Caveat emptor for Facebook launch
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Way back in 1916 a New York Judge, Benjamin N. Cardozo, established that privity of duty is no longer required in regard to a lawsuit for product liability against the seller.  ...

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BEST OF THE WEB: How Yahoo! ruined Flickr – and its entire internet strategy
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Yahoo! hasn’t had the best week: Or, for that matter, the best year. Just a few days ago former chief executive Scott Thompson resigned in a scandal about over-embellishing his credentials, saying he had a computer science degree when he didn’t.  ...

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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: When you use Facebook is just as important as how
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Many Australian businesses are now using Facebook to market themselves. But while most are concerned with how they’re using the social network, a new survey reveals a better question – when are you using Facebook?  ...

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Why shareholders are getting more demanding
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak warned Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, via a national newspaper today, that shareholders can be distracting and demanding.  ...

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US television ad spending grows alongside internet: Study
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Spending on television advertising in the US grew by 4.5% year-on-year, despite predictions the growth of the internet would erode television spending, according to a new Nielsen survey.  ...

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Yahoo chief Scott Thompson resigns over resume controversy – and three other executives who have done the same thing
Monday, 14 May 2012
Who would have thought it would come to this?  ...

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BEST OF THE WEB: How Mark Zuckerberg transformed into a competent CEO – and took Silicon Valley by surprise
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Most tech-savvy entrepreneurs will know Mark Zuckerberg’s story, how he started coding Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, flew out to California, quickly made some good friends and is now on top of what is likely to be one of the biggest tech IPOs in recent ...

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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Don’t underestimate high quality photography
Thursday, 10 May 2012
David Jones and Amazon both announced this week they would be spending more time and money on high quality photography for their respective online websites.  ...

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Yahoo CEO controversy continues
Monday, 07 May 2012
The controversy over Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson and an error that mistakenly identified him as having a degree he never received has continued.  ...

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Yahoo CEO in the clear over false resume accusations: Five resume tricks you need to watch for
Friday, 04 May 2012
Internet giant Yahoo hasn’t had much luck over the past few years and it has run into yet another controversy after a major shareholder accused its new chief executive of falsifying some of his education credentials.  ...

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Yahoo! ordered to pay $225,000 by Victorian court for defamatory publication in “landmark” case
Thursday, 05 April 2012
The Supreme Court of Victoria has ordered Yahoo! Inc to pay damages of $225,000 to a Melbourne man after a jury found he had been defamed by a crime website which included an article sourced from the Herald Sun.  ...

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Did Yahoo!7 pay too much for group buying site Spreets?
Friday, 21 January 2011
Yahoo!7's surprise $40 million acquisition of group buying site Spreets has set tongues wagging in internet and media sectors, with most observers asking the same question: Has Yahoo!7 overpaid for what is basically a start-up?  ...

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Australia’s leading group-buying Spreets site bought by Yahoo!7 for $40 million
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Internet giant Yahoo7! has announced this morning it will pay $40 million for local group buying operator Spreets, in the latest deal within the local group buying scene that has rocketed from a niche market into a multi-million dollar global industry in just ...

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Top 10 search marketing predicitions for 2011
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Last year was another frenetic year of change in the world of search marketing. A series of rapidfire changes introduced by Google – most notably its Instant Preview function – left search experts in a daze, while the continued rise of Bing and mobile search ...

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Bing continues to consolidate: Goodbye Yahoo Search
Friday, 07 January 2011
This week, Microsoft announced it’s started the rollout of Bing search results to replace the results from Yahoo. It’s already happened in the United States and Canada, so it was only a matter of time really.  ...

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Facebook valued at over $US50 billion after Goldman Sachs buys stake
Tuesday, 04 January 2011
Facebook is now worth more than $US50 billion, eclipsing the worth of internet giants such as Yahoo and eBay, after Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies pumped a further $US500 million in a new funding round.  ...

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Court dismisses Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent infringement claims as Yahoo lays off hundreds of workers
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who in August launched a range of legal attacks against some of the tech industry's biggest players including eBay, Facebook and Apple, has had his case dismissed from court.  ...

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How do we reduce the amount of time our systems are down?
Thursday, 09 December 2010
In the past when I've been asked this question I've talked about getting the investment in infrastructure right, and having an accountable support structure in place to ensure time is spent on proactive management instead of constant fire fighting.  ...

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The perfect storm hitting retailers: Gottliebsen
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Commentators and politicians often fall into the trap of thinking that the corporate giants represent the business community. They don't. The engine room of Australian business is the myriad of medium and smaller-sized businesses (SMEs), so what they are doing ...

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Google’s growth model is broken: Tony Faure
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
Groupon's apparent decision to rebuff a $6 billion takeover from Google begs many interesting questions, the answers to which will determine how the digital landscape looks a few years from now. If Google cannot acquire the companies that will fuel 'hyper' ...

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