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Noogler Poach — Google Nabs Top Maps and AR Engineer From Microsoft (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 16, 2013 at 12:29 pm PT

Not the Singles Lady — Apple Says Beyoncé Album Breaks Record

Will Microsoft Name Its CEO Before the New Year? Weary Employees Hope for Even Sooner. (Poll)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 16, 2013 at 4:15 am PT

Yahoo Says Mail Functionality Is Returning, but Some Users Might Be Missing Up to Two Weeks of Email

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 12, 2013 at 10:01 am PT

With Microsoft CEO Race in Home Stretch and Mulally Fading, Here’s My Dark-Horse Pick: VMware’s Gelsinger

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 11, 2013 at 5:55 pm PT

Kick the Can — Yahoo Mail Is a Consumer Disaster, but Company’s Response Is Even Worse

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 11, 2013 at 12:03 pm PT

Gravity’s Amit Kapur Talks About the State of the “Interest Graph” (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 10, 2013 at 6:15 am PT

Flipboard to Close Additional $50 Million Investment Tomorrow

NSA Needs a Zoloft After Obama No-Show, but Here Comes Internet’s “Wrecking Ball” Letter

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 9, 2013 at 2:40 am PT

Viral Video: Edel-Dooneese (Kristen Wiig’s Creepy, Tiny-Handed Genius)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 8, 2013 at 11:15 am PT

A Day in the Life of James Dyson

Posted by Alicia Kirby, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News, December 8, 2013 at 9:30 am PT

Weekend Reading — The Latest Open Government Plan (Post-Edward Snowden)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 8, 2013 at 9:29 am PT

My Bitcoin Bummer — World’s Virtual Currency Plummets in Price (Again)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, December 7, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT

Viral Video: Annoying “Friday” YouTube Phenom Is Back With — Wait for It — “Saturday”

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 7, 2013 at 1:19 pm PT

Twitter Tells Hashtag Tale of #IranTalks

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 7, 2013 at 10:01 am PT

Dough Boys: Here’s Benchmark’s $425 Million Fund Filing Document

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 7, 2013 at 7:19 am PT

Ryan Seacrest Wanted a Keyboard for His iPhone, So He Invested $1 Million in One

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, December 5, 2013 at 9:01 am PT

One Single Woman for Twitter’s Board, One Giant Step for Gender Equality in Tech? Well, No.

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, December 5, 2013 at 7:11 am PT

Even as Stock Soars, a Not-So-Glamorous Magazine Close-Up of Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 5, 2013 at 6:05 am PT

Top Microsoft Finance Exec Koefoed Departs for Puppet Labs

Intuit Buys Docstoc to Round Out Small Business Services; Price Could Hit $50 Million

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 4, 2013 at 11:00 am PT

Instagram Business Lead Emily White to Be Named COO of Snapchat

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 3, 2013 at 4:45 pm PT

Grokker Gets $5.5 Million to Build Out Expert Video Network — Here’s Founder Lorna Borenstein (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 2, 2013 at 2:48 pm PT

Viral Video: A Holiday Song Medley That Isn’t Annoying

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, December 2, 2013 at 12:15 am PT

Bitcoin, Schmitcoin — Tech Stocks Also on a Frothy Run

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 29, 2013 at 3:19 pm PT

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work