Matthew Lynley
Twitter Announces It's Going Public In A Tweet
The company said it filed confidential documents with the SEC Thursday afternoon.
Matthew Zeitlin
The Battle For Dell Is Finally Over
Michael Dell has won the vote to take Dell private in a $25 billion deal. Not sure you can call that a win, given that he's still the CEO of a PC manufacturing company.
Matthew Lynley
Unsolicited Advice From Mark Zuckerberg To Twitter On Going Public
If he'd do it again, he wouldn't wait quite so long, he said. He talked about it on stage at TechCrunch's annual Disrupt conference in San Francisco.
Matthew Lynley
Carl Icahn Is Upping His Stake In Apple After iPhone Launch Was Panned
Apple's iPhone reveal was widely panned by analysts and industry watchers. That's put Icahn in an even better position to agitate for an expansion of Apple's buyback program.
Matthew Lynley
Wall Street Is Pretty Upset With Apple
Analysts and investors are not happy that Apple failed to release a cheaper iPhone as a way to retake market share in emerging markets like China. They sent Apple shares down about 5%, or about $15 billion, in trading Wednesday as punishment.
Matthew Lynley
Apple Didn't Exactly Release A Cheaper iPhone
How Apple's new smartphone wasn't quite what low-end consumers had in mind.
Matthew Lynley
Assessing Icahn's Apple Play Ahead Of The iPhone's Launch
Billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn took a big $1 billon stake on Apple. He may end up winning even if he fails to get the company to increase its dividend or share buyback program.
Matthew Lynley
10 Steps On Twitter's Road To An IPO
Twitter keeps saying it will go public when it is ready. But acquisitions, strategic hires, product changes, and behind-the-scenes maneuvering over the past year make clear that the company will be ready sooner rather than later.
Matthew Lynley
Google Has Turned Android Into A Giant Advertisement
Welcome to a new breed of corporate synergy. Is nothing sacred?
Matthew Lynley
Nokia Deal Locks New Microsoft CEO Into Steve Ballmer's Old Strategy
Like it or not, Microsoft is going to be a consumer-oriented company with its enterprise services funding the rest of the company. Yesterday's announcement basically confirms the former Microsoft CEO's vision.
Matthew Lynley
A Short Reminder About Facebook's Breakneck Mobile Ad Growth
Remember when Facebook didn't have a mobile ads business? That was literally only a year ago.
Matthew Lynley
Mastering The Art Of The Impulse Buy On Twitter
Every other company has basically figured it out. Now it's Twitter's turn.
Matthew Lynley
How Five Activist Investing Campaigns Fared, In A Single Chart
Bloomberg has a huge report on the state of activist investing. Here's the basic summary of some of the biggest campaigns, laid out in one simple chart.
Matthew Lynley
Steve Ballmer's Tenure As Microsoft CEO In Numbers
Ballmer announced Friday that he would retire from Microsoft in the next 12 months. Here's a by-the-numbers look at his decade-plus run as the software giant's leader.
Matthew Lynley
The 8 Most Hilarious Steve Ballmer Moments of All Time
Steve B is retiring as CEO from Microsoft in a year, so let's look at some of his biggest hits. What, were you expecting something about their business?
Matthew Lynley
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Will Retire In A Year
Steve Ballmer is stepping down. But who is replacing him?
Matthew Lynley
$1 Billion Buys You Dinner With Tim Cook
Billionaire Carl Icahn is pressuring Apple to return more money to shareholders in the form of buybacks. And now he's having a more important meeting with Cook.
Matthew Lynley
Yahoo, Foursquare In Talks Over Data Partnership
Foursquare sells a lot of ads, but the biggest upside for the location-sharing startup may be in selling its data. And sources say Yahoo is interested.
Matthew Lynley
Golden Locks: The Most Valuable Bangs In Tech
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? Bangs.
Matthew Lynley
The High Cost Of An Amazon Outage
Amazon.com appears to be down. EVERYBODY PANIC.
Matthew Lynley
