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 How Yahoo Can Win In Mobile
Yahoo's mobile business is becoming more important to the company under new CEO Carol Bartz. But what is it working on? For the immediate future, it seems, mostly mobile portal sites and apps for smartphones.On our post about Yahoo's mobile business last week, a regular commenter that goes by "happyhappy" -- who seems to either be a close Yahoo observer or a Yahoo employee -- listed four big-picture ideas for Yahoo's mobile business. We think they're worth highlighting. Here they are, edited for grammar and clarity, with our comments. Read >
 Yahoo Search Execs Keep Fleeing To Microsoft
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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's Great Timing Bolting Google
Hiring Google ad sales boss Tim Armstrong to be AOL's CEO was a bold, splashy move by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. And it was great timing for Tim! Read >
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The $99 Netbook Is This Decade's $400 MSN Rebate
Just like ten years ago, telecom companies are starting to subsidize computer purchases in exchange for long-term Internet service contracts. But this time, it looks like it'll end up better for the carriers and for consumers. Read >
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Intel Announces That Its Stock Is Wildly Overvalued
Intel already has more cash than it knows what to do with. Which means there's only one explanation for selling $1 billion of stock at $15 a share. Read >
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New York Times Union's Choice: Take Pay Cut Or Get Fired
New York Times editor Bill Keller says that if the paper's Newspaper Guild members don't agree to take a 5% paycut like everybody else, "we will face layoffs, probably on the order of 60 to 70 people." Read >
What Google Web Designers Hate About Google
A rash of Web designers quit Google in recent months. One of their common complaints is that Google -- and specifically Marissa Mayer, VP for search products & user experience -- rely too much on data when making design decisions. Read >
Microsoft's New Ad: 'I'm Just Not Cool Enough To Be A Mac Person'
All last year, we watched Apple run ads with Justin Long as the "cool" guy with a Mac, with dorky, inept John Hodgman as his Windows foil. And the whole time Apple kept kicking Microsoft in the shins, the Windows ad team responded mainly with weird "Windows: Delicious" ads starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates.
Now we have a new approach from Microsoft's ad team, and we like these spots -- and Microsoft's newfound willingness to hit back a little -- much better. Read >
Now That Hulu's A Hit, Disney Wants In
Disney's back at the Hulu negotiating table, PaidContent says. The message to News Corp. and NBC? Give us a major equity stake like you guys have, and you can have ABC content. Read >
iPhone App Prices Inch Up
Paid apps in Apple's iPhone App Store still cost less than they did in late December. But good news for iPhone developers: App prices stabilized -- and actually increased a bit -- during March, after at least two months of price declines. Read >
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Celebrity Twitter Ghost Writer, Hot Job For The Recession
Jeff Bezos Works In Kentucky Distribution Center For A Week
GE Invests In Tesla
Flickr Founder Launching New Startup, Hunch
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