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Yahoo Back on to List of Top 100 Brands at No. 92, Though Apple Remains No. 1

Kara Swisher in Media May 20, 2013 at 5:29 pm PT

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Yahoo Falls For Tumblr, Google I/O, and Bill Gates on Steve Jobs — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

Eric Johnson in News May 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

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Among Big Properties, Apple and Amazon Have Greatest Portions of Mobile-Only Users

in Mobile on March 25 at 7:00 am PT

The folks who measure how many people visit websites have been slow to count up mobile Web, smartphone and tablet users. But comScore is catching up, with its new “Multi-Platform” rankings.
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Facebook Search Could Actually Be Great for Google (Why? Antitrust.)

in News on January 16 at 11:34 am PT

“Facebook’s entry into the search market with a dynamic new product is clear evidence that the search market is competitive,” said Daniel O’Connor of the CCIA.
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Blake Krikorian Resigns From Amazon Board After Just a Year

in Commerce on December 28, 2012 at 2:56 pm PT

Sling Media co-founder Blake Krikorian has resigned from the Amazon board. The company disclosed in an SEC filing today that Krikorian informed the board that he would resign, effective immediately, on Dec. 26. Krikorian had only joined the Amazon board in 2011. It’s been reported that his home-automation start-up, R2 Studios, is an acquisition target.

The Story of Dropcam, a Little Hardware Start-Up With Its Head in the Cloud (Video)

in News on December 27, 2012 at 10:52 am PT

A tale of dog poop, big data and a lovable tortoise.
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Google Acquires Shopping Locker Service BufferBox

in News on November 30, 2012 at 11:09 am PT

BufferBox, which operates a series of lockers where people can receive package deliveries, will continue operating its business.
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What Hypergrowth Looks Like: Inside GIF Creation App Cinemagram

in Mobile on October 23, 2012 at 4:30 am PT

CInemagram co-founder Temo Chalasani has had a crazy past 10 days.
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Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple Is the Defining Fight in the Industry Today

in Mobile on October 10, 2012 at 5:44 pm PT

As for maps? They’re hard, and Google is good at them, said the company’s chairman.
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Pinterest Gets an Engineering Leader: Jon Jenkins Joins From Amazon

in Commerce on September 20, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Jon Jenkins previously led the development of the Kindle Fire’s Silk browser at Amazon.
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For Leading Web Sites, Mobile Tide Turns Toward Full-Fledged Apps

in Mobile on September 5, 2012 at 11:44 am PT

In the minds of mobile app makers, quality is now trumping accessibility.
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Looks Like Amazon Will Enter the Mapping Wars With UpNext Purchase

in Mobile on July 2, 2012 at 1:12 pm PT

Everyone is getting into maps. Google, Apple, Microsoft — and now Amazon.
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Where Are the Family Plans for Web Apps?

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, April 9, 2012 at 1:38 pm PT

Hulu’s Jason Kilar: We — And I — Are Here for the Long Haul

Posted by Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media, January 31, 2012 at 9:28 am PT

Best Buy Apologizes for Web Sales Blunder

Posted by Miguel Bustillo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices, December 24, 2011 at 7:06 am PT

Google Renews Firefox Search Royalty Deal

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, December 20, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

A Year Later, Google Joins Kleiner Perkins sFund

Zuckerberg Says Amazon and Apple Are Allies, While Google’s Building “Their Own Little Version of Facebook”

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, November 7, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

Mary Meeker: 81 Percent of Users of Top Web Sites Are Outside the U.S.

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 18, 2011 at 2:40 pm PT

Birth of a Salesman

Posted by Richard L. Brandt, Author, "One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com" in News, October 15, 2011 at 8:39 am PT

Readmill Aims to Make Digital Reading Social

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, August 31, 2011 at 4:13 pm PT

Animoto Raises $25M for Video Slideshow Creation

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, June 29, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

WhoSay Brings Social Media to the Stars (Video)

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, June 28, 2011 at 9:19 am PT

What’s Really Going on With Facebook’s Mobile Plans? An Explainer for the Rest of Us.

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, June 20, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Amid Content Farm Wars, HubPages Starts Paying Writers More

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, March 1, 2011 at 11:33 am PT

SendGrid CEO Isaac Saldana on Why Email Is Hardly Dead Yet (Video)

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, February 28, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

New Digg CEO Calls Previous Launch "a Tragedy," Commits to Community

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, February 2, 2011 at 5:30 am PT