Dan Loeb, the activist investor and CEO of Third Point, is selling a substantial part of his Yahoo stock, making a profit of $655 million and leaving the board along with his two appointees. The question is why, and more importantly, why now?…
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The Shapeways API: Why it’s important
Just in time for SXSW this week, Shapeways debuted their new API, which allows developers to build consumer facing applications that can…
Read MoreMakerbot ships Replicator 2X, but 3D printing mass market is still a few years off
Looking for a new tech toy? Well how about a 3D printer? After all, you can buy the latest model from Makerbot,…
Read MoreDoes social beat search, or does “peacocking” get in the way?
Most people want to share content that makes them look good -- a concept that Gravity CEO Amit Kapur called "peacocking" at paidContent 2012 this afternoon. Sometimes that urge is a good thing, but sometimes it gets in the way of delivering a truly personalized online experience.…
Read MoreIt’s official: Levinsohn interim Yahoo CEO, Loeb in
Scott Thompson's mythical computer science degree not only took him down as CEO, it forced a board change, gave shareholder Daniel Loeb a way in and made the focus on how the company is run -- not what it is doing. Can Ross Levinsohn change that?…
Read MoreShareholder demands Yahoo CEO’s firing over false resume
Until now, Dan Loeb could squawk all he wanted about the failures of the Yahoo board but the odds that he could force real change were slim. Now there's a chance he could get new CEO Scott Thompson fired.…
Read MoreAnother Tech Blogger Launches An E-Book Venture
Does three make a trend? In recent months, both former Gawker editor Emily Gould and GigaOm's Michael Wolf launched their own e-book venture……
Read MoreMeet the Analyst: introducing Jo Maitland
Each week, GigaOM Pro chats with one of our analysts to find out which technologies they read about, write about and can’t live without. This week, we talk to Jo Maitland, the newest member of the GigaOM Pro team and our brand-new infrastructure/cloud curator.…
Read MoreThe weekend review: the e-book market
The most popular articles on Pro this week focused on the future of the e-book industry, and the devices, discovery tools, and consumer marketplaces that may prove to be the biggest players in the e-book's growth trajectory.…
Read MoreTop 5: RoadMap and connected consumers
GigaOM's recent GigaOM RoadMap conference, with its emphasis on the future of connectivity and consumers, is a major influence on this week's Top 5. Also hot: Kindle Fire, hyperlocal targeting and tablets.…
Read MoreGigaOm’s Michael Wolf Launches Digital Publisher BSTSLLR
In a move he describes as akin to "having your own minor-league baseball team," Michael Wolf, GigaOm's VP research, is launching his own dig……
Read MoreToday in Social
When will on-demand music streamer Spotify show up in the U.S.? This summer? It’s dropping hints, raising money and integrating Facebook. It…
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I’ll risk being accused of kissing up to my boss. The best thing I’ve read today is Michael Wolf’s piece on Facebook’s…
Read MoreIntegrating Social Media and Traditional Entertainment
Excitement about tablets and apps, lots of startup activity and Facebook’s role in distribution and audience acquisition are combining to create new opportunities to extend and enhance traditional entertainment forms. Has the industry finally figured out how to add social media to traditional entertainment for fun and profit?…
Read MoreViacom-Google Unsealed: McGrath: ‘This Could Be Our MySpace’
Another batch of filings and unsealed documents today in the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) lawsuit against Google/YouTube and another rollicking trip d……
Read MoreEx-MTVN, Six Apart Execs Wolf And Dash Pair Up
This one is sure to set off a round of "say what's": Michael Wolf, the former president and COO of MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA), is launching a……
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