http://www.mail.com/people/144704-larry.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/144704-larry.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to ... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:10:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html 2013-05-21T00:10:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest brea... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:30:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html 2013-05-16T01:30:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087574-google-unveils-maps-photo-music-features.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services. Announcements included new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus social network, including tools for editing and sharing photos. ... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:19:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087574-google-unveils-maps-photo-music-features.html 2013-05-15T23:19:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared up a mystery hanging over him since... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html 2013-05-14T21:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082728-linkedin-to-build-impressive-resume.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's initial ... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:10:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082728-linkedin-to-build-impressive-resume.html 2013-05-13T21:10:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054958-yahoo-ceo-ranked-2nd-companys-2012-pay-scale.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer emerged as the Internet company's second highest paid executive during her first five-and-half months on the job. Regulatory documents filed Tuesday revealed that Mayer received a pay package valued at $36.6 million last year. Most of the compensation consisted of stock awards that Mayer got in July when she en... Wed, 01 May 2013 00:16:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054958-yahoo-ceo-ranked-2nd-companys-2012-pay-scale.html 2013-05-01T00:16:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048006-facebook-ceo-reaped-23b-gain-stock-options.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly $2.3 billion last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online social networking leader's initial public offering. The windfall detailed in regulatory documents filed Friday saddled Zuckerberg, 28, with a massive tax bill. He raised the money to pay it by s... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:07:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048006-facebook-ceo-reaped-23b-gain-stock-options.html 2013-04-27T02:07:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2042994-google-pays-ceo-buck-4-execs-124m.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page and his longtime partner Sergey Brin limited their salaries to $1 apiece last year, while four other top executives received combined compensation packages totaling more than $124 million. The breakdown disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday consisted mostly of stock awards that could ultimately be worth more... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:03:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2042994-google-pays-ceo-buck-4-execs-124m.html 2013-04-25T00:03:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035292-google-ceo-shares-vision-tech-treatise.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some illuminating books already have been written about Google's catalytic role in a technological upheaval that is redefining the way people work, play, learn, shop and communicate. Until now, though, there hasn't been a book providing an unfiltered look from inside Google's brain trust. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who sp... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:23:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035292-google-ceo-shares-vision-tech-treatise.html 2013-04-21T20:23:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029304-googles-1q-progress-mobile-ads.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's latest quarterly results provided further proof that the Internet search leader is figuring out how to make more money as Web surfers migrate from personal computers to mobile devices. The first-quarter numbers released Thursday show that a recent decline in Google's average ad prices is easing. That's an indication that mark... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:51:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029304-googles-1q-progress-mobile-ads.html 2013-04-19T00:51:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028314-ahead-bell-googles-1q-hinges-ad-market.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Analysts and investors will be looking for what Google has to say about online ads, including those on mobile devices, as the Internet search leader reports its earnings for the first three months of 2013. The first-quarter results are due Thursday after the stock market closes. Internet advertising typically tails off followi... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:42:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028314-ahead-bell-googles-1q-hinges-ad-market.html 2013-04-18T14:42:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027786-earnings-preview-googles-1q-hinges-ad-market.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google' first-quarter earnings report, which arrives after the market closes Thursday, is likely to reveal how effectively the company is managing its dominance of the Internet search market as it expands into the mobile device market. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The results cover the first three months of the year, a time when Internet adverti... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:45:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027786-earnings-preview-googles-1q-hinges-ad-market.html 2013-04-18T10:45:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952036-googles-top-android-exec-unexpectedly-steps.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andy Rubin has stepped down as the executive in charge of Google's Android operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, ending a seven-year reign that reshaped the technology industry. The unexpected change announced Wednesday may raise new questions about Android's direction as Google duels with Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:49:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952036-googles-top-android-exec-unexpectedly-steps.html 2013-03-13T22:49:49Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950052-google-paying-bonuses-totaling-15m-to-4-top-execs.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is paying nearly $15 million in bonuses to four of the Internet search company's top executives for their performances last year. Documents filed Tuesday disclosed Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will get the biggest award at $6 million to supplement his estimated fortune of $8 billion. Schmidt served as Google Inc.'s CEO for a... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:19:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950052-google-paying-bonuses-totaling-15m-to-4-top-execs.html 2013-03-12T22:19:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1937482-facebook-execs-book-urges-women-to-lean-in.html NEW YORK (AP) — For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" — part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide — has got a lot of people talking. In the weeks leading up to the book's release on Monday, pundits and press hounds have been debating its merits. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called Sandberg a "PowerPoint Pied ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:51:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1937482-facebook-execs-book-urges-women-to-lean-in.html 2013-03-07T18:51:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1932638-online-ivory-trade-threatens-africas-elephants.html BANGKOK (AP) — Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers' bullets: the black-market trade of ivory in cyberspace. Illegal tusks are being bought and sold on countless Internet forums and shopping websites worldwide, including Internet giant Google, with increasing freq... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1932638-online-ivory-trade-threatens-africas-elephants.html 2013-03-06T03:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931854-group-google-shopping-ads-fuel-ivory-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant is helping fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing African elephants at record levels. The Environmental Investigation Agency, a conservation advocacy group, said in a stat... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:08:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931854-group-google-shopping-ads-fuel-ivory-trade.html 2013-03-05T11:08:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900760-renewed-fervor-google-lifts-stock-800.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap higher profits from its dominance of Internet search and prominence in the growing mobile market. The milestone comes more than five years after Google's shares initially hit $700. Not long after breaking that barrier i... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900760-renewed-fervor-google-lifts-stock-800.html 2013-02-19T22:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1878854-google-chairman-to-sell-up-to-32-shares.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With Google's stock hovering at record highs, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell more than 40 percent of his stock in the Internet search leader this year. The plan disclosed Friday calls for Schmidt to sell up to 3.2 million shares. If he were to sell all that stock at Google's current price, Schmidt would realize a $2.5 b... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1878854-google-chairman-to-sell-up-to-32-shares.html 2013-02-08T22:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1838732-googles-4q-earnings-rise-despite-motorola-woes.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google eked out slightly higher earnings in the fourth quarter, despite a financial drag caused by the Internet search leader's expansion into device manufacturing and a decline in digital ad prices as more people gaze into the smaller screens of smartphones. The results announced Tuesday pleased investors, helping to lift Google's st... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1838732-googles-4q-earnings-rise-despite-motorola-woes.html 2013-01-23T01:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1814966-louisiana-hayride-voice-frank-dies-age-87.html The man who helped introduce Elvis Presley to worldwide audiences through the Louisiana Hayride — the state's version of the heralded Grand Ole Opry country radio show — has died. He was 87. Veteran radio broadcaster Frank Page died late Wednesday after suffering a severe respiratory infection while hospitalized at WK Pierremont Health Center in Shrevepor... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1814966-louisiana-hayride-voice-frank-dies-age-87.html 2013-01-11T22:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1728456-microsoft-ads-deride-google-bad-place-to-shop.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is trying to skewer Google as a lousy holiday shopping guide in its latest attempt to divert more traffic to its Bing search engine. The attack started Wednesday with a marketing campaign focused on a recent change in the way Google operates the part of its search engine devoted to shopping results. The revisions require mer... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1728456-microsoft-ads-deride-google-bad-place-to-shop.html 2012-11-28T20:55:00Z