ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Motorola Mobility
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When Motorola Mobility was plummeting to its doom in 2011, Google rode to the rescue. Now, with massive layoffs and a proposed sale of critical assets, the knight in shining armor seems hellbent on tearing its acquisition to pieces as part of its restructuring process. Is Motorola nothing more a...
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ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: T-Mobile USA
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ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Sony
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ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Barnes & Noble
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Barnes & Noble remains a big player in a growing industry, and until Google changed everything this week, it made fantastic hardware for the money. But as with Nokia, a changing market and financial problems are driving a proud Number Two into a subordinate role that threatens to choke it out...
ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Nokia
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ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Hewlett Packard
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'RIP GOOD TIMES': Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis
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Not too long ago, I found myself sitting in the second row of a conference room, anxiously scribbling notes, at what is now known as the “RIP Good Times” presentation. The presentation has become a cultural touchstone of modern-era silicon valley. I am writing this post because I am of...
"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis
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Not too long ago, I found myself sitting in the second row of a conference room, anxiously scribbling notes, at what is now known as the “RIP Good Times” presentation. The presentation has become a cultural touchstone of modern-era silicon valley. I am writing this post because I am of...
ACTA deathwatch: profs call process unconstitutional, Europe revolts
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