Category Archives: News

Neiman Marcus Sold for $6 Billion

According to an article in the New York Times‘ DealBook, the owners of the Neiman Marcus luxury retail chain agreed on Monday to sell it to a group led by Ares Management and a Canadian…

Instagram Reaches 150M Users, Intends to Sell Ads in 2014

On September 9, 2013Instagram has reportedly reached 150 million monthly active users, an ever-larger base against which the company expects to begin selling ads next year, according to reports in Digits and the Wall Street Journal. [Source: Digits,…

Microsoft to Patch Critical Flaws in Windows, SharePoint, Outlook

Microsoft announced today that next week’s batch of security updates will patch critical holes in its Outlook email clients and SharePoint collaboration servers, both of which pose a threat because of the way they’re used, even without additional…

In Case You Missed it, Yahoo.com was #1 in July

According to a recent report by comScore, Yahoo.com drew more unique visitors (about 197 million) than any other U.S. Internet company in the month of July. This is the first time the company has hit…

Barnes & Noble Sends College Newspapers to Nook

Barnes & Noble has partnered with UWIRE, a wire service for college newspapers, to make digital editions of said newspapers available on its Nook tablet reader. It looks as if over 220 newspapers are available so far, including…