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“If Groupon Was Battletoads…” Ex-CEO’s Farewell Letter To Groupon’s Employees

Justin Davis — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:55:16 +0000

Yesterday, Groupon made a major announcement regarding its company’s leadership when it announced the replacement of CEO Andrew Mason with two others in their new roles as co-chief executives. The announcement was made unceremoniously and with little more than a brief thank you to Mason. Here’s the full press release about Mason’s replacement: Groupon (NASDAQ: […]

Why Google Maps May Not Find Its Way Onto iOS

M. Gilden — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:39:21 +0000

Not happy with Apple’s new iOS6 maps? Miss the old Google Maps that you used to have built in? Looks like you may be out of luck for the foreseeable future. According to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, Maps won’t come to the App Store anytime soon. The Google Maps application that came baked into previous versions was removed from […]

Google’s Employee #20 Is Now CEO Of Yahoo

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:58:37 +0000

Yahoo, the chosen web portal of the 50+ set (alongside AOL) and once a giant of the industry, has seen itself marginalized in recent years. While the search engine still generates an insane amount of traffic, the company just announced a second quarter earnings statement that was, at best, passable. Revenues of $1.08 billion fell […]

AT&T’s Problems Start At The Top

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:58 +0000

Thanks to the Occupy protests, we’re reminded more than ever of the epidemic of corporate greed, of companies more focused on their current stock prices than on offering quality goods or services, of the trend to outsource jobs while making excuses of being unable to find qualified workers in the U.S.A. Clearly, these stereotypes don’t […]