Yahoo is getting a fancy new redesigned homepage, and this is Marissa Mayer’s first big change to the site as its CEO. While a new homepage is nice, Marissa Mayer needs to do a ton of other things to bring Yahoo back to prominence. Our very own Yahoo expert Nicholas Carlson lays out what...
Daily Archives: October 12, 2012
Google’s First Shuttle Bus Made Just Two Stops (GOOG)
Cari Spivack See Also Here’s A Map To Silicon Valley’s Cushy Private Buses How To Attract Tech-Savvy Workers Outside Big Cities Here’s How Much All That Free Food Will Cost Yahoo The buses that ferry Google’s San Francisco-based workers almost 40 miles to headquarters in suburban Mountain View, Calif. are now part of a...
AMD May Lay Off 3,300 Employees (AMD)
Days after warning of a huge sales and earnings miss, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is close to announcing a significant reduction in its workforce that could be be made public as early as next week. According to sources familiar with the company’s plans, (they asked not to be identified), AMD will announce next week...
Netbot for App.net update fixes annoying cross-posting behavior, adds support for user search
An update for the still very popular Netbot for fledgeling platform App.net has been released. The update fixes an annoying cross-posting behavior from the initial release and allows access to App.net’s user search function. Initially, when Netbot cross posted an item between App.net and Twitter, it appended a link to the App.net post at the end...
Apple’s hypothetical iPad mini event to have strong iBooks focus
In what will likely be completely unsurprising news to many, we’ve now heard from multiple sources that Apple’s as-yet-unannounced iPad mini event will have a strong focus on iBooks. Since an iPad mini would likely be squarely aimed at those who wish to partake of media on their tablets, that would make a lot of...
Netflix debuts on Windows 8 tablets and PCs with a brand new modern UI-styled app
Following Ballmer’s preview of the app back in June, Netflix has today launched its Windows 8 app on tablets and PCs, as the next version of Windows nears release. Netflix has had a Windows Phone 8 app available for months, but now the company has debuted its app on additional devices with just two weeks to spare before...
deviantART Collaborates With Hellraiser Clive Barker
Andy Warhol once said “being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.” Case in point: deviantART, often described as the Pandora of the art world. The 12-year-old site is a social-media pioneer. A platform for art discovery and ecommerce, it’s also one of a handful of social networks born at the...
File Sharers, Get Ready For Copyright Violation Warnings
After a series of delays, the Center for Copyright Information’s “six strikes” anti-piracy scheme has a launch date. Starting on November 28, ATT, Comcast, Cablevision, Time Warner and Verizon will start sending out warnings to users who download copyrighted material without authorization. But don’t quit those Torrent networks just yet. The CCI is a partnership...
RWW Founder Richard MacManus Starts His Next Chapter
Last night, which was today, New Zealand time, Richard MacManus announced his departure from ReadWriteWeb. He was our founder, navigator, and editor-in-chief, and we will miss him. Richard is about to start a new chapter in his storied career. He’s writing a book. ReadWriteWeb is also about to make some great changes. The excitement...
What happens when computers are cheaper than LEGO blocks?
The cost of a Raspberry Pi computer you can buy today is $25. It has a 700 MHz CPU with 256 MB RAM. In 2001, the Power Mac G4 Cube, with 450 MHz CPU with 64 MB RAM, cost $1,799. That is how much hardware prices have fallen. Meanwhile, a LEGO X-Wing costs $59.99....