U.S. Sues eBay Over Recruiting Pact With Intuit
EBay Inc. said it will fight a Department of Justice lawsuit that alleges that the Internet retailer and financial software provider Intuit Inc. had signed an illegal agreement restricting the...
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Along With Flickr, Mail and Homepage, Yahoo's Board Will Also Get a Refresh...
In the last week, Yahoo has redone its powerful Yahoo Mail, refreshed its Flickr photo-sharing service and is also set to release a spanking new homepage design. It’s part of a series of changes made...
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Levchin Officially Confirmed by Yahoo as Board Member; Kenny and Smith Off Board
Here’s the official news from my earlier report about new Yahoo board member Max Levchin and the departure of two directors, Weather Channel’s CEO and Chairman David Kenny and Brad Smith, CEO of...
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Should VeriFone's Exit From the Mobile Payments Space Worry Square?
VeriFone, a company that has proclaimed in the past that it will be playing “the role of Switzerland” in digital payments, is naming at least one technology that it won’t be agnostic about: Mobile...
View ArticleIntuit Confirms Purchase of Payvment After Shutting Down Its Commerce Platform
Payvment announced it was shutting down its Facebook commerce platform last night and handing over its customers to Ecwid, and today Intuit confirmed it is acquiring at least some of its employees. In...
View ArticleCourt to Consider When Software Can Be Patented
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments Friday over a fundamental question that has vexed the technology industry for nearly two decades: When is a piece of software...
View ArticleIntuit Profit Down 40 Percent as Tax Season Delayed
Intuit Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter profit fell 40 percent as the financial software provider grappled with a later-than-expected start to the 2013 tax filing season. The Internal Revenue Service...
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Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious -- And With $7.5 Million in...
Justin Kitch — the founder and CEO of Web 1.0’s Homestead small-business site that was sold to Intuit in 2007 — is returning with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and...
View ArticleIntuit Q3 Earnings Rise 12 Percent
Intuit Inc.’s fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 12 percent as the company attracted more online customers for its small business services. For the current quarter, the company expects adjusted...
View ArticleWindows Version of Quicken on the Mac
Q: The only hesitation I have about switching to the Mac concerns Quicken. I have used that program on Windows for over 20 years. All the reviews on the Mac version are less than favorable. If I...
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Seven Questions for Silicon Valley Superlawyer Gordy Davidson
There aren’t many lawyers who’ve been around Silicon Valley as long, nor advised as many of its notable companies, as Gordy Davidson. He’s the chairman of the law firm Fenwick & West, and his...
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Symantec Cutting up to 1,700 Jobs as Early as Today
Security software company Symantec may lay off as many as 1,700 employees as early as today, sources familiar with the company’s plans tell AllThingsD. The cuts are part of a company-wide...
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Pressure Is on Stealth Payments Startup Clinkle as It Raises $25 Million From...
If you want to set expectations for your startup sky-high and create hype at a Color-like level, have your PR firm write email passages such as this: “[I]t’s been confirmed that this is indeed the...
View ArticleIntuit to Sell Financial-Service Division for $1.03 Billion
Software developer Intuit Inc. disclosed plans to sell its financial-services division to private-equity firm Thoma Bravo for roughly $1.03 billion and put its health division on the market in order to...
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San Francisco May Crack Down on Corporate Shuttle Buses (Update)
San Francisco wants tech employee shuttle buses — which have become a loathed symbol of elitism for many residents — to be a little more considerate. But the city’s proposed demands are pretty mild. It...
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"Luminary" Access Site IfOnly Officially Launches With $3M in Funding From...
IfOnly, a charitable marketplace for experiences with the top “luminaries” in sports, cooking and entertainment, is officially launching its site after collecting $3 million in funding from a group...
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A Techstars First: Startup GoodApril Gets Acquired Before Demo Day
So-called demo days for startup incubators are supposed to be when entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to media and investors with the hope of raising awareness and attracting funding. But VCs...
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Intuit Overhauls QuickBooks Online as Competition for Small Businesses Ramps Up
Intuit today is unveiling a drastic overhaul of its QuickBooks Online accounting software for small businesses. The redesign takes visual cues from Mint.com, the personal finance website that Intuit...
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Square and Intuit Play Nice With New QuickBooks Integration
On the surface, Square and Intuit compete in several ways. They both market mobile credit-card readers, and both offer point-of-sale products. But today the two companies are announcing that they are...
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Money Meter App Level Launches With $5M From Kleiner Perkins
How does today’s digital generation think about money? Likely not in terms of cash, budgets and balanced checkbooks. The reality is, we each bring in a certain amount of money every month, and spend...
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QuickBooks Competitor Xero Raises $150 Million to Take On Intuit
With QuickBooks, Intuit has basically owned the small-business accounting software market in the U.S. for quite some time. But an announcement today from publicly traded, New Zealand-based competitor...
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Justin Kitch Talks About His New Learning Platform, Curious (Video)
Web 1.0 phenom Justin Kitch sold his Homestead small-business site to Intuit in 2007 and went to work there. After a while, as is par for the course with longtime entrepreneurs, he left. But just a...
View ArticleIntuit Q1 Loss Narrows on Revenue Growth, Gains From Asset Sales
Intuit Inc.’s fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed as the tax software company benefited from double-digit revenue growth and gains from the sale of two business segments. For current quarter, Intuit...
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Intuit Buys Docstoc to Round Out Small Business Services; Price Could Hit $50...
Intuit has acquired Docstoc, the electronic document service aimed at the sale and storage of a wide variety of documents for businesses. While the well-known Silicon Valley-based business-software...
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Twitter Dethrones Facebook as 2014's Best Tech Company to Work For
Sorry, Facebook — you can’t win ’em all. Twitter took the top spot as best tech company to work for in 2014, according to job-listings and ratings site Glassdoor, ending Facebook’s three-year streak as...
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