Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub

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• Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub
• IPhone appeal dims as Samsung shines
• Apple: 3M copies of Mountain Lion out in 4 days
• Making maki at home gets exciting with the Sushi Bazooka
• Eye injection gives a blind mouse the ability to see
• 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week
• Apple: 3M copies of Mountain Lion out in 4 days
• Jackson to make 'The Hobbit' into a trilogy
• Student in Twitter threat ordered to avoid Kent St
• Featured apps from the Appolicious community of Android developers
• Japanese engineers hasten humanity’s extinction, unveil fully-armed four-ton robot [video]
• Apple gears up for September 12 event, stokes iPhone talk
• Jury selected in Apple, Samsung patent trial
• HTC shutters Seoul office as Apple, Samsung continue to dominate
• Jury selected in trial over iPhone, iPad patents
• Olympics fans find ways to circumvent NBC's online control
• Earnings Preview: Viacom 3Q profit seen up a bit
• Distracted pedestrians stumble into danger
• Samsung plots to conquer the Windows Phone 8 smartphone market as well
• Twitter suspends reporter's account for NBC tweet
• Fiserv's net income jumps 79 pct in 2Q
• Cemex to outsource jobs in biggest Mexican deal for IBM
• What Facebook Reveals About Olympics Fans [INFOGRAPHIC]
• T-Mobile gets the Galaxy Note at last; launches August 8th starting at $199.99
• Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub
• 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week
• Best Buy founder building executive team ahead of buyout
• A Subreddit of Her Own: Reddit's Solution to Reddit's Woman Problem
• Young Women Can Ask All Their Private Health Questions on ChickRx
• Featured apps from the Appolicious community of Android developers
• Seagate's fiscal 4Q disappoints, shares drop
• 7 Benefits of Mobile Expense Reporting
• Apple, Samsung patent trial starts with jury selection
• Music industry again hoards Pirate Bay booty, starves artists
• Interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn leaves company
• Batman Is a Cheapskate: 'Iron Man' Get-Up Costs $1.6 Trillion [INFOGRAPHIC]
• From Koogle to Mayer: CEOs at Yahoo
• Key events involving Yahoo and its performance
• Seagate forecasts weak first-quarter on slowing PC sales

Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:34 PM PDT Ross Levinsohn, the interim CEO who was snubbed in the search for a permanent leader at Yahoo, is leaving the Internet portal.

IPhone appeal dims as Samsung shines Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:29 PM PDT The once-sexy iPhone is starting to look small and chubby.

Apple: 3M copies of Mountain Lion out in 4 days Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT Apple says Mac users downloaded 3 million copies of Mountain Lion, its latest operating system, in the first four days it was available.

Making maki at home gets exciting with the Sushi Bazooka Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:24 PM PDT Cooking enthusiasts have lots of drool-worthy gadgets to make cooking healthier and easier, but this is certainly one of the strangest. It's a Sushi Bazooka, sold by Strapya World of Japan. For 2,000 yen, or about $25.50, you can be … Continue reading →

Eye injection gives a blind mouse the ability to see Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:13 PM PDT Losing the use of your eyes via retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration — diseases that effect your ability to sense light — can be absolutely traumatizing. But thanks to new research on lab mice, these types of blindness may soon be reversible through … Continue reading →

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:29 PM PDT The Olympics are world champions when it comes to event television, so it's no surprise that the NBC broadcasts are dominating this week's social TV charts.

Apple: 3M copies of Mountain Lion out in 4 days Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT Apple says Mac users downloaded 3 million copies of Mountain Lion, its latest operating system, in the first four days it was available.

Jackson to make 'The Hobbit' into a trilogy Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:58 AM PDT Peter Jackson is adding a third film to what was planned to be the two-part series "The Hobbit."

Student in Twitter threat ordered to avoid Kent St Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT A Kent State University student accused of posting a message on Twitter saying he would be "shooting up" the northeastern Ohio campus was instructed Monday to stay away from the school and its president.

