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From Cradle to, Well, You Know: The Creepy Factor of Facebook’s Timeline

Kara Swisher in Social on September 23, 2011 at 12:46 pm PT

Even though the social networking site wants to host “The Story of Your Life,” maybe who we were is not, in the end, who we really are.

News Byte

Jawbone’s Newest Product: Health-Tracking Wristband Called UP

Kara Swisher in News on July 13, 2011 at 11:34 am PT

Jawbone, the San Francisco consumer electronics start-up that just grabbed another $70 million in funding, has announced its latest gadget called Up. The new product is described as “an intelligent, wearable wristband with an application that combines tracking, analysis, social and motivational elements.” Jawbone, which makes a popular Bluetooth headset and also the Jambox wireless speaker, said Up will track a user’s movement, sleep patterns and nutrition.

Video: Om Talks About $6 Million Giga-Funding

Kara Swisher in Media on May 26, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT

Yesterday, I slogged through the rain to the downtown San Francisco HQ of the GigaOM Network to visit with tech blogging pioneer Om Malik and talk about the latest $6 million in funding for the tech news and analysis site.

Headless Lawsuit in Topless Blog!

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT

On some level of journalism, I guess anything could happen. But does that mean it should? Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.

Ball Gag Starting to Look Like a Good Idea for Google CEO

John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 11:30 am PT

Eric Schmidt recently joked in a tweet that he was stepping down as Google CEO because the company’s younger co-founders no longer needed “adult supervision.” Or wanted it–at least not the kind that Schmidt’s been offering recently, which was on display once again today in yet another PR gaffe.

Collecta: Another Real-time Search Engine Bites the Dust

Liz Gannes in Social on January 19, 2011 at 6:09 pm PT

Los Angeles-based start-up Collecta has shuttered its real-time search business, including a destination site, API and publisher widgets. The company follows OneRiot, Ellerdale and other competitors that have hightailed away from indexing status updates from social services, which a couple of years ago had seemed like an enormous opportunity.

Videogame Sales Lagged in 2010 Despite Xbox's High Scores

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13, 2011 at 4:44 pm PT

Microsoft’s Xbox dominated the charts at the end of 2010, despite year-over-year revenue declines for both videogame hardware and software.

Amazon's WikiLeaks Author Explains Why He Yanked His Book–And Why He's Selling It Again

Peter Kafka in Media on December 10, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT

You might think twice about publishing a WikiLeaks e-book if you got threatening emails, too. An odd chapter to a weird story.

Amazon Explains Why It's Okay to Sell Books About the WikiLeaks Stuff It Won't Host

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2010 at 10:52 am PT

Because it’s commentary. Duh. Though Amazon could have made that clearer from the jump.

Welcome to NetworkEffect!

Liz Gannes in Social on November 8, 2010 at 12:06 am PT

Hi there, I’m Liz Gannes. My beat at All Things D is All Things Social, and you’ll be able to find my stories under the heading NetworkEffect, named after the idea that a community of users makes a service valuable for everyone who joins.