Archive for 2012
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Apple music may have gangbuster year
All signs point to 2013 as a gangbuster year for Apple music. Apple iTunes visits increased almost 200 percent on Christmas Day 2012 compared to the year before, according to […]
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NYE: busiest night ever for texting
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s, even before people kiss, pop champagne and throw confetti, many will be grabbing their smartphones. Mobile networks are bracing for their busiest […]
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Tech check: Zynga’s games over; Facebook privacy flaw plugged plus IPO revisited; no Google antitrust action; Apple shares’ ride
We’re closing 2012 with a check on some of the Silicon Valley companies we often wrote about this year: • Zynga is doing some previously announced year-end cleaning: It shut […]
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Quoted: on Microsoft, Windows and no Apple products for the Gates kids
“The wealth from our family came from Microsoft, so why would we invest in a competitor?” — Melinda Gates, philanthropist and wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said on British […]
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Off topic: Chicken-nugget history, animal virgin births, list of best lists, New Year’s Eve parties and kisses
Think chicken nuggets were born under the Golden Arches? Think again — think Cornell. From the Komodo dragon to the Boa constrictor, animals that have shown evidence of virgin births. […]
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Reed gets a raise: Netflix boosts execs’ pay
Netflix may still be still be struggling, but CEO Reed Hastings is getting a raise. In fact, he’ll be doubling his total pay. In 2013, the streaming media company plans […]
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ANA, which launches its San Jose-Tokyo 787 Dreamliner route in Jan. 11, joins effort to link Japanese and American young people
The ANA Group, which will launch a five-day-a-week San Jose-Tokyo route Jan. 11 featuring the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, is on-board a private-government initiative promoted by U.S. Ambassador John Roos to […]
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Tech and policy: Senate approves FISA; China requires real names online
A couple of tech and policy developments: • Happy holidays, here’s a “gift” from the Senate, which today voted to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for five years, […]
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Around the valley: Facebook shares fall on Instagram exodus; what Netflix’s Facebook lobbying cost; luxury real estate market picks up
Silicon Valley tidbits: • After a steeper drop earlier this morning, Facebook shares are down more than 1.25 percent to $25.72 as of this post on a report that Instagram […]
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Quoted: predicting the decline of Anonymous
“Due to many uncoordinated and unclear operations and false claims, the Anonymous hacktivist movement will slow down in 2013. Anonymous’ level of technical sophistication has stagnated and its tactics are […]
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