Top Items:
Yahoo! Inc.:
Yahoo! Appoints Scott Thompson Chief Executive Officer — SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company, today announced the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 9, 2012, at which time Tim Morse will resume his role as Chief Financial Officer.
Discussion:
Deal Journal, PC World, Tech Trader Daily, DealBook, Washington Post, ReadWriteWeb, Bits, GigaOM, paidContent, Business Insider, The New Persuaders, Digital Trends, Adotas, Reuters, Mixed Media, Techie Buzz, eWeek, Internet Evolution, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, Pulse2, The Domains and TechFlash, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Brand new CEO, same old messed up Yahoo — Yahoo has finally found a new chief executive to replace Carol Bartz (who left in a huff) and he is Scott Thompson, who till recently was the president of the PayPal division of eBay A surprise candidate, it is not very clear what his strategy …
Discussion:
Digits, Fast Company, eBay Ink, Motley Fool and @danprimack, more at Mediagazer »
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO — As I reported late last night, Yahoo said it had named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its new CEO. The exec is currently in charge of the large eBay online payments unit. — He'll start next week, but there are staff …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, L.A. Times Tech Blog, The Verge, CNET, NEWS.com.au, GeekWire, SlashGear, Business Insider, Mashable!, Ben Parr's Entrepreneurial …, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, The Technology Chronicles, StartupMuse, VatorNews, Business Insider and Dice Blog Network
Paul Thurrott / WindowsITPro:
Exclusive: Microsoft and Nokia's Plans for Marketing Windows Phone in 2012 — With predictably parroting that information—I thought it might be worthwhile to set the record straight. Microsoft and Nokia will not spend “in the neighborhood of $100 million” to market Windows Phone this year.
Discussion:
Seattle Times, Computerworld, pocketnow.com, Mobile Magazine, BetaNews, CNET, Electronista, My Nokia Blog, SlashGear and Smartphones …
RELATED:
Ed Oswald / BetaNews:
Windows Phone partners bet $100M on Nokia Ace
Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Verge, All about Microsoft Blog, AppleInsider, The Nokia Blog, The Register, Softpedia News, VentureBeat and Techland
Wall Street Journal:
Kodak Preparing for Chapter 11 Filing — Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy-protection filing in the coming weeks should efforts to sell a trove of digital patents fall through, people familiar with the matter said. — The struggling photography icon …
Tiuri van Agten / Distimo:
Google Android Market Tops 400,000 Applications — Google Android Market gave itself a nice new year's present last weekend. The total number of active applications worldwide in the Android Market reached the 400,000 milestone. Android Market has topped the 200K and 300K available apps milestones …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Register, MobileBurn.com, msnbc.com, PC Magazine, Softpedia News, The Verge, Inside Mobile Apps, Mobile Magazine, Techie Buzz, The Next Web, Electronista, Redmond Pie, Techland, Computerworld, Business Insider, PhoneArena, CNET, IntoMobile, PadGadget, MobileSyrup.com, AndroidGuys, Pocket-lint, Android Phone Fans and TechCrunch, Thanks:gert_jan
Elad Blog:
How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012: Social Content Curation As The Next Big Thing — The most interesting wave hitting the social web in 2012 is social curation. This was kicked off in 2011 as Pinterest's growth was noticed by Silicon Valley and a number of companies quickly followed suit …
Discussion:
metarand
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
File-Sharing Recognized as Official Religion in Sweden — All around the world file-sharers are being chased by anti-piracy outfits and the authorities, and the situation in Sweden is no different. While copyright holders are often quick to label file-sharers as pirates …
Discussion:
PC World
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
The Case of the Unfortunate Underscore: How Twitter Verified the Fake Wendi Over the Real Wendi — I went all Encyclopedia Brown yesterday after I and many others had been led astray by an account — @wendi_deng — that Twitter had verified with its famous blue check mark over the holiday weekend …
Discussion:
MediaFile, Business Insider, Gawker, @realdanlyons, @wendi_deng and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Rick Santorum's Iowa Performance Helps His ‘Google Problem’ — Rick Santorum's performance in Iowa is good for his campaign, and for his Google problem. — Rick Santorum is the GOP presidential candidate known for his “Google problem.” A Google search of his name returns scatological results thanks …
Discussion:
Search Engine Land and Mashable!
Élyse Betters / 9to5Google:
Android platform distribution statistics updated: .6-percent or around a million devices on ICS — The latest Android platform versions distributions chart was announced yesterday after the Android Developers' website collected data for two weeks, and the share results reaped a few surprising figures.
