Judy Mottl

The Web hosting site known for its provactive and lurid Super Bowl ads is now running two commercials during the biggest annual sporting event Sunday. Initially GoDaddy planned to run one of two ads it had created based on a online vote that was held this month. But according to a PR email late Friday […]

Going head to head against Apple and its 3G iPhone isn’t cheap. In its quest to knock the high-flying iPhone off its perch, Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) spruced up components and design which led to higher costs for its latest release, the BlackBerry Storm 9530. An iSuppli report released this week, estimates the Storm […]

UPDATED: They’re back. Rumors of Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) foray into the smartphone market are once again in the news, thanks to a Wall Street Journal article that said the PC maker has been working on prototypes for the past year. The number 2 PC maker, which is struggling to stave off a continued erosion in […]

Verizon Wireless confirmed today that it has sold 1 million BlackBerry Storm handsets to date since the newest Research in Motion device debut on November 21, 2008 — just a little over two months ago. The one million mark is a valuable assessment as the Storm was hyped as the top iPhone competitor. Not a […]

Despite a recessionary climate and a higher game entry fee, a batch of dotcom firms, some well-known, others long-absent and one appearing for the first time will be pitching sex, financial tips and even a $100,000 job to TV and online audiences in this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIII. NBC upped the ante for a 30-second […]

UPDATED: John Donahoe, eBay’s (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO, started the buzz about a possible sale of its Skype VoIP division a week ago during an earnings discussion when he didn’t quite endorse the “synergies” between Skype and other divisions. Now, rumors of a possible sale live on, fanned by analysts and bloggers opining whether a cash-crunched […]

Maybe Twitter CEO Evan Williams’ recent remarks about putting revenue at the top of his to-do list this year is starting to unfold. An unsourced TechCrunch report claimed that the micro-blogging site is gearing up to announce a third round of funding, reportedly about $20 million on the basis of a $250 million valuation. TechCrunch […]

With just a month to go before they were due in court, Apple and IBM have resolved their legal battle over whether Apple could hire Mark Papermaster away from IBM, despite a non-compete contract he signed with Big Blue. Papermaster, formerly IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) vice president of blade development, is expected to lead Apple’s (NASDAQ: […]

Marketing and promotions software provider DemandTec is buying a niche advertising software provider for $13.7 million to enhance its software-as-a-service (SaaS) portfolio. The all-cash acquisition of privately held Connect3 Systems will provide DemandTec’s (NASDAQ: DMAN) with a SaaS offering for cross-media budgeting and workflow management across retailers’ merchandising and advertising departments. DemandTec said the offering […]

The BlackBerry StormSource: RIM Has your smartphone ever locked up? Have you ever found it difficult to navigate? Or is it just downright crash-prone? If so, you’d better get used to it. That’s the take of Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Balsillie told the Wall Street Journal that software snafus […]

The new year is seeing Sprint dramatically step up its cost-cutting efforts, with the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier announcing today that it’s cutting 8,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce. The labor reduction, which includes 850 employees who accepted a voluntary layoff package last year, will save $1.2 billion annually, the company said. Sprint […]

While the recession is prompting layoffs and salary freezes across the tech landscape, the wireless industry is weathering the storm better than others. But with dwindling growth rates and weakening margins, it’s clear that wireless players are feeling the chill as well, according to the latest stats from research firm Strategy Analytics. Mobile carriers, for […]