, Marissa Mayer, source says
The board of Yahoo Inc is weighing a sale of its core Internet business when it meets this week…
Two big reasons why Google (Alphabet Inc.) might not survive the decade
In 2014, Google’s ad revenue amounted to almost $59.06 billion, with advertising accounting for 89.5% of total company revenue…
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post reviews Apple TV: If the future of television is apps, sign me up
Video playback was crisp, solid and very fast — basically everything you would want from a playback device…
The ‘everything store’ that doesn’t offer everything: Amazon removes all Apple TV listings
Users who search for Apple TV instead get recommendations for Amazon’s own Fire TV devices…
Amazon makes a stupid mistake by banning sales of new Apple TV
Amazon sent an email to its marketplace sellers informing them of its decision to stop allowing that sale of Apple TV…
Apple TV and the 4K Ultra HD conundrum
If you watch a 65-inch 4K TV from eight feet away, you’ll approach the minimum size/distance ratio to deliver a discernible improvement…
Apple TV dominates in ‘TV Everywhere’ viewers
This dominance bodes well for the success of the forthcoming fourth-generation Apple TV…
Amazon exploring live over-the-top streaming service
Over the past few months, multiple content owners have told me that Amazon has been…
Here’s how Apple OS X El Capitan can help you be more efficient
Apple’s newest desktop operating system, OS X 10.11, comes with a few tricks that can speed up your work and help you stay organized…
Amazon pulled Apple TV from their store, so Apple should pull Amazon apps from their App Store
The store owner has every right to exclusively sell its own products…
By banning Apple TV and Chromecast, Amazon shows what it means to be a monopolist
You can’t get Apple, TV – the world’s best media-streamer – at Amazon…
Amazon to ban sale of Apple TV, other streaming devices
No new listings for Apple TV will be allowed and posting of existing inventory will be removed October 29th…
Why the new Apple TV will be a flop or something
Apple made a mistake here because its TV box just isn’t…
Amazon unveils $100 Fire TV box 4K video support, Alexa voice control
Amazon has announced its “newest Fire TV set-top box, a flat, plastic box that plugs into your TV and offers a variety of content…
With the all-new Apple TV, Apple changes the game, yet again
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Apple’s announcement of its assault on your living room was…
How Apple TV went from afterthought to exciting in one night
The new capabilities of the Apple TV mean that it’s a serious contender to replace multiple technologies..
Local media streaming app Plex coming to Apple TV
We are very excited to have a crack at bringing our users Apple TV. It’s been a long requested platform and we’re excited to work on it…
New Apple TV has the potential to do for television what iPhone did for mobile phones
It turns out fears surrounding the long-term prospects of the cable industry were well warranted…
Apple preps to conquer living room with all-new Apple TV
With a long-awaited update to its TV set-top box, Apple on Wednesday revealed a glimpse of its plans to conquer the living room…
Hands-on with the all-new Apple TV
Apple announced a long list of new products on Wednesday: A large iPad Pro, new iPhone models, and upgraded Apple TV…
Gruber: Apple TV will define how all TVs will work in a few years
Apple TV seems fast, responsive, beautiful, and intuitive. It feels alive. If I worked at Apple I’d want to be on that team…
New Apple TV sounds great, but where’s the 4K?
The new Apple TV announced yesterday has lots of intriguing improvements, but it lacks 4K or Ultra HD support. I think that’s a mistake…
Periscope reportedly developing app for new Apple TV
Tomorrow, Apple will unveil an upgraded Apple TV set-top box that includes an Apple TV App Store featuring apps built by third-party developers…
Apple’s plan to revolutionize TV may finally be here
Remember how TiVo and Netflix changed our lives? The new Apple TV will be like that, times ten…
Apple and the TV market
There is clearly a viable market for streaming media players like Apple TV, however, the bigger opportunity is breaking into the market for…
Apple TV: What features should it offer to users?
Over the past 25 years, I have personally used no less than 25 DMAs…
Why Apple TV is critical; investors shouldn’t underestimate its importance
Apple’s September 9 event, entitled ‘Hey Siri, give us a hint,’ is causing quite a stir…
Did Apple pick the right or wrong time to unveil reimagined Apple TV?
Without Apple pouring much of its vaunted marketing muscle into the Apple TV…
Apple finally gets serious about pushing into our living rooms with new Apple TV
The upgrade, the first in three years, will expand Apple TV’s uses in gaming, including a redesigned remote control with a touch pad…
