Kevin J. O'Brien cites John Vassallo:"“We support the commissioners’ recommendations but are asking them to ensure these are uniformly observed,” said Mr. Vassallo, who is based in Brussels. “Otherwise, to do so unilaterally would put us at a disadvantage.”"
Kara Swisher notes:"Two more clear uh-ohs to me. But nobody’s perfect, I guess, and stumbles are not necessarily negatives in Silicon Valley–it’s called experience!"
You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello To our dear readers: Thank you, thank you very much. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Media December 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm PT
Jessica E. Vascellaro and Joann S. Lublin introduce:"Before taking that job, Mr. Sarin held a variety of management positions for West Coast technology companies, developing deep ties throughout Silicon Valley. He also overlapped with Mr. Yang as a board member of Cisco Systems Inc."
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Mary Jo Foley assumes:"I noticed a few folks wondering aloud why Microsoft felt a need to develop another content-management system, given that SharePoint Server provides content-management functionality. One obvious difference is the open-/closed-source aspect of the projects."
Anthony Ha paraphrases Adam Gross:"Adam Gross, Salesforce’s vice president of platform marketing, says most applications built on the App Engine tend to be more social- and consumer-focused."
Henry Blodget on Ryan Kuder:"Ryan has moved on to a better life. And as thousands of Yahoos worldwide (including ourselves) shrink into the fetal postion in preparation for Wednesday's bloodletting, we thought it made sense to revisit his work of Twitter-lit below."
Om Malik suggests:"but Yahoo has been building on the Inbox 2.0 idea, most recently launching such a profile effort as part of its Yahoo Open strategy. The launch of the Mail-as-a-platform would help the company fully realize its Inbox 2.0 vision."