Kara Swisher

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While Mulally/Nadella Remain the Favorites, Bates Is Silicon Valley’s Choice for Microsoft CEO

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 29, 2013 at 12:48 pm PT

“Better to Be Paranoid and Wrong” — SpaceX Thanksgiving Launch Scrubbed for a Few Days

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 29, 2013 at 8:00 am PT

AOL’s Susan Lyne on Trying to Make Bank With Online Content and More! (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 27, 2013 at 1:37 pm PT

While Yahoo Gave Few Details About Couric’s New Role, Here’s What a Previous Deal With Her Wanted (Memo)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 27, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Yahoo Completes $1.25 Billion Offering

Viral Video: The Life (And Death) of Brian

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 26, 2013 at 9:57 am PT

I Shot the Serif — Why Didn’t Anyone Notice the Tumblr Logo Change?

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 26, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

Mayer Confirms Hire of News Star Couric as “Global Anchor,” Calling Her the “Face of Yahoo News”

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 25, 2013 at 9:00 am PT

Viral Video: Stuffy Actors Reading Inane Social Media Is a Promising Meme

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 25, 2013 at 8:13 am PT

Clinging to Outlook, Only 25 Percent of Yahoo Employees Willing to Eat Mail “Dogfood” (Best Memo Ever!)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 24, 2013 at 9:00 am PT

Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 23, 2013 at 7:16 am PT

NAMG Confirms It Has Bought Scout From Fox Networks Group in Dude-Focused Content Roll-Up Bid

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 21, 2013 at 1:20 am PT

Forget Trendy Coffee Beans — Now Seaweed Innovation Gets Techie Money

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, November 20, 2013 at 11:33 am PT

Joy Covey Memorial Service Tomorrow at Stanford

Yahoo Increases Share Buyback Plan to $5 Billion and Announces Debt Deal

Skype Marketing Exec Steele Heads to Jive in Top Strategy and Marketing Role

Posted by Kara Swisher in Social, November 19, 2013 at 1:00 pm PT

“Caretaker” Mulally as CEO Remains Inside Bet at Microsoft, but Will a Dark Horse Emerge?

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 19, 2013 at 9:00 am PT

Yves Behar’s “Smart” Lock Startup August Raises $8 Million

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 19, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

Viral Video: Introducing Ruumber, Uber for the Couch Potato

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 19, 2013 at 1:19 am PT

Viral Video: “Maleficent” Looks Digitally Magnificent

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm PT

Yahoo 10-Q Filing Shows It Has to Hug It Out With Microsoft on Global Search

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 12, 2013 at 3:04 pm PT

Chegg Set to Go Public Tomorrow in Next Post-Twitter Tech IPO

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, November 12, 2013 at 12:06 pm PT

SmartThings Raises $12.5 Million to Internet Some More Things

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, November 12, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

And Then There Was One, as Disney Picks Single Digital Leader

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, November 11, 2013 at 7:26 pm PT

“Because Marissa Said So” — Yahoos Bristle at Mayer’s QPR Ranking System and “Silent Layoffs”

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, November 8, 2013 at 12:29 pm PT

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I think the NSA has a job to do and we need the NSA. But as (physicist) Robert Oppenheimer said, “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and argue about what to do about it only after you’ve had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”

— Phil Zimmerman, PGP inventor and Silent Circle co-founder, in an interview with Om Malik