Kara Swisher

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Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 26, 2013 at 4:48 pm PT

Next on Deck for Snapchat and Pinterest: Some Sales Help?

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 26, 2013 at 11:25 am PT

Snapchat Is Mulling Another Huge Round at a $3.5 Billion Valuation

Posted by Kara Swisher and Mike Isaac in Media, October 25, 2013 at 11:26 am PT

Enterprise Gains Allow Microsoft to Beat Street Expectations in Q1

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 24, 2013 at 1:15 pm PT

Microsoft Q1 Unveiled Today, but Don’t Expect an October Surprise for New CEO (See You in December)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 24, 2013 at 10:30 am PT

AOL Turns Moviefone Over to BermanBraun for Reboot

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 24, 2013 at 8:00 am PT

Explaining What It’s Going to Do With All That Dough, Pinterest Unveils Stats on Strong Mobile and International Usage

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, October 23, 2013 at 3:03 pm PT

Pinterest Does Another Massive Funding — $225 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation (Confirmed)

Posted by Kara Swisher and Liz Gannes in Commerce, October 23, 2013 at 2:31 pm PT

Yahoo to Shutter Cairo Office to “Streamline Operations” Globally

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 23, 2013 at 8:13 am PT

Longtime Online Exec Tina Sharkey Joins Sherpa Foundry as CEO

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 22, 2013 at 11:00 am PT

With Flashy Pogue Deal and Couric Video Show on Deck, Marissa Mayer’s Content Strategy Emerges

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 21, 2013 at 4:01 pm PT

Mark Cuban Unplugged (As Usual) About Victory in SEC Insider Trading Case

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 18, 2013 at 10:11 am PT

Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Needs No Permission (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 18, 2013 at 7:07 am PT

Now That the Core Matters for Yahoo, Here Are the Charts and Numbers to Assess It

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 16, 2013 at 12:40 pm PT

MarissaTV, the Yahoo Q3 News — If It Bleeds, It Definitely Does Not Lead

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 15, 2013 at 2:08 pm PT

Alibaba Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving to Yahoo — Once Again

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 15, 2013 at 1:50 pm PT

Earnings and Revenue Down — Yahoo Delivers on Expected Lackluster Third Quarter

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 15, 2013 at 1:13 pm PT

MarissaTV Is Back in Q3, Starring Alibaba Gains, Revenue Doldrums and Audience Questions

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 15, 2013 at 10:35 am PT

Former Yahoo Ad Exec Michael Katz Gets $3M for Mobile Data Startup

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, October 15, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Viral Video: Thankfully, “Boy Dance Party” Is Not About the Twitter Board

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 15, 2013 at 12:59 am PT

Brett Bullington — One Year After the Accident (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 14, 2013 at 12:01 pm PT

CEO Search — Does One Microsoft Need Two Leaders?

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, October 14, 2013 at 7:35 am PT

Life Is but a Stream at Yahoo These Days — But Will It Revive Ad Revenue?

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 13, 2013 at 3:40 pm PT

Viral Video: Colbert on How Jesus Was the First Tweeter

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 10, 2013 at 10:23 am PT

Fortune’s Most Powerful Women List Has Lots of Tech Stars, With She-Can-Do-Anything Spotlight on Facebook’s Sandberg

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, October 10, 2013 at 8:22 am 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