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Money Archive

Archives for May 2014

Technology
What Quiet Period? SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Touts Alibaba.What Quiet Period? SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Touts Alibaba.
Technology

SoftBank holds a 37 percent stake in Alibaba.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Walmart CEO Aims to Go Bigger in Digital Entertainment ServicesWalmart CEO Aims to Go Bigger in Digital Entertainment Services
Technology

“We aspire to sell more.”

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Azure Antoinette on Sending an Emoji Instead of Flowers for Mother’s Day (Video)Azure Antoinette on Sending an Emoji Instead of Flowers for Mother’s Day (Video)
Technology

“I text before I speak in the morning. And the dawn is interrupted by the illumination of my cellphone.”

By Nellie Bowles
Technology
Comcast’s Brian Roberts: Shouldn’t Be “Ashamed” of U.S. BroadbandComcast’s Brian Roberts: Shouldn’t Be “Ashamed” of U.S. Broadband
Technology

Plenty of people would disagree.

By Amy Schatz
Technology
Comcast’s Brian Roberts Defends His Time Warner Deal, and His CompanyComcast’s Brian Roberts Defends His Time Warner Deal, and His Company
Technology

America’s biggest cable company wants to get bigger, and its CEO says that’s a good thing.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Walmart CEO: Amazon Teaches World What’s Possible, But Physical Stores Here to StayWalmart CEO: Amazon Teaches World What’s Possible, But Physical Stores Here to Stay
Technology

Walmart versus Amazon and more ...

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Intel’s Brian Krzanich Zeroes In on Wearable TechIntel’s Brian Krzanich Zeroes In on Wearable Tech
Technology

Computing that you wear on your “eyes, ears, wrist and torso.”

By Arik Hesseldahl
Technology
Square Announces Square Capital, a Merchant Cash Advance BusinessSquare Announces Square Capital, a Merchant Cash Advance Business
Technology
In the Code Conference Greenroom With Katie Boehret (Video)In the Code Conference Greenroom With Katie Boehret (Video)
Technology

What do the titans of tech do to relax?

By Neil Hickey
Technology
Look at This! We’re Uploading and Sharing a Staggering 1.8 Billion Photos a Day.Look at This! We’re Uploading and Sharing a Staggering 1.8 Billion Photos a Day.
Technology

Courtesy of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Snapchat. Which one of these things is not like the other?

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Gwyneth Paltrow: Goopers Do “Not Give a F*** if the Facebook Guys Think We’re Hot or Not.” (Video)Gwyneth Paltrow: Goopers Do “Not Give a F*** if the Facebook Guys Think We’re Hot or Not.” (Video)
Technology

“Celebrities, we’ve always gotten stones thrown at us, and, you know, for good reason: We’re annoying.”

By Nellie Bowles
Technology
Amazon Speaks on Hachette Book Battle: Everyone Negotiates Like We Do (Wink)Amazon Speaks on Hachette Book Battle: Everyone Negotiates Like We Do (Wink)
Technology

Apology not included.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Gwyneth Paltrow on Internet Trolls: “I See Myself as a Screen”Gwyneth Paltrow on Internet Trolls: “I See Myself as a Screen”
Technology

“Our culture is trying to wrestle with the idea that everybody has a voice, and how it’s unimportant and really important at the same time,” says the famous actress.

By Nellie Bowles
Technology
Re/thinking the Big EventRe/thinking the Big Event
Technology

Welcome to Code.

By Walt Mossberg
Technology
YouTubers Will Get Cut of Ad Revenue From “Appropriate” Clips of Nintendo’s GamesYouTubers Will Get Cut of Ad Revenue From “Appropriate” Clips of Nintendo’s Games
Technology

The company confirms that it’s still splitting video makers’ ad revenue, but its policies are changing.

By Eric Johnson