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Facebook’s New “Life-Saving” Tool? It Could Be for Fighting Cyberbullies.

Mike Isaac in Social on April 30 at 5:25 pm PT

Will the social networking site help teens plagued by bullies?

Yahoo Keeps Up Hiring–Rob Barrett Named as Head of News and Finance

Kara Swisher in Media on May 9, 2011 at 8:27 am PT

Yahoo is on a bit of a hiring spree, picking up longtime Internet exec Robertson Barrett, to run its critical and powerful News and Finance sites. Barrett has held top positions at Tribune Interactive, Time Inc., ABC News, Primedia’s Channel One Interactive and The Feedroom. Barrett worked most recently as chief strategy officer of Perfect Market, a Comcast-backed start-up.

Viral Video: Inside Osama Bin Laden Compound

Kara Swisher in Media on May 2, 2011 at 7:07 am PT

There might have been tweets right from the Pakistani city of Abbottabad at the time of the attack, but this ABC News video from inside the house where the U.S. raid on al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden took place depicts it in ways 140 characters simply cannot.

I Do… Want Some Magnum Ice Cream. (Really?)

Peter Kafka in Media on April 29, 2011 at 5:10 am PT

Why I spent the morning learning about something called Magnum Ice Cream. (Hint: William, Kate + Twitter).

Flipboard Partners With Web Publishers for Full Content (and Full Disclosure: Including ATD)

Liz Gannes in Social on December 2, 2010 at 9:22 am PT

Yesterday, I wrote about Pulse, a news-reading app with innovative design, going social by integrating Facebook. Now Flipboard, a social news-reading app based around Twitter and Facebook, is adding publisher feeds. (Full disclosure: Including from All Things Digital.) One thing’s clear: There’s a lot of excitement and energy going into how the iPad can re-create content consumption.

Microsoft Strikes Bing Deal With Twitter, Facebook: The Official Announcement

John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

Here’s official confirmation of the search partnership Microsoft has struck with Twitter, first reported by BoomTown earlier this morning. It’s being distributed as Qi Lu, president of Microsoft’s Online Services Division, presents at the annual Web 2.0 Summit.

A Fail You Can’t Blame Twitter For: ABC’s McCain Interview

Peter Kafka in Media on March 17, 2009 at 11:21 am PT

I’m sure the notion of George Stephanopoulos interviewing the former presidential candidate using some newfangled technology sounded like a great idea at first blush. But if anyone had thought it through, they’d realize that Twitter is great for a lot of things — but one-on-one chats isn’t one of them.

Web Video’s One-Day Obama Stimulus: How to Watch the Inauguration Live Online

Peter Kafka in Media on January 19, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

The Obama presidency-to-be has already provided a boost for media companies. So it will be nearly impossible to boot up your browser and not end up watching a live stream of the pomp and circumstance–we’ll even have coverage at All Things Digital! But here’s a guide, just in case your online venue of choice gets the hiccups.