These people fucked me over.
—Carol Bartz’s take on Yahoo. Check out Fortune’s exclusive interview. (via cnnmoneytech)
Apple Tries To Acquire Dropbox for $800 Million, Dropbox Refuses | Chip Hazard
Chip Hazard via
A yet to be confirmed rumour indicates that Apple had offered to buy Dropbox for $800 million but the increasingly popular startup has declined the offer.
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After having gained around $4 billion [actually $250-300M funding in a $4B valuation] in a round of funding, Dropbox’s revenue for this year is expected to be $100 million. A very handsome revenue for a company that is relatively nascent in the market. If this source is to be believed, Apple saw this opportunity to strike gold and offered Dropbox $800 million however the company has declined their offer because they too think that this is just the beginning for Dropbox.
Apple on the other hand recently announced Mac OS X Lion. One of the major features of OS X Lion is the AirDrop feature which makes transferring files between Macs quite a lot easier. It seems logical for Apple to want to acquire a company that particularly works and specializes in that domain. However it looks like Apple would either have to offer an amount that Dropbox can not refuse or simply takeover one of many Dropbox competitors in the market.
As an avid user of Dropbox, I can see Apple’s thinking. But on the other hand, if they offer competitive technology acquired elsewhere, closely integrated to their OS’s, couldn’t they take a large bite out of Dropbox? I guess I am still waiting to see this story confirmed.
Update: Bruna A, ann astute reader, caught the error in Dropbox funding, but that leads to the reasoning for Dropbox to say no: they are valued at $4B so why sell out for $800M?
parislemon: What Needs To Be Said
All day, I kept telling myself I shouldn’t say anything. Then I realized: what the fuck? Be honest.
I found Paul’s post tactless. And I found Erick’s response inappropriate. Perhaps both are fitting given the entire clusterfuck that is this situation. But both are also quite sad.
Many of you…
God bless us
The time i started getting interested in reading about tech i had just joined fb & twitter.There i came to know about TechCrunch.It brought the latest happenings of a the tech world to me.I was so much in the aura of the staff at TechCrunch .I would just wait everyday to read an article on TechCrunch.I was shocked when Mike Arrington declared that he’s leaving TechCrunch.
He along with Heather,MG Siegler & many other tech writers brought there carefree attitude to Techcrunch.I hope that the staff has all the editorial independence that has madeTechCrunch Does not leave it.
Carnage rules! Artist Raymond Ariola illustrated one of the more crazy / awesome Spider-Man villains for his new Marvel set.
Icloud under the scanner
After announcing the much awaited software updates at WWDC like ios5,icloud & New Mac os.
In Particular the iCloud which is termed revolutionary by people all over the industry.So What is iCloud?
Basically its making your ios device wireless.Suppose if you download an app on your iPhone then using iCloud service it will install the same app on your iPad,iPod.Same for the songs once paid you can listen to it on any device.This is kind of cool.
But just a few days after the launch some controversies came up like
(1)The name iCloud which belongs to the other company.the company alreay has filed a copyright infringement against apple.
This was reported by tech website engadget(http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/12/icloud-communications-sues-apple-for-obvio…
(2)Apple is currently under the scanner for being alleged by a developer that it has copied features from his service.
This seriously shocks me to hear this as it sounds awful but the the fact that it is alleged that it copied features from a cydia app named Wi-Fi sync.
The develoiper in question is Greg Hudges who’s application had been rejected by the App Store due to some security reasons after which hew released it through Cydia @10$ and the app has been downloaded about 50,000 times,now i don’t think anything else is left to say but the developer isn’t going to push things but i feel sadd for thedeveloper who even after this he would’nt push things.I mean what is that person feeling only he knows.I wish him all the best.
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Why Nokia would benefit from android and windows phone 7
Nokia is supposedly going to sack some of its top executives as a part of stephen elop’s change of strategy for Nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
Why Nokia would benefit from android and windows phone 7
Nokia is supposedly going to sack some of its top executives as a part of stephen elop’s change of strategy for Nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
Why Nokia would benefit from android and windows phone 7
Nokia is supposedly going to sack some of its top executives as a part of stephen elop’s change of strategy for Nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
Now there’s a rumour going on that nokia might adopt windows phone 7 @ a conference this friday
and may be android till meego is completely ready
atleast dats wat I have read from various sources.
Now about nokia adopting android and wp7
would only lead to nokia’s success would ber because in india in my case nokia products are sold on the basis of after sales customer service that gets rave reviews for quick & imopeccable service hell even I bought my first nokia phone after hearing about it’s service.Nokia’s customer service and android’s monstrous growth along with wp7 will only lead to nokia’s gain in world market,well that’s why I think it would profit nokia
and meego may also even add to it after it gets stability to nokia.