Discussion:
Business Insider, parislemon, PC Magazine, Tech Trader Daily, The Next Web, BGR, IntoMobile, Android and Me, Softpedia News, Electronista, Pocketables and ReadWriteWeb
Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
Roku to Launch Cordless Streaming Stick for TVs — Roku, maker of competitively priced set-top boxes that stream Web video on TVs, is introducing a new device it thinks will offer a simpler option for Internet connectivity than some “smart” TVs. — Today, the company is unveiling plans …
Discussion:
Digits, 9to5Google, Business Wire, CNET, Ars Technica, The Toybox Blog, GigaOM, The Official Roku Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, Bits, WebProNews, Electronista, Technologizer, Engadget, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Pui-Wing Tam / Wall Street Journal:
Some Venture Funds Hit ‘Pause’ on Big Deals — SAN FRANCISCO—Over the past year, Marc Andreessen invested in a series of high-profile Web companies, including Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Groupon Inc. Now the Silicon Valley venture capitalist is hitting the pause button on such big-name deals.
Discussion:
Real Dan Lyons Web Site
Krystal Peak / VatorNews:
Netflix's 20M members streamed 2B hours in Q4 of 2011 — Down from 25M+ streaming subscribers, Netflix is poised for growth again in 2012 — As Netflix continues to wrangle the conversation on its future, the video viewing and rental company announced that more than two billion hours …
Discussion:
The Tech Trade, CNET, BGR, PR Newswire, AllThingsD, The Verge, Tech Trader Daily, VentureBeat, GigaOM, paidContent, The Next Web, TechCrunch and dailywireless.org
Kevin Lincoln / Business Insider:
The Guys Behind The Verge Just Went On Another Huge Talent Raid For A New Gaming Site — For the last week, there's been buzz about a new gaming site coming from Vox Media, the parent company of The Verge and SB Nation. — We can confirm that Vox is about to launch a big gaming vertical later …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Griffin McElroy, The Verge and VG247
Chetan / Always On Real-Time Access:
2012 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey — First things first. From all of us at Chetan Sharma Consulting, we wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012. My thanks to all who participated in our 2012 Mobile Predictions Annual Survey. It gives our community an insider's view of trends.
Discussion:
WebProNews, AllThingsD, Internet2Go and Phones Review, Thanks:chetansharma
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Cisco's Alternative To Skype Has Quietly Been Killed — Cisco has quietly pulled the plug on its ill-fated consumer home videoconferencing system, Umi. This could be the final blow to the company's once-grand consumer plans. — Umi was introduced a little over a year ago, in October, 2010.
Discussion:
SlashGear, PC Magazine, eWeek, AllThingsD, VoIP Watch and VoIP & Gadgets Blog
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Apple's long silence on call mute issue raising ire of iPhone owners — Apple's iPhone 4S wasn't without its share of launch troubles, including complaints of poor battery life. But while Apple was quick to address said issues in an update (and then promised to do so again in another) …
Discussion:
The Atlantic Wire, ZDNet, iPhone Hacks, NBC Bay Area, AppleInsider, BGR, CNET, The Verge, AllThingsD, MacRumors, O'Grady's PowerPage and Softpedia News
Bloomberg:
Quanta Sues AMD Over Allegedly Unsuitable Chips for NEC Notebook Computers — Quanta Computer Inc. (2382), the world's largest contract maker of notebook computers, sued Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) for breach of contract, alleging the chipmaker sold defective products.
Discussion:
Computerworld, CNET, AnandTech, The Tech Report and Engadget
Tom Warren / The Verge:
All cellphones in Chile must be sold unlocked from January 2nd — The Republic of Chile has announced that all cellphones sold within the country starting last Monday, January 2nd, must be unlocked for use on any carrier. Chile's telecoms regulator, Subtel, revealed its plans over Twitter on Monday …
Discussion:
PhoneArena
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Disney and Comcast Link Up For Another 10 Years — Comcast has re-upped its distribution deal with Disney, which means the country's largest cable company will continue to pipe programming from ABC, ESPN and other channels into its subscribers' homes for another ten years.
Discussion:
The Verge, Engadget, paidContent, Electronista, GigaOM and ESPN MediaZone, more at Mediagazer »
Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Cuba criticizes Twitter for Fidel death rumor … HAVANA (AP) — State media on Wednesday accused the social networking site Twitter of helping spread a rumor that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had died, and criticized anti-Castro expatriates it dubbed “necrophiliac counterrevolutionaries” for jumping on the story.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
More on Windows 8's new refresh and reset options — Summary: Microsoft is readying some under-the-hood changes for reset/restoring Windows 8 PCs, some of which will be part of the February 2012 beta. — It feels like eons ago, but back in June 2010, when the first massive batch of information …
Discussion:
Hardware 2.0 Blog, MSDN Blogs, Windows 8 Tablet Forum, The Verge, The Next Web and Neowin.net
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Nobody Goes to Facebook Anymore. It's Too Crowded. — A year ago Steven Levy suggested that Facebook should give us each a single “friend-list do-over.” — A lot of commenters challenged him. “Grow some balls and just unfriend people,” said one of the more even tempered readers.
Discussion:
NBC Bay Area and @loic
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Samsung Series 5 Ultra up for pre-order in the US, brings optical media to the ultrabook for $949 — Koreans won't be the only ones sticking DVDs into exceptionally thin laptops this year: Samsung's Series 5 Ultra laptops are now available for pre-order at J&R. The first time we heard …
Discussion:
LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, GadgeTell and Liliputing
