Author: Vinod Rawat

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer makes her first acquisition

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | |

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer with the Stamped team in New York. (Credit: Yahoo) Yahoo has acquired its first startup: Stamped, a recommendations engine built by former Google colleagues of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer — a team Mayer wanted to bring into the fold at Yahoo. Stamped, which launched as a smartphone app last November, lets users recommend books, movies, restaurants, and other things to friends by giving them a virtual stamp of approval

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Raza shepherds Eagles to fourth win

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | |

Mashonaland Eagles 145 for 6 (Raza 50, Chakabva 34) beat Mountaineers 144 for 8 (Masakadza 72, Manatsa 3-14) by four wicketsScorecard Mashonaland Eagles overcame Hamilton Masakadza’s onslaught to beat the Mountaineers by four wickets in the Zimbabwe Twenty20 Competition in Mutare. Masakadza’s 72, however, only took Mountaineers to 144 for 8 in 20 overs, a total overtaken by the Eagles with five balls to spare. Pace bowler Tatenda Manatsa picked up three wickets while leg-spinner Tinotenda Mutombodzi and Kyle Jarvis took two each, the latter making a big contribution by picking up Masakadza’s wicket after he had smacked six sixes and three fours in his 45-ball knock

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The 404 1,156: Where your cell phone is sick (podcast)

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | |

Headlines hitting the 404 show today include Barnes & Noble falling victim to credit card hackers, your cell phone is literally making you sick, an SDSU study confirms the “five-second rule” is completely unfounded, and a useful (and definitely illegal) way to defeat red light cameras. Leaked from today’s 404 episode: – Another reason not to buy books: Hackers installed credit card readers at 63 stores across the country, New York City included. – Attention New Yorkers: It’s officially time to freak out about Hurricane Sandy

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Sprint CEO: Customer losses aren’t as scary as they look

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | |

There is no denying that Sprint Nextel is losing customers, but the company’s CEO says this is necessary as the company goes through a painful transition that he hopes will put it in a much stronger position to take on rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless. On the company’s third quarter 2012 conference call and in an interview with CNET Thursday, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse emphasized that the company’s 459,000 loss of contract customers sounds worse than it really is

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