In China, 'Hacking' Is Just A 9-To-5 Job And Nothing To Be Ashamed Of

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 1 days ago

In recent years US companies such as Google and The New York Times say they have come under attack from Chinese hackers. The US government also says it is also constantly under attack from Chinese hackers. There may be a very simple reason all this is happening. In China, hacking is not something to be ashamed of. It's just a job lots of people do, mostly from 9 to 5. At least, that's the picture painted by a New York Times article by Edward Wong. Wong writes: The culture of hacking in China is not confined to top-secret military compounds where hackers carry out orders to pilfer data fro... Read similar

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It Sounds Like Nick Denton Has Radical Changes In Mind For Gizmodo

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 1 days ago

Gawker owner Nick Denton hired a new editor for Gizmodo. His name is Geoff Manaugh. According to an interview he gave the New York Times, he spent his 20s roaming Europe and “writing lots and lots of poetry." He's been the editor of site called BLDGBLOG, which today features a record player playing records made out of wood with laser cutters. It sounds like he's going to take the storied gadget blog in a very different direction. Instead of mixing gadget reviews with stories that could also belong in Maxim, Manaugh wants Gizmodo to cover "what technology means." He also wants t... Read similar

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Tumblr's First Employee: I'm Not 'Yacht-And-Helicopters' Rich, But I Have 'The Freedom To Work On Whatever I Want' (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 2 days ago

Marco Arment began working on Tumblr with Tumblr CEO and David Karp before Tumblr was a company. He and Karp had been working together as Website-building contractors for other companies, and between projects, Karp suggested they work on a project for themselves. Yesterday, Arment told the story of how Tumblr grew from there on his personal blog, Marco.org. Today, everyone is passing the post around saying its the best thing they've read about the startup Yahoo bought yesterday for $1.1 billion. Arment says that the Tumblr sale won't make him "yacht-and-helicopter" rich, but that "as long... Read similar

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GOOGLE-YOUTUBE VETERAN: OK, Marissa Mayer, Here's How To Not Screw Up Tumblr (GOOG, YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 2 days ago

Wall Street analysts and Yahoo shareholders are worried that Yahoo is going to screw up Tumblr, its $1.1 billion acquisition. They are worried because Yahoo, and big Internet companies in general, have a history of paying a lot for startups and then killing their momentum. Yahoo's victims are GeoCities and Flickr, among many others. AOL bought Bebo for $800 million+. To assure shareholders she will not screw up Tumblr, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said several times yesterday that Yahoo will let "Tumblr be Tumblr," and allow it to run as a separate company. She says Yahoo is following a precedent e... Read similar

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That Time Marissa Mayer Stormed Out Of A Meeting After A Blogging Acquisition (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 2 days ago

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Influential blogger Dave Winer does not believe all the things Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is saying about letting "Tumblr be Tumblr." The source of his skepticism is a meeting he had with Mayer back in 2003. Back then, Google bought a blogging company called Blogger. Winer and his blogger friends were worried that Google would suddenly start favoring blogs hosted on Blogger in Google search results. Winer says Google promised him and his friends it would not. But then Google included a "BlogThis!" button in the Google Toolbar. To Winer's chagrin, the "BlogThis!" button only worked with Blog... Read similar

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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 2 days ago

Morning. People are still talking about Yahoo's $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr. For example, here's a great post from Tumblr's first employee, Marco Arment. Tumblr uses 500 Web servers and 200 database servers to deal with 500 million page views per day, and 15 billion per month. Were Tumblr's 2012 revenues even lighter than previously reported? SAP is hiring autistic people to work in programming, testing, and quality assurance. "Regional hospitals, insurers, and grocery retailers are already investigating ways to work together to translate consumer purchase data into health risk p... Read similar

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Yahoo Reveals A 'Re-imagined' Flickr – It Comes With A Terabyte Of Storage! (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 3 days ago

Yahoo is showing off a brand new version of Flickr today in New York. Each user is getting a terabyte of storage for free. That's a ton! Way more than you can get with any other service. It looks like this: Yahoo also announced a new Flickr app for Android. It looks like this: Here's a bigger screenshot of the new Flickr: Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story » Read similar

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LIVE: Marissa Mayer Talks About Tumblr And Reveals A Re-Imagined Flickr In New York (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 3 days ago

Yahoo is hosting product event in New York today at 5PM. Here's the live stream: Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story » Read similar

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Why Yahoo's $1.1 Billion Tumblr Buy Is A Great Idea (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Jay Yarow and Nicholas Carlson 4 days ago

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It's all but official. Yahoo's board has reportedly approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Tumblr's board has reportedly agreed to the deal, too. So, unless something goes wildly wrong, then Yahoo is going to own Tumblr, the simple blogging/social network site. According to Quantcast, Tumblr had 184 million unique visitors, and 12.1 billion pageviews last month. Despite those impressive numbers, it's light on revenue, which is making a lot of people question the wisdom of spending $1.1 billion in cash on the site. We think this is a win for both Tumblr and Yahoo. Yahoo gets ... Read similar

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FACEBOOK IS NOT GOING TO MAKE AN OFFER: Tumblr Is Yahoo's For The Taking, Say Sources

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 5 days ago

There have been reports that Yahoo's board will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to make a $1.1 billion cash offer to buy Tumblr. There have been other reports that Facebook may swoop in with its own offer. After having conversations with two sources, we believe Facebook is not going to make an offer. There is speculation that Tumblr's banker, Frank Quattrone, leaked word of Facebook's interest in hopes of starting an auction and driving up Tumblr's price with Yahoo. We're told no such "auction" is happening. Tumblr could threaten to walk away from Yahoo's $1.1 billion, and force a... Read similar

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In China, 'Hacking' Is Just A 9-To-5 Job And Nothing To Be Ashamed Of

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GOOGLE-YOUTUBE VETERAN: OK, Marissa Mayer, Here's How To Not Screw Up Tumblr (GOOG, YHOO)

That Time Marissa Mayer Stormed Out Of A Meeting After A Blogging Acquisition (YHOO)

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Yahoo Reveals A 'Re-imagined' Flickr – It Comes With A Terabyte Of Storage! (YHOO)

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