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tag: D9

Adobe CEO says the Flash debate is over

Adobe CEO says the Flash debate is over

June 2, 2011 10:33 AM Anthony Ha

Judging from the press coverage of Adobe, you’d think that the big issue for the company is the fate of its Flash technology. However, chief executive Shantanu Narayen said today that the debate is over.

Narayen spoke at the D9 …

Walt Mossberg: Windows 8 is the biggest change to Windows ever

Walt Mossberg: Windows 8 is the biggest change to Windows ever

June 1, 2011 5:05 PM Anthony Ha

Microsoft executives demonstrated the next version of their operating system today at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. But Walt Mossberg, the famous Wall Street Journal tech reviewer who interviewed them, had the most dramatic reaction to the …

Twitter's Jack Dorsey on Ev Williams and executive change-ups

Twitter's Jack Dorsey on Ev Williams and executive change-ups

June 1, 2011 2:57 PM Anthony Ha

Twitter creator Jack Dorsey has been in the middle of some big shifts at the top of the messaging service, and he addressed some of those changes today.

Dorsey, who was interviewed on-stage at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos …

HP CEO: We will license webOS to others

HP CEO: We will license webOS to others

June 1, 2011 12:38 PM Anthony Ha

Hewlett Packard has ambitious plans for the webOS operating system that it acquired with Palm — in fact, president and chief executive Léo Apotheker said today that those plans aren’t limited to HP devices.

“WebOS will be more than just …

Twitter CEO: “We’re a remarkably successful business”

Twitter CEO: “We’re a remarkably successful business”

June 1, 2011 11:48 AM Anthony Ha

Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo today addressed one of the constant questions facing Twitter: Will the company, which famously operated for years without any real revenue, ever turn into a big business?

“We’re a remarkably successful business,” he said.

Costolo, …

Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

June 1, 2011 10:20 AM Anthony Ha

Well, this is … unexpected. Jonathan Kaplan, who previously led the company that created the Flip camera, just announced his new project on-stage at the D9 conference — and it’s a grilled cheese company.

Specifically, Kaplan said his new company …

Netflix CEO's original content strategy: We'd rather work with HBO

Netflix CEO's original content strategy: We'd rather work with HBO

June 1, 2011 9:41 AM Anthony Ha

There has been a lot of excitement about Netflix’s decision to air the original Kevin Spacey-starring television series House of Cards, but today co-founder and chief executive Reed Hastings sounded cautious about the company’s future production plans.

Hastings, who …

Google Offers is the business plan behind Google Wallet, and it's live tomorrow

Google Offers is the business plan behind Google Wallet, and it's live tomorrow

May 31, 2011 8:42 PM Anthony Ha

While demonstrating their new mobile payment product Google Wallet today, Google executives offered some insight into how it will make money.

Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt gave the demonstration with Google vice president Stephanie Tilenius at the …

Eric Schmidt on Google's social stumbles: "I screwed up"

Eric Schmidt on Google's social stumbles: "I screwed up"

May 31, 2011 7:52 PM Anthony Ha

Why can’t Google built a social networking product that resonates with consumers? You could speculate about the engineer-driven company’s culture and priorities, but today executive chairman Eric Schmidt offered a simple explanation: “I screwed up.”

Speaking at the D9 conference …

How Google won't become boring (according to Eric Schmidt)

How Google won't become boring (according to Eric Schmidt)

May 31, 2011 7:21 PM Anthony Ha

Google’s position as the hottest company on the Web seems to have been usurped by upstarts like Facebook and Twitter, but the company’s executive chairman and former chief executive Eric Schmidt said today that Google is taking steps to make …

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