If a recent leak of information is true, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and board chairman Roy Bostock are looking worse and worse. Remember all that grandstanding last spring about employee severances and retention packages when Microsoft’s offer to buy was still on the table?Remember the nasty letters between Carl Icahn and Bostock about that and how Bostock seemed to be looking out for employees and Icahn said it was just a poison pill to add a couple of billion to the price tag and dissuade Microsoft? ‘Member?
Countries Getting Internet Back After Cable Cutting
We’re still waiting to hear what caused damage to several underwater Internet cables; it’s likely to be either especially interesting (in an apocalyptic, WWIII sense) or completely mundane (think rusty old anchors). But either way, affected nations are getting their access back.
AT&T Just Kidding About Cutting Off Critics
It’s nice to see AT&T isn’t immune to some heat. The company is reportedly revising its Terms of Service (ToS) agreement after it appeared AT&T reserved the right to terminate service of those critical of them.
Cutting MyBlogLog Spam
Social traffic is fantastic because:
It’s highly targeted
It’s immediate
It’s low cost and often free
The downside is because of it’s interactive nature (which contributes to it’s virality), spam marketers will always try to flood you, and drown out your message with their spam.
This includes, but is not limited to:
The continuing case for cutting out the middlemen
Last week, I posted commentary about an article by John Lloyd in the Financial Times on the relationship – I used the word symbiosis: check the definition – between journalism and PR in politics.
Microsoft Cutting Government Red Tape
Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates wants to see governments worldwide embrace the cost-savings available by implementing stronger IT infrastructures.
GM On A Cost-Cutting Mission, 25,000 Jobs At Stake
General Motors is on a mission to cut costs, and of course that means, cutting jobs. The corporation plans to cut about 25,000 jobs and close assembly and component plants in the U.S. over the next several years.
National Australia Bank Cutting Jobs To Save Money
The National Australia Bank, which is Australia’s largest bank, is cutting 4,200 jobs or 10% of its workforce over the course of the next two years.
Ask Jeeves Cutting Number Of Ads By 31%
AskJeeves last month began to implement a program to reduce the number of ads atop search results by 31%, a move intended to boost customer satisfaction and the bottom line.
How To Be A Cutting Edge Journalist
Microsoft Geek Blogger Robert Scoble spoke to some journalism students at San Jose State and had some interesting advice.