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Viral Video: Walt Mossberg Demos Tangle-Resistant Ear Buds, an iPhone Beer Meter and More!

Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2011 at 12:44 am PT

Drink up and measure your debauchery at the same time!

Video: GroupMe Dudes Talk Group Messaging Phenom (and Drink Beer at the Same Time)

Kara Swisher in News on March 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm PT

If you had to pick the hotsy-totsy start-up to win the media darling of South by Southwest award for 2011–following in the precious footsteps of Foursquare and Twitter from years past–it would probably have to be GroupMe. Here are the co-founders of he group messaging/conference call/locations/photo sharing service enjoying their day in the sun–quite literally, at their free grilled-cheese-and-beer giveaway this weekend in Austin.

Cash Isn't King–Liquidity Is

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 28, 2011 at 11:01 pm PT

EMoney took a side trip this morning from the massive crowds gathering at Moscone in downtown San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference to Japantown, where there was an equally vibrant, albeit slightly smaller, conference called the Future of Money.

Weekend Update 05.01.10–The iPhonetoberfest Edition

Drake Martinet in News on May 1, 2010 at 6:46 pm PT

AllThingsD was back in full force this week, for the first time since before a certain volcano erupted all over the European transportation industry. We made the most of it, with a full stein of doppel-hopped awesomeness just for our readers.

A BoomTown Bier-Trinken Visit to the Gourmet Haus Staudt, Home of iPhonegate! (Can You Say Oktoberfest in April?)

Kara Swisher in News on April 27, 2010 at 5:33 am PT

When BoomTown was kibitzing with SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg about where to meet up this week for a chat to catch up, we decided to forgo the obvious and instead choose the complete Silicon Valley cliche of the moment. Destination: Redwood City and the now-infamous Gourmet Haus Staudt. As in, the the beer garden behind the German grocery store where the iPhone 4G prototype was snatched from a birthday-celebrating Apple engineer by person still unknown and sold to the now-police-shookdown Gizmodo gadget site. Here’s our Gemütlichkeit travelogue!

Who’s Watching What on YouTube? See for Yourself.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 12, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

If you’re someone who gets paid to market to people who use YouTube, there’s a good chance you already know about TestTube, the site’s suite of experimental services. The rest of us will find interesting novelties, like “Insights for Audience”: A nifty way to find out what people like–or unlike–you are watching.

Kool-Aid Guy Too Harsh? Then How About These Visual Metaphors for Twitter's $1 Billion Valuation!

Kara Swisher in News on September 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm PT

Earlier today, BoomTown wrote a tongue-in-cheek post to depict what I thought of the $1 billion valuation that Twitter recently got from investors. It was meant all in fun, as poking holes in the frothy atmosphere around the microblogging hottie is kind of an easy layup. But someone on Twitter called my use of an image of the Kool-Aid pitcher man as “harsh,” and I got several other emails from those who think bubble-investing is dandy! So, in the interest of fairness, here are some other visual choices for a metaphorical depiction of the amazing valuation.

Tablet Schmablet: How About a Mud PC?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 23, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

The new Wondertablet the guys at Gizmodo showed off last night looks cool. But you can’t actually touch one right now unless you know someone very connected at Microsoft. But you know what you can touch? Today? A PC you control by shoving your hands in a box full of mud. All you have to do is get yourself to Gizmodo’s awesome gadget gallery in New York during the next few days.

How to Kill the Rest of Your Friday

Peter Kafka in Media on July 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm PT

Let’s be honest. You’re not getting anything productive done with the rest of the day. Why not sit back and watch a couple of interesting ads before the weekend starts?