For Aviary, a photo editing software startup based in New York, the picture is brightening. A year ago, a good day was when its free web-based editing tool was tapped 50,000 times. Today, Aviary is serving up more than 10...
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Cisco CEO John Chambers said Meg Whitman took the HP CEO job "out of the goodness of her heart."
Chambers on Whitman Taking HP Reins: ‘I Would Have Told Her Not to’
John Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, supported Meg Whitman when she ran for governor of California. But he would have discouraged her from becoming CEO of Hewlett-Packard, he said today. “I like Meg Whitman a lot,” Chambers said...
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Patrick Stewart tweeted that he has given up on Time Warner Cable and is opting for Dish.
Dish Makes It So for Patrick Stewart
It seems even celebrities have trouble with their cable service. Patrick Stewart, the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” star who has taken up residence in Brooklyn, New York, said he’s switching to Dish Network Corp. for television service after complaining about...
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Those wanting the new iPhone are turning to TaskRabbit to hire someone to stand in line for them.
Waiting In Line for iPhone 5, Some Are Just Doing Their Jobs
Among the thousands of people expected to wait for hours outside of Apple’s stores tomorrow for the new iPhone, a couple hundred of them will be paid just to stand there. In what may be the biggest consumer electronics debut...
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Vimeo is offering two new ways for video contributors to make money from their content.
Vimeo Offers New Tools to Help Site and Its Contributors Make Money
With a monthly audience of about 75 million, video site Vimeo doesn’t come close to Google’s YouTube, which drew more than 200 million views just to a single music video, “Gangnam Style.” And while Vimeo’s contributors have gone on to film...
Read more »How Do Your Options Compare? New Tool for Startup Workers
There are plenty of salary calculators on the Web that can gauge whether a company is paying you fairly or not. But for employees at tech startups, stock options and other forms of equity can count for a lot more than...
Read more »2 Small Surprises About the iPhone 5
As I left Tim Cook’s keynote on Wednesday and headed for the demo room to play with the iPhone 5, I did not expect any huge surprises. But I did encounter a couple of small, pleasant ones. The phone felt...
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Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone say they want to think carefully about how to handle developer relations.
Twitter Co-Founder Says Developer Policy Wasn’t ‘All Figured Out’
Twitter’s stricter approach to third-party software developers was not part of some master plan, according to company co-founder and board member Evan Williams, referring to policy changes that would block once-popular apps. “We didn’t have that all figured out with...
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Live From the iPhone 5 Launch
Please refresh your browser every few minutes to see my updates. 11:48 Dave Grohl, before playing “My Hero,” hit just the right chord with his intro in talking about meeting people around Apple. “You realize that they’re just people that...
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Rather than remain the big fish in a shrinking pond, the iPod Touch could become a star overnight as an iPad.
Should Apple Rebrand the iPod Touch as a New iPad?
iPhone 5, iPad mini. iPhone 5, iPad mini. They’re all you hear about. It’s almost as if the reliable old iPod Touch no longer existed. Maybe it shouldn’t — at least in name. A couple of Apple analysts said the...
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