Archive for June, 2008

Microsoft and Yahoo - the dance continues.

Today Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch cited sources who indicated that Microsoft and Yahoo were discussing a full buyout.
It still remains to be seen if in fact discussions are in the works.  Yahoo’s stock price bounced as investors heard the rumors that Microsoft is once-again courting the Internet pioneer.
Neither company would comment on what, [...]

Will Microsoft buy Yahoo? $50B is the right number.

Will Microsoft make a new bid for Yahoo?  It’s hard to tell. Certainly, not much has changed fundamentally on this deal.
We think that the compelling reasons for this merger are still valid and Microsoft is just playing hardball while watching Yahoo stumble.  It may be well deserved.  Jerry Yang has particularly poor negotiation skills (he [...]

Apple announces $199 3G IPhone

Apple announce the new 3G IPhone at the WWDC 2008 in San Francisco today.
The new IPhone goes on sale July 11, 2008.

The new phone goes on sale in 62 countries on July 11, 2009.

The new features are:

3G
Built in GPS
Better Battery Life
Enterprise Support (Exchange, etc.)
Lower Price
Black plastic rounded back (think moldable colors)
Recessed earphone jack
Faster email and browsing [...]

Hillary resigns, endorses Barack Obama

Hillary Rodham Clinton has suspended her historic campaign for the Presidency and declared her full support for Barack Obama.
The former First Lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement to Barack Obama.
“The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand [...]

Will Hillary suspend her campaign tonight?

All indications are that Senator Hillary Clinton will suspend her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination tonight during her “victory” speech after the close of the Montana and South Dakota Democratic primaries.
By some accounts, Barack Obama is just 42 delegates shy of the 2,118 now needed to clinch the nomination. There are not enough pledged [...]

Hillary begins winding down

Several reports have surfaced today that Hillary Clinton is sending her advance team home and summoning top donors and backers to attend her next speech.
Clinton is expected to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama on Tuesday of this week.
The question is, will she still be a candidate for Vice President?

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Hillary flys back to New York for Tuesday evening

Hillary Clinton announced this morning that she will not be staying in Montana or South Dakota, where people are voting, but rather will return to New York City.
She’ll spend Tuesday evening in New York, no doubt crafting her concession speech.

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Former President Bill Clinton tips Hillary’s hand

Former President Bill Clinton admitted that today could be the last time he has such an active role in presidential politics - implying that Hillary’s presidential run is all but over.
“I want to say also that this may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind. I thought I was [...]

Bye Bye Hillary

Although she continues to campaign and insist that she will take the campaign for the the presidential nomination ”a day at a time,” time is running out for Senator Hillary Clinton.
“People have been trying to get me out of this race since Iowa and my political obituary has yet to be written and we’re going forward,” [...]