| The Drill Down 234: Code of Calling
This week, we look at some new Facebook-related changes on the cusp of their Initial Public Offering, and whether those changes are enough to keep advertisers interested after Facebook goes public. Then, to code or not to code…that is the question. But first, the headlines…Yahoo‘s fibbing CEO Scott Thompson gets his comeuppance, and Yahoo gets an interim CEO, Pebble breaks all Kickstarter records at $10 in pledges, Apple moves away from Google Maps, Apple may offer an iPhone with a larger screen and a thinner MacBook, how Yahoo killed Flickr, Google introduces a knowledge graph, and Aaron Sorkin will script Steve Jobs‘ life.
...continue reading » Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Apple, C3 Technologies, Facebook, Intel, iPhone, Kickstarter, Macbook Air, Microsoft, Pebble, Scott Thompson, Steve Jobs, The Drill Down, Yahoo | |
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| The Drill Down 233: Lies and Rumors
This week, we look into a scandal involving Scott Thompson, Yahoo‘s CEO, wherein he allegedly lied on his resume about having a CS degree. Later, we’ll poke into a couple of exciting rumors of Apple lowering the price of their Macbook Air to $799, plus their upcoming HDTV offering. But first, the headlines…Facebook sets its IPO price, Discovery buys Revision3, Draw Something loses 5M users/Mo. after Zynga purchase, AT&T CEO regrets offering unlimited data, Google loses copyright infringement case to Oracle over Java, Google’s Hangouts on Air rolls out to everyone, & Google’s Autonomous cars get an official nod from Nevada.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, Apple TV, AT&T, Discovery, Discovery Channel, Draw Something, Facebook, Google, Google Hangout, iPhone, Macbook Air, revision3, Scott Thompson, Yahoo, Zynga | |
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| The Drill Down 228: The Social Network Strikes Back
This week, The Drill Down team takes a look at April Fools’ Day on the web, Apple‘s upcoming revolutionary TV vs. existing console-based options, and further bad times for Yahoo, as Facebook strikes back, but first, this week’s hot tech headlines. Instagram comes to Android, details on Sony‘s next-generation Playstation, Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, Apple addresses worker violations at Foxconn, an iPhone stalker app raises privacy concerns on Facebook, Amazon wins sales tax fight in Colorado, Google to sell tablets online, Google tests augmented reality goggles, and OMGPop‘s CEO gets catty.
...continue reading » Tags: Amazon, Android, Apple, April Fool's Day, Ashton Kutcher, Facebook, Foxconn, George Takei, Glass, goggles, Google, Google Glass, Instagram, iPhone, OMGPOP, Orbis, Steve Jobs, The Drill Down, ThinkGeek, xkcd, Yahoo | |
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| The Drill Down: Karmawhores!
This week, TDD regulars Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Lidija Davis join Venturebeat‘s Sean Ludwig as we talk to top contributors to Social news site Reddit.com as we find out what makes them do what they do to make Reddit so popular. But first, the week’s top tech news…President Obama proposes a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, Apple acquires Chomp, iPhone user wins $850 in throttling case against AT&T, Apple announces iPad 3 event, Yahoo seeks to force Facebook into licensing patents, Google+ suffers low turnout, Reddit crafts an Internet privacy law.
...continue reading » Tags: Apple, AT&T, Barack Obama, chomp, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, iPad, iPhone, President Obama, Privacy, reddit, Redditors, social networking, Social news, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, The Drill Down, Verizon, Yahoo | |
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| The Drill Down: Targeting Your Habits
This week, The Drill Down team and VentureBeat writer Sean Ludwig take a look the science of habit formation and how retailers and other businesses are leveraging that data to finely tune their marketing focus. Later, we look at how Google bypassed privacy settings in Apple‘s Safari and Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer to track users web browsing. But first, the headlines…Facebook launches verified accounts and pseudonyms, Apple delivers new version of OS X to developers, Foxconn hid underage workers before Fair Labor inspections, Google to sell heads-up glasses by year’s end, and Flickr gets a major makeover.
...continue reading » Tags: analytics, Apple, cookies, data, Facebook, Flickr, Foxconn, Google, habit formation, internet explorer, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mountain Lion, OSX, Proctor and Gamble, Safari, Target, The Drill Down | |
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