No, it's not Steve Jobs or Bill Campbell or even Al Gore
OK, it wasn't the Oscars and Steve Jobs is not Colin Firth.
But there was a sort of Best Board Member vote at Apple's (AAPL) shareholder meeting this week, and the outcome was a surprise.
According to the SEC Form 8-K filed on Thursday, Steve Jobs was re-elected to the board of his own company with nearly 3.5 million fewer votes MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 25, 2011 7:39 AM ET
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Sources tell The Wall Street Journal that AOL is considering layoffs as part of its new management structure integrating the Huffington Post, though no details yet on timing or just how many employees would be affected. While Arianna Huffington will serve as the newly-christened Huffington Post MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 25, 2011 7:28 AM ET
The Android Market is becoming more mature.
No longer at the Android Market
Even though the Google (GOOG) Android Market significantly trails behind the Apple (AAPL) App Store, it is having some of the same problems. Today Google pulled an app out of the market for bypassing its own Google Checkout payment system and Google's 30% cut. PhoneFusion, a visual voicemail app, was notified that it had violated section 3.3 of MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 24, 2011 10:25 PM ET
Finding recipes is now built into Google's search.
It was never hard to find recipes on the Internet, but Google (GOOG) is making it just a bit easier by providing the option to narrow down search results to only include recipes. Although the service isn't available as of this writing, there is a landing page that explains its features.
Focus Your Search
When you search for a recipe or ingredient on Google, you'll MORE
Andreessen Horowitz and others send a big signal that web-based enterprise software startups are gaining clout with their latest investment.
Back in 2005, Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith were college dropouts with a collective $11,000 and a not-so-sexy startup idea for an online storage and collaboration service. Today, the entrepreneurial duo announced that their company, Box.net, has closed a whopping $48 million series D funding round.
The large investment is the latest sign MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Feb 24, 2011 12:19 PM ET
Photo: Apple Inc.
As widely expected, Apple (AAPL) took the wraps off its new line of MacBook Pros Thursday.
Thunderbolt logo
In addition to faster processors, higher-resolution cameras and FaceTime video chat software, the new models feature Intel's (INTC) new Light Peak input-output technology, which Apple and Intel have re-branded Thunderbolt. It comes in the form of a Swiss Army knife I/O port designed to eventually replace nearly everything MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 24, 2011 10:07 AM ET
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Alibaba.com, which recently lost its CEO and COO over fraudulent company activity, elected Jonathan Lu, who led the company's efforts with the payment service Alipay, to take over the top executive spot. In a company-wide email, Lu urged employees to "forge ahead" and said he MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 24, 2011 7:50 AM ET
Source: Apple Inc.
[UPDATE: The new MacBook Pros, with Thunderbolt, have arrived. See here.]
The yellow Post-It sign was up early Thursday at Apple.com, a sure harbinger that something new is coming
By the time you read this, Apple (AAPL) may have already announced its new line of MacBook Pros.
For blurry photos and speculation aplenty, check out the dozens of posts linked to MacRumors' Wednesday report.
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A birthday card for Steve MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 24, 2011 7:33 AM ET
Thousands around the world sign a website to wish him a happy 56th
Click to enlarge. Source: http://www.happybirthdaystevejobs.com/
The virtual card honoring Apple's (AAPL) CEO is the handiwork of computing students at Imperial College London. "Our aim," write ringleaders Raoul-Gabriel Urma and Gabriel Lorin, "is to allow as many people to wish him a happy birthday this way letting him know he has a back-up of so many."
You can add your message MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 24, 2011 6:23 AM ET
The first Android OS built for tablets gets graded.
As Walt Mossberg put it, the tablet wars have begun. Before Apple (AAPL) reloads with the iPad 2 on March 2, Motorola (MMI) starts selling their XOOM tomorrow. The reviews are mostly positive with high marks for the hardware but complaints about the finish of the software. Also, few were happy about the Verizon (VZ) plan and prices ($800 or $600 with MORE
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