Featured apps from the Appolicious community of Android developers Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Android app developer and publishers are encouraged to contact us directly at Appolicious to promote their new app and game releases. Just tell us about the apps that inspire you the most through a rating or review, or create curated lists of your favorites. We will be happy to give your app a shout-out in our monthly community round-up.

Japanese engineers hasten humanity’s extinction, unveil fully-armed four-ton robot [video] Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:00 PM PDT Sometimes it feels as though scientists and engineers have never watched the Terminator or Matrix movies at all. The Guardian reports that Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry is showing off a new robot called "Kuratas" that weighs four tons, stands at 13 feet tall and comes armed with a gun capable of firing "6,000 ball-bearing pellets a minute." The robot, unveiled this week at the Wonder festival in Tokyo, may sound scary but Suidobashi insists it "makes your dream of becoming a robot pilot comes [sic] true." Humans have two ways of piloting Kuratas, either by climbing into the robot itself or by controlling it remotely via a smartphone connected to a 3G network. Suidobashi warns users in its introductory video that Kuratas is "not a normal vehicle

Apple gears up for September 12 event, stokes iPhone talk Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:49 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is gearing up to unveil a new product at a major September 12 event, a source familiar with the plan said, presaging the long-awaited launch of the redesigned iPhone. The world's most valuable technology company typically takes the wraps off its latest smartphones around the fall, allowing the gadget to hit store shelves in time for the peak holiday shopping season. ...

Jury selected in Apple, Samsung patent trial Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - An insurance agent, an unemployed video game enthusiast and a project manager for wireless carrier AT&T were among the 10 jurors selected to decide a high-stakes U.S. patent battle between Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, with billions of dollars in the balance. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Monday spent several hours examining jurors about their backgrounds and biases, as the companies began the trial after more than a year of pretrial jousting. Opening statements by the lawyers are expected to begin on Tuesday. ...

HTC shutters Seoul office as Apple, Samsung continue to dominate Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:55 PM PDT Struggling smartphone maker HTC (2498) on Monday said that it has closed its offices in the South Korean capitol of Seoul. IDG News Service confirmed the news with the Taiwan-based company, which as seen smartphone sales slow significantly after an impressive run in mid-2011 helped the firm report record revenue for six consecutive months. That run came to an abrupt end in October following the launch of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 4S, and HTC has been struggling ever since. HTC recently pulled out of the competitive Brazilian market, and it also closed a research facility in North Carolina in an effort to cut costs. Read

Jury selected in trial over iPhone, iPad patents Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:14 PM PDT A jury was selected Monday to decide the merits of Apple Inc.'s claims that Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphones and computer tablets are illegal knockoffs of the iPhone and iPad.

Olympics fans find ways to circumvent NBC's online control Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:08 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took Jason Legate, a Walnut Creek, California-resident, all of 10 minutes to connect his computer to a London-based server and access BBC's coverage of the Olympics Saturday, thereby circumventing NBC's lock on coverage in the United States. The 31-year-old system administrator said he has watched at least 12 hours of live BBC coverage (his favorite sport so far - judo) since he set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection to send all his Internet traffic to a server in London. ...

Earnings Preview: Viacom 3Q profit seen up a bit Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:03 PM PDT Fresh on the heels of a 10-day standoff with DirecTV that analysts say ended in its favor, Viacom Inc. reports its third-quarter earnings on Friday before the market opens. Analysts will be looking for an update from the company about how to reverse declining audience trends at its networks including Nickelodeon.

Distracted pedestrians stumble into danger Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:58 PM PDT A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks.

