Carol Bartz had some choice words for Yahoo’s Board of Directors in an interview with Fortune. But more than $10 million in compensation still owed to Bartz is apparently tied to a non-disparagement clause in her contract. Could that money now be in jeopardy?
Articles by Danny Wool
In a recent article in the New York Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about how Steve Jobs, unlike other high profile high tech gazillionaires, never had a reputation for his charitable gifts. While that or or may not be true, Apple the company is stepping up to the donation plate.
Google is continuing its slew of big name purchases, with news now coming that it has purchased Zagat, the company that did what Yelp does today in the pre-digital age.
On Wednesday, SanJose.com wrote about the fall of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz that, “Before there was Google there was Yahoo, and before there was Yahoo there was Alta Vista, now long forgotten.” Empires rise, only to fall (as did Rome and the British).
Netflix has just moved a big step closer to building a new corporate headquarters in the Los Gatos Business Park at Albright Way and Winchester Boulevard.
Amazon, Yahoo, and Dish Network have all been eying the video site Hulu, even though Hulu is not sure it wants to sell. Reports say that the companies are offering between $1.5 and $2 billion for Hulu.
“To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board.” That was the first sentence of a brief, two-sentence email sent out by Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, yesterday.
The town in the south of Santa Clara County is about more than garlic. Gilroy has wonderful homes in a quiet, suburban setting.
Samsung took a blow at this year’s IFA Consumer Electronics show in Berlin, the largest consumer electronics show in Europe. It was forced to remove its Galaxy Tab 7.7 from its booth after a local judge ruled that it must stop selling the product. The decision was the latest in a series of contentious court cases initiated by Apple, claiming that Samsung’s products have the look and feel of Apple’s iPad and that it violates its patents.
Yesterday, SanJose.com followed the lead of CNET and other Bay Area news sources to report on the loss of an iPhone 5 prototype in a San Francisco bar. At the time we asked, “Why Apple prototypes keep ending up in bars. Is it some publicity stunt?”
