Back in November, we reported that Sean Garrett, Twitter’s Head of Comms, would be stepping down from his post. As he tweeted at the time, for the first time in his career, he would be taking more than a two week break between jobs. Since Garrett stepped down, Karen Wickre, who was hired shortly...
Apple has written to customers as it begin to follow up on its proposal to refund buyers of the new iPad in Australia that felt misled by the firm’s marketing of its LTE-capability. Today, as MacRumors reports, Apple has sent out notes to all customers offering refunds and explaining that, while it isn’t LTE-compatible in...
Samsung has dropped the clearest hint yet that its Galaxy S III smartphone — the firm’s response to the iPhone 4S — will launch next month, after a Korean website circulated what appears to be an invitation to a launch event in London. The admittedly small version of the flyer — found on Daum...
Google’s augmented reality eyewear is coming to disrupt your face and your business model. If you don’t even have to pull your phone out to take a photo, get directions, or message with friends, why would you need to buy the latest iPhone or spend so much time on Facebook? It could be a...
The news is out, today the world has heard about a new reality TV show being made for US TV network Bravo about Silicon Valley, starring a cast of seven Valley movers and shakers including an executive producer role by Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark. The really exciting part is that...
Roku owners can get a whole lot out of the new Plex channel that was released just a few days ago: Plex brings YouTube to Roku, allows personal media sharing and offers access to your personal video library. Check it out in the latest episode of Cord Cutters: Show notes for this episode: Plex...
Yahoo confirmed earlier today that it fired 2,000 employees — or, about 14% of its global workforce. The hardest hit divisions? Product, marketing, research, and international. Taking Yahoo in a new direction, CEO Scott Thompson wants to focus on core media and communications, platforms, and data. Platforms? We don’t really know what he means...
You probably know about LegalZoom.com, largely through lots of word of mouth and TV advertising, but did you know about several other online legal services? Luckily, the folks at NextAdvisor.com have done some of the heavy lifting. Whether you’re starting a business or simply registering a trademark, they have determined which provider is the...
Industry Left Scrambling Velti, a company that provides mobile marketing and advertising technology, has formed a working group dubbed ODIN (Open Device Identification Number) with leading analytics, marketing and advertising services such as Jumptap, mdotm, Smaato, RadiumOne, StrikeAd, Adfonic and SAY Media (note: ReadWriteWeb is owned by SAY Media). The goal of the ODIN...
The news that’s been telegraphed for weeks is done: Yahoo has finally confirmed that roughly 2,000 staffers, 14.1 percent of its workforce, are losing their jobs as new CEO Scott Thompson remakes the business around the buzzwords smaller, nimbler, core, best in class. Thompson, the surprise choice to fill the gap left when the board fired...