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Motorola’s Two CEOs Continue Voluntary Pay Cut In 2010

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:20 +0000

Recognizing the shaky economic climate and Motorola’s still tenuous market position, the company’s two CEOs Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha voluntarily have agreed to a 25 percent pay-cut for the second year in a row, according to a proxy statement filed with the SEC today. The pair will have a base salary of to $900,000, [...]

8-K Watch: Apple’s Tim Cook Earns $22 Million As Part Of Jobs’ Stand-In Role

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:19 +0000

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) COO Tim Cook was handed a $5 million bonus just for taking over Steve Jobs’ responsibilities during the six-months the CEO was on medical leave that ended in June, according to an 8-k filing. In addition to $5 million in cash, Cook was also awarded 75,000 restricted stock units. The WSJ estimated [...]

Putting The iPad Pre-Order Numbers In Some Context

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:18 +0000

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was selling pre-orders for the iPad at a rate of about 25,000 an hour this morning, according to a Forbes piece. The methodology is very unscientific; it’s based on differences between the order numbers assigned to early buyers. But if it is accurate, here’s how it compares to some initial figures thrown [...]

mocoNews Quick Hits 03.12.2010

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:17 +0000

» Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) is working on a multi-fold device to be your cellphone, browser, apps interface, TV and of course, alarm clock. [GoRumors] » American Airlines enables fliers to check in via mobile barcodes. [Phone Scoop] » Clearwire’s chief commercial officer talks up WiMax. [GigaOm] » Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will battle over patent [...]

Nokia Predicts 10 Percent Growth For Mobile Phones In 2010

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:16 +0000

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has improved the way it measures the global device market, including coming up with a better way to calculate the number of unlicensed and counterfeit products being sold in the market. Given that, Nokia went back and recalculated the industry’s overall performance last year and how it did comparatively. Using the new [...]

Free Maps From Google and Nokia Drive Vodafone To Shut Down Wayfinder

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:15 +0000

The first victim of the free navigation wars: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is shutting down Wayfinder, the Swedish mapmaker it purchased for $30 million in late 2008. It was the carrier’s goal to use Wayfinder to provide directions to both drivers and pedestrians, while overlaying location-based advertising to alert users to nearby restaurants or shops. The [...]

Cool-Seeking Newspapers Dream Of iPad

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:14 +0000

Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking format to their core products of yesteryear. NYT’s flagship app lit the blue touch paper for iPad, Wired also got in on the act early, both Denmark’s Information paper and Penguin Books [...]

Hearst’s App Strategy: Adding More Needles To A Growing Haystack

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:13 +0000

Hearst has about 70 apps under its LMK banner in the iTunes App Store right now and it just plans to keep adding more and more. Most of the LMK apps sell for about $1.99, while a handful cost $0.99 per download. The LMK initials stand for “Let Me Know” and are devoted to news [...]

HootSuite Buys Android Developer Swift App

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:12 +0000

Twitter client HootSuite, which recently raised $1.9 million in funding, has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. HootSuite says that Swift App was behind the development of HootSuite’s own Android app, which was released last week. The company says the acquisition “means quicker development for the growing Android market.” HootSuite’s dashboard—which [...]

Video @ paidContent2010: A Hard Look At The Subscription Model

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:42:09 +0000

Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And what’s the biggest threat to paid music? Well, probably not piracy. These were among the assertions by panelists on paidContent2010’s The Truth About Subscriptions, who included Steve Brill, co-founder of [...]