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Another Facebook IPO analyst meeting in April (rumor) - ZDNet (blog)
This is because Monday's meeting at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park featured no talk of future financials, according to people familiar with the matter cited by CNBC. Facebook CFO David Ebersman led the meeting earlier this week, ...
China's “Pinterest” in a faster profit-making mode - ZDNet (blog)
A staff member of Meilishuo who refused to be identified told us, “We share the profit with Taobao in the manner of CPS, which is an important source of our revenue.” In fact, on Pinterest.com, the shopping section does not take a particularly large ...
China's “Pinterest” in a Faster Profit-making Mode - ZDNet (blog)
A staff member of Meilishuo who refused to be identified told us, “We share the profit with Taobao in the manner of CPS, which is an important source of our revenue.” In fact, on Pinterest.com, the shopping section does not take a particularly large ...
Teenager hacks Google Chrome with three 0day vulnerabilities - ZDNet (blog)
By Ryan Naraine | March 9, 2012, 3:03pm PST Summary: “Pinkie Pie,” who asked to remain anonymous because he had not been authorized by his employer to participate in the contest, said he chained three different vulnerabilities to build an exploit to ...
Google's glasses: Who's the idiot that would buy these? - ZDNet (blog)
According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year. These people said they are expected “to cost around the price of current smartphones,” or $250 ...
Microsoft marketing layoffs said to begin February 1 - ZDNet (blog)
“Field marketing for the US has been cut back so extensively, it has become ineffective in the enterprise space,” said one of my contacts, who requested anonymity. “Hopefully, resources will get shifted back to the field and closer to the customer” as ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012 - ZDNet (blog)
This is also one of the technical reasons why you wouldn't try running SharePoint on the current Azure VM role,” explained one partner, who requested anonymity. To date, Microsoft has been balking at customer requests to add persistent VMs to Azure, ...
Microsoft signs Yahoo's non-disclosure, stokes acquisition fire - ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft has signed a non-disclosure agreement with Yahoo, according to a source briefed on the matter, which could pave the way for the Redmond giant in buying the dwindling Internet search portal, reveals the New York Times. ...
Indian govt. servers compromised and used against China - ZDNet (blog)
Talking to the Times of India a source said that the government servers have been compromised and used by foreign perpetrators. The admission from the NIC sources mean two things: It is hard to ignore the geopolitical confusion this can create. ...
Kindle Fire first impressions: Wow! - ZDNet (blog)
According to a source at Amazon who asked not to be named, they are working to port Android 4 to the Fire now that the code is available. Amazon did a great job handling navigation with no hardware buttons without taking up a lot of the screen (better ...
(Not so) crazy Microsoft rumors: Microsoft to unload Commerce Server - ZDNet (blog)
No “so says a small-business customer angry over the latest slip-up, who asked not to be identified.” Not even a thinly veiled “according to a person who was not authorized to speak for Company X” (but did so anyway). This lack of attribution made me ...
Facebook-eBay relationship will get a boost this week (rumor) - ZDNet (blog)
Facebook and eBay will deepen their relationship at a developer conference this week, according to a person familiar with the e-commerce company, cited by Reuters. The new partnership may or may not be tied to a new online identification service for ...
Jobs left future plans for next-generation Apple products - ZDNet (blog)
Reports suggest sources close to Apple have spoken of Steve Jobs' plans to leave the company he founded in good hands, by preparing blueprints of updates to the popular iPod, iOS devices and MacBook line of products “for years” after his death. ...
Facebook to launch Read, Listened, and Watched buttons (rumor) - ZDNet (blog)
These new buttons will be just the beginning, as Facebook will later launch even more, like a Want button, according to an anonymous source cited by TechCrunch. As a side note, I find it interesting that these buttons are apparently in the past tense: ...
Facebook doubles revenue in 2011, report says - ZDNet (blog)
Facebook does not disclose its financial results but an anonymous source in the report said the company's net income in 1H11 came to almost $500 million. That's good news for investors, who have clamored for the company to go public and valued it at up ...
Google+ real name clampdown ignores own grace period - ZDNet (blog)
Although I do know the name of the spokesperson, I find it ironic that they requested anonymity for the quote. This is just one of thousands of cases. Celebrities, however, seem to get a free pass. Lady Gaga isn't required to use her real name Stefani ...
Epson, HSBC Korea, domain registrar hacked: 100000 domains affected - ZDNet (blog)
An anonymous source, believed to be the hacker himself, sent ZDNet a link to a PasteBin link — a site often used by hackers to leave media communications and leaked information — along with an image of the hacked domain registrar. ...
Windows Phone 'Tango' to be Microsoft's lower price-point operating system? - ZDNet (blog)
One of my contacts who asked to remain anonymous said he believed there would be at least one and maybe two Tango releases hitting before the Windows Phone 8 Apollo release. He said Tango was “all about Nokia” and focused on hitting the lower-price ...
Facebook working on unfiltered News Feed, expanded Like button - ZDNet (blog)
Currently, the News Feed is filtered by the social network, but the company may soon change that, according to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal. Facebook's algorithms don't display every piece of content that is shared, ...
Microsoft readies Windows Intune 2.0 PC-management service beta - ZDNet (blog)
“There will no longer be just Windows Patch support which is what the current version has,” said my contact, who asked to remain anonymous. Microsoft has been seeking customer input on what IT managers with more than 5000 PCs would like to see in ...
Microsoft to retire, refocus Windows Phone MVP program - ZDNet (blog)
This is a bigger and more concerted effort, according to individuals I've heard from, but who asked not to be named. “They are creating a new more consumer-focused group at some point in the future. Speculation is end of year or early 2012,” said one ...
Why is Microsoft's stock price up this week? - ZDNet (blog)
But earnings are approaching and it could be good news leaking out,” said one of my better Microsoft contacts, who requested anonymity. (If you need a reminder what's happening on September 1, that's the date that Microsoft turns on its new employee ...
(Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors: Windows 8 to RTM in April 2012 - ZDNet (blog)
No “so says a small-business customer angry over the latest slip-up, who asked not to be identified.” Not even a thinly veiled “according to a person who was not authorized to speak for Company X” (but did so anyway). This lack of attribution made me ...
Microsoft BPOS users complain of new e-mail and dashboard outage - ZDNet (blog)
Another BPOS customer who asked not to be identified told me that his organization is experiencing problems with Exchange Online, one of the main BPOS components. “In order to use Outlook, we have to use a connector program called the Microsoft Online ...
Microsoft needs to tell Windows 8 developers now about 'Jupiter' and Silverlight - ZDNet (blog)
All of what I've said here is from sources who have asked not to be identified, not from Microsoft officials associated with Microsoft's Windows or Developer Division. Like many devs I've heard from, I don't believe Microsoft can't afford to wait three ...