The following email was sent in by a tipster at a large national newspaper. The real question, I think, is how many writers actually agree to "collaborate" on a story with a company? The answer is more than zero, and that's bad.
"Hot" "business" tip: "business reporter" Chris says "all of that cash on Yahoo's balance sheet is burning a hole in Marissa Mayer's pockets." How much cash? How much burning? Enough to burn the passage of time backwards and buy a company that doesn't exist anymore, because Facebook already bought it. In 2011.
Yesterday's Google I/O keynote—a tech Nuremberg of fanboyism, developer jargon, and fancy new features for Gmail—dragged on for hours. Those thousands who sat patiently in their chairs were rewarded with a brand new, $1,300 laptop—including reporters whose job it is to impartially cover Google. Let's see who took the bait.
Google Glass will blow you away, nobody is going to buy it, it will change the world forever, it's flawed, it's perfect, you'll never wear it, and you'll never be able to live without it. At least that's the takeaway if you've been reading BI's breathless, schizoid coverage of the trendy face computer.
