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Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones A Week

Aug 4, 2008
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Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones A Week — Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that produces the iPhone 3G for Apple, has ramped up production to 800,000 units per week, says a source close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers. This is “above current full capacity” and there may be some concerns with quality control.

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, Inquirer, TUAW, Insanely Great Mac, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, Electricpig.co.uk, Cellpassion, Startup Meme, The Next Web and VentureBeat

AOL to Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo - techmeme.com

Mar 13, 2008
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Bebo: By the (Not So Big) Numbers — What's AOL getting for its $850 million in cash to purchase of social-networking site, Bebo? — A very attractive social-networking service and a very experienced exec who has been running it. — But, perhaps more importantly for those who focus on pesky numbers …

Discussion: eWeek, HipMojo.com, Silicon Alley Insider, CNET News.com, paidContent.org, VentureBeat, InformationWeek Weblog and Valleywag

Business Wire:

AOL to Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network …

Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley, CenterNetworks, GigaOM, The Social Web, NewTeeVee, Between the Lines, VentureBeat, STARTUP CHATTER, BBC NEWS, Technological Winter, mocoNews.net, Susan Mernit's Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Todd Watson, TechRadar.com, Hitwise Intelligence, BetaNews and David Galbraith

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

AOL Buys Bebo For $850 Million — I'm not going to say that we told you so, but we told you so. — AOL has acquired social networking site Bebo for $850 million in cash. AOL CEO Randy Falco (left in picture) sent an email to all AOL employees this morning. Allen Stern's press call notes are here.

Discussion: alarm:clock, paidContent.org, Fortune, PE Hub Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, CenterNetworks, Patricia Handschiegel, The Drama 2.0 Show, Seeking Alpha, Somewhat Frank and broadstuff

AOL News:

AOL to Acquire Social Media Network Bebo — AOL has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo, a leading global social media network. Founded in 2005, Bebo now has 40 million members worldwide. Together with AIM and ICQ, AOL will have a social network of approximately 80 million unique users worldwide …

Discussion: Reuters, paidContent.org, Tech Tracks, TECH.BLORGE.com, Enterprise 2.0 Blog and Digital Trends

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Let's Justify Facebook's $300-Per-User Valuation

Discussion: John Cook's Venture Blog and Mashable!

Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
AOL buys social network Bebo for $850 million

Associated Press:
AOL to Pay $850M for Social Network Bebo25 minutes ago

Discussion: BuzzMachine, Searchviews and Search Engine Land

Saul Hansell / Bits:
Bebo: Randy Falco's $850 Million Rescue Plan for AIM

Discussion: Techdirt, BBC and paidContent.org

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Analyzing AOL-Bebo; Impact on Yahoo-Microsoft?

Discussion: HipMojo.com

Microsoft chops Vista retail prices - techmeme.com

Feb 29, 2008
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Microsoft chops Vista retail prices — In what may be an unprecedented decision, Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to lower the retail prices for several flavors of Windows Vista. — For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista …

Discussion: The Register, Mark Evans, Electronista, Inquirer, CrunchGear, Gizmodo, Techlog, Slashdot and WinBeta

Microsoft:

Microsoft Reduces Price on Several Retail Stand-Alone Versions of Windows Vista — Q&A: Brad Brooks, corporate vice president for Windows Consumer Product Marketing at Microsoft, discusses changes to pricing of Windows Vista retail stand-alone editions. — Since its release …

Discussion: Rough Type, Guardian Unlimited, Download Squad, BBC, The Tech Report, GottaBeMobile and Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog

Reuters:

Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets in a move aimed at pushing customers to switch to the newest version of Windows.