AOL CEO Tim Armstrong turned in his first earnings report as CEO of the newly independent company this morning. And his numbers don't look anything like the ones he was used to reporting at Google -- revenue plummeted across the board. Then again, Wall Street has minimal expectations for AOL for at least a couple quarters, so Armstrong doesn't need to do much to meet them. After factoring out one-time charges, AOL posted earnings of $0.71 per share on revenues of $810 million. Wall Street expected earnings of either $0.62 or $0.66 per share, depending on who you ask, on revenue of around $766 million. Full story...
The next app gold rush is on. Moments ago, Apple invited developers writing applications for its forthcoming iPad tablet to begin submitting them to the App Store for approval.
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Yahoo's Chief Technologist Sam Pullara is leaving the company to become an Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital.
Ever since Twitter Inc. broke on the scene at the annual South By Southwest festival three years ago, the techie crowds have multiplied at the Austin conference better known for its film and music.
Palm shipped 960,000 smartphones during its third quarter — 23 percent more than it did in the previous quarter.
When all else fails, send some severed heads. "Remember our heritage - we are the people that brought you the Godfather".
DirecTV shares are modestly lower this morning after Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy.
Remarking on Palm’s gruesome third quarter during an earnings call yesterday, CEO Jon Rubinstein called the company performance "extremely disappointing to me personally.
The Onion is right: You can't surround build a wall around your cubicle using Google News and Craigslist.
While trolling around Washington, D.C. this past week, BoomTown dropped in on Blair Levin, the executive director of the National Broadband Plan, the opus just released by the Federal Communications Commission.