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April 2013
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Not that the show needs the help, but the 11th...
December 2012
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Wait. China doesn't like the iPad Mini? →
Seems early to proclaim Apple’s iPad Mini a failure in China but IDG News Service is reporting that initial demand for the device is “nearly nonexistent.” That’s a switch:
Intriguing. I’m personally itching to own a Mini.
(via IDG News Service and PC World Australia; photo via DigitalTrends.)
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“We started a Web site, but NBC refused to let us put the address on any of our...”
– Judd Apatow in The Oral History of Freaks and Geeks. 1999 ruled. (via amandalynferri)
Sums up the entertainment industry pretty well. (via parislemon)
In a way, they were right (ratings as a whole are down, people aren’t watching TV as much), but in another way, this was so...
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Because the film is:
1. Released to DVD today....
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“I want Google Fiber!”
– Curious to see how many will reblog or tweet this theme after seeing the speeds they’re getting in Kansas City:
November 2012
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Nice remix, with background typewriter for...
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Green Mountain Coffee profit surprises; shares... →
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters beats estimates and rises 25% after hours. Here’s why you should have seen this coming:
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Should you believe Mike Lynch? →
Not that I needed one, but this guy [Mike Lynch of Autonomy, pictured below] just gives me another reason to steer clear of Hewlett-Packard. There’s too much risk for the potential reward.
Note that I’m not referring to valuation. HP is almost undeniably cheap compared to its size, market position, and growth prospects in the business of selling and servicing tech infrastructure.
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Dick Costolo: Twitter as a refinement of the Greek... →
parislemon:
Good, long talk by Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at my (and his) alma mater, the University of Michigan, earlier this month.
Of note, he once again promises that by the end of this year, users will be able to download their entire tweet archive. Can’t wait.
Agreed. Downloading the old #editorchat transcripts should be fascinating.
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What I'd do if I had an unlimited tech budget for... →
I’d be all Mac, but with a heaping helping of Google software. What would you do?
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ShortFormBlog: New Myspace is about as profitable... →
shortformblog:
$25M in funding will be lost by the new Myspace at the end of 2012, following a year of disappointing revenues. The company has lost more than $40 million this year after only raising $14 million in revenue following yet another rebranding.
$50M in new funding will be sought by the…
Translation: Justin Timberlake couldn’t bring the sexy back. Sad. Predictable.
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I Got Bugs →
parislemon:
Nate Waddoups, Senior SDE at Microsoft answering “What is so great about Microsoft?” on Quora:
The Windows team invests a mind-boggling amount of time, hardware, and people into maintaining compatibility. There are bugs in Windows that could have been fixed years ago, but can’t be, because that would break applications that (deliberately or accidentally) depend on those bugs....
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Cisco acquires Meraki: how 3 guys from MIT... →
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Quick: when was the last time you plugged in an Ethernet cable? If you have trouble answering that question, you’re one of the reasons why Cisco has agreed to acquire Meraki.
Six years ago Sanjit, John and Hans saw our Wi-Fi world before many others. Meraki offered smaller…
I interviewed Sanjit during a tour of Silicon Valley in Oct. 2008. Here’s how I described...
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In investing, the difference between cheerleading... →
Does making a case for a stock always equal cheerleading? One reader thinks so:
“I understand that The Motley Fool may have an incentive to published biased articles such as this one that does not look at all of the facts of a situation and comes out as a cheerleader for a particular stock.”
Taking a stand on a stock can be informative if you score yourself, which is exactly what we...
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Thieves Grab 3,600 iPad Minis Worth $1.5M In JFK... →
So much for getting an iPad Mini for Christmas …
“Apple’s iPad mini seems to be a success, and that has attracted the criminal element’s attention. According to the New York Post, a shipment of Apple’s iPad mini, numbering 3,600 devices and with a total value of $1.5 million, was taken from JFK airport from the same location that a group stole $5 million in cash and $900,000 in...
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WatchThat’s mw talking up Taiwan Semiconductor in February on CNBC Asia. Nine months and +14% later, I still like this stock. Here’s why.
