Carol Bartz was summarily removed from her position as CEO of Yahoo! by the companys board of directors earlier today. The company issued a statement that Tim Morse, Yahoo!’s chief financial officer, has been named interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement.
Digital television manufacturer Vestel previewed its BitTorrent Certified TV, a device both partners describe as the worlds first of its kind. It is demonstrating the prototype at the IFA show in Berlin, which opens today.
RootMusic closed a $16 million Series B round of funding to expand its BandPage platform for musicians on Facebook, an influx that puts the company in a good place if Facebook Music materializes as expected.
Hulu officially launched a Japanese service, the companys first venture outside of its home country. Hulu Japan is more expensive than its U.S. version and does not have current TV episodes, but it also does not have advertising.
MobiTV Inc. today declared its intention to brave the storm-tossed waters of the financial market and go for an initial public offering. The mobile live and on-demand television pioneer filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $75 million.
Fans are being invited to make the music video for an album that was recorded before many of them were born and that has never been released. Everyone knows the songs, even so; hits like Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains by the Beach Boys have Read More
LyricFind is feeling the love for the BlackBerry PlayBook, even if Sprint has decided not to carry the 4G version of Research in Motions flagship tablet. The leading provider of legal lyrics services has expanded its popular lyrics app with a version specially designed to take Read More
Despite its earlier push for an initial public offering “as soon as is practicable, Zynga has now decided to pause until things settle down on Wall Street. Sources told the New York Post that Zynga is still enthusiastic about an IPO, the social game company is now considering a November public debut
History shows that in the face of new technology, those who adapt their business models dont just survive, they prosper. Technology advances, and no laws can preserve markets that have been passed by. Google chairman Eric Schmidt may not have intended those remarks as a verbal Read More
Japanese record companies have filed a class action suit against MusicGate, parent company of TubeFire, for allowing users to download YouTube videos. The suit is demanding the site be shut down and that MusicGate pays 230 million yen (about $3 million) in damages. The plaintiffs, Read More