After what many would call a brilliant career, Apple’s Steve Jobs said late last night that he would step down as CEO. Though he will stay on as Chairman and still hold sway over the company, much of Apple’s day-to-day operations will fall to his successor Tim Cook. In his resignation letter, Jobs said that Apple has its best days ahead. While that may be true, now seems like as good a time as any to give credit where credit due. more…
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Norway’s Schibsted Media Group is to take a stake of just over 50% in Irish online classifieds adverts site DoneDeal, it has been announced.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more…
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The vice president of global communications at Groupon has left the company after just two months on the job.
According to a source familiar with one view of the situation, Bradford Williams left due to the way the company has responded to its critics during the “quiet period” more…
Online Classifieds Website Re-launched with brand new features. As more and more people turn towards the internet for to find classifieds, magicaladz.com is a cutting edge website offering users a blend of options to choose from. It has been re-launched with a whole new design and added benefits for customers. more…
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About 120 million people now use LinkedIn, and 1 million more join every week. But how many users have a professional profile that’s actually attracting more…
(Reuters) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to make his second visit to China as the world’s No. 1 social networking company looks for the best way to expand into that country.
“Our company mission is really clear, which is we want to connect the whole world,” said Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the Reuters more…
Computing is changing. The news last week showed that loud and clear, as Microsoft bet big on Skype’s voice and video technology and Google announced partnerships with Samsung and Acer to build laptops running its Chrome operating system. These developments point to a future where computing form factors, interfaces, and operating systems diversify beyond even what we have today. The “Post-PC Era” is underway, more…
There are many factors that contribute to a business’s performance, but, for the most part, success or failure comes down to one thing: How well the company sells a product or service to its customers.
Try approaching your job search the same way. Are you doing an effective job of selling your more…
Craigslist has had a tough week. Over the weekend, it shut down the “adult services” portion of its website in the U.S., giving in to what some, such as the Mercury News’ Chris O’Brien, are calling an opportunistic and hypocritical campaign by state attorneys general and other politicians, who claimed the company didn’t do enough to block ads that appeared to be linked to prostitution and human trafficking.
Yesterday, a judge handed nemesis and part-owner eBay a victory in its lawsuit against the online classifieds site, ruling that CEO Jim Buckmaster and founder Craig Newmark “breached their fiduciary duties” more…
Bebo has been one of those social networks that keeps on ticking. After being snatched up by AOL for $850 million only to get dumped by the Internet pioneer, the company recently made some strong management moves to position themselves for growth.
Recently, I had the chance to interview Adam Levin, CEO of Bebo, about the company’s future and the very competitive social media landscape. more…
The title of this post kind of says it all. As pointed out by blockzuck.com, you can block anyone on Facebook except CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you try to do it (we did), you’ll get a message saying “General Block failed error: Block failed.” more…