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Jack Dorsey: an IPO is not an exit plan →
Not that I need another reason to love Square, but it’s nice to see conservative management that takes a proper view of what an IPO is actually for. Dorsey’s comments also make me a bit more interested in Twitter than I have been in years past.
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Iger: You won't see the Death Star with Mickey... →
Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger talking with Bloomberg about fourth-quarter results, which came in weaker than expected. Notice what he says about the number of ideas that came into Disney following the announcement of a $4 billion deal for Lucasfilm. If nothing else, this should confirm what I’ve been saying about the merchandising goodness that’s to come.
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PR firm sets a la carte pricing for "hits" on... →
TechCrunch says some PR firms are charging clients what amounts to a bounty for certain types of coverage. In some cases, the scheme is “pay for play,” wherein a writer is compensated by the firm, which then charges the client for this so-called “success.”
I wish I could say this surprises me, but as a former PR guy who spent time in way too many back rooms, I’m only...
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Sequoia Capital: Creating room in a crowd →
Sequoia Capital:
Sometimes it’s never too late to join a crowded market. Just ask Paul English and Steve Hafner, who today announced an agreement to sell Kayak to Priceline for about $1.8 billion.
Today, Kayak’s promise of ‘One and Done’ is well known as befits a company that fielded 600 million…
Good advice regarding why you shouldn’t simply dismiss latecomers. Sure, some will be...
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Do you really need venture capital? Evil Genius... →
The “Your’re the Boss” blog over at The New York Times is a smart source of information for budding business owners. This latest column takes a look at raising outside funding and when it makes sense. Evil Genius Beer decided on a more creative approach:
“Instead of raising all this capital in the middle of a recession for a company that had never sold a pint of beer, we...
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How my writer's brain works
I just now wrote this to help kick-start my brain for a story I’m writing about DC Comics deciding to commission 52 alternate covers for Justice League of America #1 in February:
“This is my bs lede. What the heck do I want to say here? I’ve not yet decided. Maybe something will come to me. Yeah? What then? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? Basically, that this alternate covers deal is...
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Concrete proof that it would be stupid for Netflix...
According to the latest data from Sandvine, Netflix now accounts for 32.9% of “downstream” prime time Internet traffic. YouTube ranks next at 14.8% while Amazon nets just 1.8%. Why sell when you have this large an advantage? More importantly, why sell when your core business is trading on the cheap?
Voters: "Are we better off than four years ago?... →
From my Foolish colleague Morgan Housel. A house divided, or simply undecided?
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Google’s Nexus Strategy In A Nutshell: Cheap... →
I’ve long been a fan of @drizzled’s work, so it was nice to record a video that refers back to a piece of his as source material.
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Check out Rule Breakers on Twitter! →
See the new page above? That’s where you’ll find tweets and content for Motley Fool Rule Breakers, the stock picking newsletter service that ranked 10th among Hulbert’s top 15 performers over the past five years as of Sept. 2012.
Readers react as Ebix responds to Bloomberg
Shares of insurance software provider Ebix fell as much as 31% yesterday on worries over a purported SEC investigation, reported by Bloomberg. The stock closed off 14%, even after CEO Robin Raina challenged the claim, going so far as to suggest the company would “evaluate all avenues of recourse” in its response.
Does that mean Ebix would sue Bloomberg for libel? Pursue the unnamed...
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Only in a world where #irony serves as high art...
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Betable gaining momentum -- should Zynga make a... →
Anyone else wondering if gambling-starved $ZNGA either already has or is about to make a bid for Betable? This feature alone could be worth it:
“Developers who sign up build their games and add 20 lines of codes to have Betable handle all the real-money aspects of their game, including compliance, fraud prevention, identity checks, wagering and gambling results.”
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Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites -... →
As an investor in its shares, I find Google’s influence thrilling. As a #writer, not so much. How one company sees my work says a lot about who else will see it. $GOOG
Disney Bids $4 Billion, Bags Star Wars →
Too many reports are focusing on the potential box office for a 2015 re-launch of the Star Wars movie franchise — (cough) Peter Kafka (cough) — when merchandising is where this deal really signs. Follow the link to get details. You can also check out this bit of historical perspective when it comes to $DIS and licensing.
