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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Teeny-Tiny Pixi Phone From Palm Tries Killing Giant Hype for Apple Event Today

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Oh, BoomTown fears this is not going to end well for the weensy little smart phone Palm is debuting today on–what an amazing coincidence!–the very same day Apple is throwing its big product bash in San Francisco, at which Mac fanboys fervently hope that Supreme Leader Steve Jobs might even appear.

You don’t step on Superman of Silicon Valley’s cape, of course, but the device with the aggressively cute name of Pixi is apparently attempting just that.

Thus, this fairytale might have a not-so-happy ending.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (4 Days to Go!): Who Will Be the New Board Members?

Well, it will not be nearly as interesting as it would have been had activist shareholder Carl Icahn been attacking full-throttle in a proxy fight.

But Yahoo’s annual meeting on Friday will be more of a humdinger than usual.

So many moving parts, including who, who, who will Yahoo and Icahn decide on for the two other new board members besides Icahn?

Actually, BoomTown mostly wants to know who gets to sit next to Icahn at the first board meeting. I vote Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang!

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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