Daily Archives: September 23, 2011

Motor City Mojo: The Startup Renaissance In Detroit

September 23, 2011
Motor City Mojo: The Startup Renaissance In Detroit

Editor’s note: This post is authored by guest contributor Jon Bischke. Jon is a founder of RG Labs and is an advisor to several startups. You can follow Jon on Twitter here. I heard them say they’re shutting Detroit down. But I won’t leave ‘cause this is my hometown. – Kid Rock, “Times Like...

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SORRY, JERRY: Yahoo’s Board Has Not Really "Commenced A Search For A CEO"

September 23, 2011
SORRY, JERRY: Yahoo’s Board Has Not Really "Commenced A Search For A CEO"

See Also: SORRY, YAHOOS: The Board’s Not Looking For A New CEO–They Want To Chop Up The Company And Sell Off The Parts THE TRUTH ABOUT YAHOO: It Is The Core Business That Will Be Sold Off LEAKED MEMO: Jerry Yang Tells Yahoos The Company Is For Sale This afternoon, buffetted by “rumors and...

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Actually, Yahoo’s Board Has Not Really ‘Commenced A Search For A CEO’

September 23, 2011
Actually, Yahoo’s Board Has Not Really ‘Commenced A Search For A CEO’

See Also: SORRY, YAHOOS: The Board’s Not Looking For A New CEO–They Want To Chop Up The Company And Sell Off The Parts THE TRUTH ABOUT YAHOO: It Is The Core Business That Will Be Sold Off LEAKED MEMO: Jerry Yang Tells Yahoos The Company Is For Sale This afternoon, buffeted by “rumors and...

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Five Latin American Podcasts You Should Give a Listen To

September 23, 2011
Five Latin American Podcasts You Should Give a Listen To

Do you like podcasts? Here at The Next Web, we love them; as you probably know, we even have a couple of our own, with our Daily Dose and TNW Sessions. But what about other sources around the world? Well, it turns out that there are also interesting tech- and startup-related shows coming out...

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Why Blockbuster Movie Pass is No Threat to Netflix

September 23, 2011

It’s For Satellite TV Subscribers, Not Cord Cutters The offering Dish unveiled today is not a stand-alone video streaming and DVD rent-by-mail service like Netflix, but rather it’s a $10 add-on for Dish subscribers. This might be a really nice added value for existing subscribers, but it doesn’t look as attractive to other consumers....

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Michael Arrington Fires Torpedo At TechCrunch, Launches ‘UNCRUNCHED’

September 23, 2011
Michael Arrington Fires Torpedo At TechCrunch, Launches ‘UNCRUNCHED’

When Mike Arrington left TechCrunch last week, a few folks suggested he might be done with the writing thing. They had apparently checked their brains at the door. The reason Mike Arrington became MIKE ARRINGTON, after all, is because he’s great at what he does. And when you’re that good at something–and you love...

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Michael Arrington Fires Torpedo At TechCrunch, Launches "UNCRUNCHED"

September 23, 2011
Michael Arrington Fires Torpedo At TechCrunch, Launches "UNCRUNCHED"

When Mike Arrington left TechCrunch last week, a few folks suggested he might be done with the writing thing. They had apparently checked their brains at the door. The reason Mike Arrington became MIKE ARRINGTON, after all, is because he’s great at what he does. And when you’re that good at something–and you love...

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Netflix’s Pain Is Blockbuster’s Gain

September 23, 2011
Netflix’s Pain Is Blockbuster’s Gain

Editor’s note: Guest author Tien Tzuo is the CEO of Zuora, a subscription billing company. Previously, he was chief strategy officer and employee No. 11 at Salesforce.com. For years, I’ve pointed to Netflix as one of the shining examples of the Subscription Economy. But in two painfully long weeks, Netflix has taken a huge...

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Windows Server 8 Sheds Its Graphical Baggage

September 23, 2011
Windows Server 8 Sheds Its Graphical Baggage

While the Windows 8 client took bold steps last week to align itself more closely with the expectations of a tablet operating system, Windows Server 8 took similar, bold steps in an equally inevitable direction: Its “preferred” installation buildout (coming oh, so close to being called the “default”) will be Server Core, which is...

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Weekly Wrap-up: Wikileaks, Google Plus, Facebook and More…

September 23, 2011
Weekly Wrap-up: Wikileaks, Google Plus, Facebook and More…

Despite the Google Plus announcements and the passionate responses to Facebook’s f8 conference, the biggest story to hit ReadWriteWeb this week was that Wadah Khanfar, the director of Al Jazeera, had announced his resignation after Wikileaks released documents that alleged he censored coverage under American pressure. After the jump you’ll find more of this...

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