| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Microsoft's Surface RT didn't have to be a $900 million disaster | | | by Dino Grandoni, Huffington Post | | | In some unknown warehouse presumably sits a pile of millions of beautiful, unused Surface RTs, the tablet computer that was supposed to resurrect Microsoft. Late Thursday, the company revealed for the first time that it has failed to entice many people to buy the product, and the software maker made an unexpected $900 million writeoff on its unsold Surface inventory. The losses don't end there: On Friday morning, Microsoft shed $30 billion in value after its stock tumbled 10 percent. More»
Why This Matters: First, there's just the balance sheet porn aspect: $900 million writeoff on unsold inventory anyone? In response shareholders delivered a $30 billion slap that stings but won't leave a mark. This article analyzes how Microsoft blew it on tablets and what the next move might be. For additional perspective, here's CNET on the subject. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Why did Polycom burn CEO Andy Miller publicly for "expense account irregularities"?—a theory | | | by Howard Lictman, Telepresence Options | | | The big story in visual collaboration last week is the departure of Andy Miller as the CEO of Polycom who "resigned" from his $819,949 a year job (Businessweek calculated his total comp for 2012 at $7,356,905) over "irregularities" in his expense reports. More»
Why This Matters: Here's one theory from a telepresence insider, which includes an assessment of the company's pros (tons of cash) and cons (almost no senior executives remain). –Cynthia Wisehart
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| | #3 | LED led me astray: the home lighting misadventure that brought me full circle | | | by Chris Ziegler, The Verge | | | If I had known that last weekend was going to be robbed from me by the lighting industry, I probably would've just slept through it. More»
Why This Matters: You were thinking of doing this. So be warned. Here's the pull quote on color temperature: "I don't know what star Cree is referencing when it calls 5000K 'daylight' but it isn't the sun in our solar system." –Cynthia Wisehart |
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