On my first day at the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland, I was checking email in a lounge at the main conference center when I spotted Benchmark Capital's Matt Cohler and Owen Van Natta of MySpace. I told them I wanted to say hello but that my overarching goal for the conference was to NOT spend too much time with Internet people. "How's that working out for you?" MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Jan 30, 2010 11:28 AM ET
The current issue of The Economist continues an irreverent tradition
Image: The Economist. 1/30/2010
What is it about Apple's (AAPL) CEO that inspires art directors to reach for their Bible?
Case in point: The cover of the Jan. 30 issue of The Economist, in which Steve Jobs appears as Jesus and Moses combined -- wearing a halo and carrying a tablet computer.
We've always thought of Jobs as all-too-mortal -- more Prometheus than MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 30, 2010 11:23 AM ET
As Chief Marketing Officer of HP's Personal Systems Group, Satjiv Chahil has helped lead a turnaround in the PC business. Photo: HP.
Satjiv Chahil, the marketing impresario who helped Hewlett-Packard seize the top spot in the global PC market, is retiring.
Chahil, the chief marketing officer of the Personal Systems Group, leaves HP (HPQ) at the top of its game. Since he joined the company four years ago, the company has MORE
Jon Fortt - Jan 29, 2010 7:57 PM ET
The blue Lego of death
If you were watching Steve Jobs' iPad demo closely Wednesday, you would have seen it briefly as he showed off the device's Web-surfing chops: the blue Lego of death. For everyone who has tried to play Farmville on an iPhone, or watch Hulu on an iPod Touch, the little blue icon is already familiar. It signifies that Adobe's Flash plug-in is not on the device, MORE
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Jan 29, 2010 2:51 PM ET
more about "Press:Here debates the iPad and Apple...", posted with vodpod
How did that happen? Before the iPad announcement, folks got on my case for saying I didn't want a tablet. After the announcement? Well, I still don't want this version of the iPad, but I think this is one of the most impressive pieces of technology we've seen from Apple.
Sarah Lacy of Techcrunch isn't so sure. When I defended MORE
Jon Fortt - Jan 29, 2010 1:43 PM ET
Cornered by a reporter, he lets slip a few more details about the iPad
Photo: Kara Swisher, All Things Digital
All Things Digital's Kara Swisher, who carried a digital camcorder to Apple's (AAPL) iPad event for her BoomTown blog, has posted some rare footage of Steve Jobs in the crush of reporters at the foot of the stage after his presentation Wednesday.
It's framed as a kind of Walt Mossberg sandwich, with MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 29, 2010 12:07 PM ET
I think I've found a place for Steve Jobs' latest creation: In the Barcalounger
Photos: Barcalounger, Apple Inc.
Ever since I put my hands on Apple's new iPad -- in the press melee after Wednesday's unveiling -- I've been trying to figure out where it might fit in the pecking order of computing devices in our Brooklyn home.
It doesn't replace any of the laptops. My wife and I do far too MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 29, 2010 11:50 AM ET
A survey of high-end Chinese buyers suggests the Street has underestimated demand
Photo: iPhonAsia.com
Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty -- a long-time Apple (AAPL) bear who seems to have switched her drink to Kool-Aid -- issued an optimistic report Friday about the Chinese market for iPhones. It includes scenarios by which she sees Apple's share price hitting $325 to $435 within a year.
(The stock closed at $199.29 Thursday, down more than 4% MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 29, 2010 9:47 AM ET
Apple's latest product impresses, but will it replace -- or supplement -- laptops, phones and other eReaders?
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the iPad. If they don't, they're probably working on one.
Steve Jobs with his iPad. Photo: Michael Copeland
But there are two things about the iPad that we all seem to agree on (even the ambivalent among us): The name is ridiculous, and it looks like a huge MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jan 29, 2010 7:13 AM ET
Getting CIOs to love cloud computing takes a lot of logic and a little bit of TLC.
By Siki Giunta, president and CEO, Fortisphere
Giunta says tech staffs still need to be wooed to the cloud. Photo: Jesse Justice
Cloud computing is inevitable. In fact, it's already thriving. Salesforce.com is in the cloud. Amazon.com is selling the cloud. Without the cloud, there would be no Twitter. And without Twitter, there would be MORE
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