Samsung plots to conquer the Windows Phone 8 smartphone market as well Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT Samsung (005930) apparently isn't satisfied with being the current undisputed champ of Android smartphones. As The Verge reports, it seems that Samsung has its eye on creating some high-end Windows Phone 8 devices as well. According to court documents filed during the Samsung-Apple mega-trial last week, Samsung is developing two Windows Phone 8-based smartphones codenamed "Macro" and "Odyssey" that both feature 1.5GHz dual-core processors, 4G LTE connectivity and Super AMOLED displays. The Odyssey is the fancier phone of the two with its 8-megapixel camera, NFC connectivity and 4.65-inch display, while the Macro features a 5-megapixel camera and a 4-inch screen. Read

Twitter suspends reporter's account for NBC tweet Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:42 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc and NBC Universal's move to suppress a British reporter's tweets related to the network's Olympics coverage may have backfired after the incident became fodder for Twitter chatter around the world on Monday. The microblogging service suspended Guy Adams, the Los Angeles correspondent for London-based daily The Independent, after he sent a tweet on Friday revealing NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel's email address. ...

Fiserv's net income jumps 79 pct in 2Q Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT Financial services technology company Fiserv Inc. said Monday that its net income jumped 79 percent in the second quarter, buoyed by higher processing and services revenue.

Cemex to outsource jobs in biggest Mexican deal for IBM Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:17 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's top cement maker Cemex is outsourcing jobs worldwide to IBM in a deal that will help it save $1 billion over 10 years, the latest bid by the company to trim costs and boost its financial health. Cemex, which was swamped by the collapse of the U.S. housing market after paying out some $16 billion to buy Australian peer Rinker, has been working its way out of a deep debt hole for the past three years. ...

What Facebook Reveals About Olympics Fans [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:55 PM PDT Olympics fans like sports. But what do they Like? Facebook -- who else? -- holds many interesting insights there.

T-Mobile gets the Galaxy Note at last; launches August 8th starting at $199.99 Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:55 PM PDT T-Mobile subscribers will finally be able to buy Samsung's (005930) Galaxy Note phablet on August 8th, around six months after AT&T subscribers first got their hands on the device. T-Mobile is charging $199.99 for the Note with a two-year service agreement on one of its Equipment Installment Plans, or $249.99 with a standard plan. Current rumors suggest that Samsung plans to announce a new version of the Galaxy Note in mid-August, however, so prospective buyers might want to hold onto their cash until they see whether T-Mobile will be getting the Galaxy Note II as well. T-Mobile Expands Its Galaxy Lineup With the Samsung Galaxy Note™ T-Mobile USA, Inc., the No. 1 mobile operator brand in Samsung Galaxy S™ sales, and Samsung

Levinsohn leaving Yahoo after second CEO snub Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:34 PM PDT Ross Levinsohn, the interim CEO who was snubbed in the search for a permanent leader at Yahoo, is leaving the Internet portal.

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:29 PM PDT The Olympics are world champions when it comes to event television, so it's no surprise that the NBC broadcasts are dominating this week's social TV charts.

Best Buy founder building executive team ahead of buyout Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT Best Buy (BBY) founder Richard Schulze plans to take the massive nationwide retailer private once again, and he is reportedly recruiting a team of executives to help revitalize the company if his effort is successful. An earlier report from June revealed Schulze's intentions, suggesting that the former board chairman was planning a buyout to turn the struggling retailer's business around and prevent his stake in the company, which currently sits at 20%, from losing more value. Now, Bloomberg adds on to the report, citing a senior Best Buy executive in stating that Schulze is building a new executive team that will be put in place if his buyout succeeds. "He is talking to people he trusts," J.D. Wilson, SVP of enterprise capabilities,

A Subreddit of Her Own: Reddit's Solution to Reddit's Woman Problem Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:08 PM PDT Last week we told you about the Reddit's internal discussion about its not-so-welcoming attitude towards women who use the site. We called up Reddit general manager Erik Martin to find out what — if anything — can be done about the hostility many said they encountered. Martin said he knows about the site's gender problems. And as we noted in our previous post, this isn't anything new. "It's something we've thought about and read a lot of commentary about for a long time," he told us. ...

