Twitter will hit a billion users, co-founder predicts

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 07:42 Written by External Post Wednesday, 13 October 2010 07:42

Twitter may have just 160 million users now, but co-founder Evan Williams is already eyeing a day when the service caters to a billion. Williams, who recently gave up the reins as chief executive, made the comment Tuesday night during an appearance at
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Facebook privacy changes a missed opportunity, says Sophos

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:00

Facebook’s announcement of planned features to create groups and see how personal information is used, do not go far enough to improve privacy, says Sophos. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook chief executive, claims the groups feature will give users tighter
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Report: Former AOL chief wants to buy Yahoo

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:20 Written by External Post Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:20

Yahoo’s fate is becoming more convoluted every day. Just two days after the Times of London reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo were back on, the the Wall Street Journal says former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money
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AOL Wants to Get More Social With Brizzly Acquisition (Report)

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:20

AOL is in final talks to acquire Thing Labs, the creator of Twitter and Facebook management application Brizzly, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch. Neither company would comment for the TechCrunch story. Thing Labs chief executive
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Ladbrokes wants better online offering and more IT investment

Last Updated on Friday, 6 August 2010 11:20 Written by External Post Friday, 6 August 2010 11:20

Bookmaker Ladbrokes is to plough effort and investment into its e-trading offering and technology infrastructure in an attempt to make the business more consumer-focused. Richard Glynn, the new chief executive, spent three months producing a review of
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Yahoo shares dip on disappointing financial results

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:20

Yahoo shares fell more than 6% after second-quarter sales came in at $1.13bn (7.39bn), failing to reach analyst expectations of $1.16bn. Carol Bartz, chief executive, said demand for search advertising had slowed during the quarter, but was beginning to
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Is AOL shopping itself to Microsoft?

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 June 2010 01:40 Written by External Post Saturday, 5 June 2010 01:40

AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong the company is beginning talks on a new search deal, but a suggests that the company could end up selling itself outright to Microsoft. Although I have no knowledge that’s where things are headed, it certainly seems
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Verizon and Google collaborate on iPad rival

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 06:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 12 May 2010 06:00

Verizon Wireless is working with Google on a tablet computer to rival Apple’s iPad. ‘We are looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put on a tablet to make it a great experience,’ Verizon chief executive Lowell McAdam told the
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John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 06:12 Written by a2e Tuesday, 16 February 2010 06:12

John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay

John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay

The 49-year-old has given eBay a new lease of life by putting the buyer first – but he has upset a lot of small sellers in the process ?

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Monster snaps up Yahoo’s HotJobs

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:30 Written by External Post Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:30

Yahoo has shed another property deemed expendable by chief executive Carol Bartz, selling HotJobs to Monster for $225m. Part of the deal includes a provision that installs Monster as the exclusive provider of job ads on Yahoo’s home page for three years
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