Roundup: AT&T cutting 12,000 jobs, record spending on Cyber Monday and more

Roundup: AT&T cutting 12,000 jobs, record spending on Cyber Monday and more

AT&T cutting 12,000 jobs – That’s about four percent of the company’s workforce; it plans to pay about $600 million in severance over the next year.

Yahoo’s Search Assist gets image previews — The feature, which allows you to see the results for a suggested search before you actually click, is now available on the search results page and will be added to Yahoo.com eventually.

“Cyber Monday” e-commerce spending jumps 15 percent — With its heavy online discounts, the… Continue Reading

Zapatec takes on established email solutions with 6zap

Zapatec takes on established email solutions with 6zap

There are countless email products out there already, but a web development startup called Zapatec seems to think there’s room for one more. The Berkeley, Calif. company just launched its web-based email, calendar and contact offering called 6zap. Founder Dror Matalin pitches 6zap an alternative that’s fast, cheap and easy to use like Gmail, but has the customizability of a more business-oriented product.

From a user perspective, 6zap looks solid, if unremarkable — built using the… Continue Reading