Young Women Can Ask All Their Private Health Questions on ChickRx Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Name: ChickRx

Featured apps from the Appolicious community of Android developers Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Android app developer and publishers are encouraged to contact us directly at Appolicious to promote their new app and game releases. Just tell us about the apps that inspire you the most through a rating or review, or create curated lists of your favorites. We will be happy to give your app a shout-out in our monthly community round-up.

Seagate's fiscal 4Q disappoints, shares drop Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:46 PM PDT Hard disk drive maker Seagate Technology said Monday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue jumped. But they still missed Wall Street expectations, and Seagate shares fell about 8 percent in after-hours trading.

7 Benefits of Mobile Expense Reporting Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT Eric Sikola is CEO and founder of ExpenseCloud, a TriNet company. ExpenseCloud provides mobile and online expense reporting solutions to companies of all sizes. More than 3,900 companies using ExpenseCloud.

Apple, Samsung patent trial starts with jury selection Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:28 PM PDT SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A Google employee, at least five patent owners and plenty of iPhone and iPad consumers were among the potential jurors summoned to court on Monday in a high-stakes U.S. patent battle between Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh spent several hours examining jurors about their backgrounds and biases, as the companies began the trial after more than a year of pretrial jousting, with billions of dollars in the balance. ...

Music industry again hoards Pirate Bay booty, starves artists Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:25 PM PDT Wait, people didn't really expect the music industry to share copyright infringement winnings with the people who actually make music, did they? TorrentFreak reported over the weekend that a leaked report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) stated explicitly that any compensation won by recording companies as part of the Pirate Bay verdict would go directly to anti-piracy campaigns rather than to the artists who were actually hurt by music piracy. "There is an agreement that any recovered funds will be paid to IFPI Sweden and IFPI London for use in future anti-piracy activities," IFPI writes in its report. None of this should come as a surprise, of course, as the recording industry has persistently plugged any money

Interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn leaves company Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:22 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ross Levinsohn is leaving Yahoo, two weeks after the company announced he lost out on the top job to Google executive Marissa Mayer, the company said in a filing. Levinsohn will leave the company effective Tuesday, July 31. He will go with the severance payments outlined in his 2010 offer letter and 2011 severance agreement, plus an equity award of 67,000 restricted stock units and 250,000 stock options. The options have an exercise price of $15.80, the closing per share price of Yahoo stock on Friday, giving them a current value of just over $5 million. ...

Batman Is a Cheapskate: 'Iron Man' Get-Up Costs $1.6 Trillion [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:18 PM PDT If you've been paying attention to the financial section of today's superhero news, you will have already noted the high cost of being Batman: $682 million. That's according to one estimate of the comic book character's costs by by British online financial marketplace MoneySupermarket.com.

From Koogle to Mayer: CEOs at Yahoo Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:12 PM PDT Ross Levinsohn briefly led Yahoo Inc., until the company hired Marissa Mayer from Google to take the job permanently. On Monday, Yahoo said Levinsohn is leaving the company.

Key events involving Yahoo and its performance Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:10 PM PDT Yahoo executive Ross Levinsohn is leaving the company after Yahoo went with someone else to permanently lead it. He had been interim CEO. Two weeks ago, Yahoo named longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer as its fifth CEO in as many years. She'll be the latest person to attempt a turnaround at the struggling Internet pioneer.

Seagate forecasts weak first-quarter on slowing PC sales Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:09 PM PDT (Reuters) - Hard drive maker Seagate Technology Plc projected first-quarter revenue below estimates on slowing PC sales and lower-than-expected growth in the company's enterprise segment. Seagate said it expects first-quarter sales of about $4 billion, less than the $4.62 billion expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Chief Executive Steve Luczo on a conference call with analysts cited slowing economic growth and shaky sales of personal computers as consumers shift toward tablets and smartphones for the slowing sales growth. ...

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