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Viral Video: The Fantastically Freaky CGI of “Snow White & the Huntsman”

Kara Swisher in Media on November 14, 2011 at 12:41 am PT

And not one single sign of any adorkable whistling dwarves to be found.

Viral Video: Biz Stone Talks Turkey (And Will Be Partying With Them Too!)

Kara Swisher in Media on November 11, 2011 at 11:11 am PT

Happy Thanksgiving — this time for turkeys and not the people who want to eat them.

Calling PETA Stat — Stop the Twitter Bird Magazine Cover Abuse!

Kara Swisher in Media on October 6, 2011 at 9:59 am PT

I am calling fowl.

The Facebook Hedgehog Mascot (And Yelp Competitor) That Never Was

Liz Gannes in Social on January 31, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

Early in its life, Facebook explored making a hedgehog its mascot at the urging of founding president Sean Parker, according to another early Facebook employee.

The BoomTown Movin'-On-Up Tour of Twitter's New San Francisco HQ

Kara Swisher in News on December 22, 2009 at 1:54 am PT

Why Twitter invited BoomTown back for another visit to its latest HQ after my last one, I will never know. But the masters of microblogging did. So, here is my video of the lovely new digs in San Francisco, where a little over 100 Twitter employees toil–although it’s pretty pleasant toiling, with room for about 200 more–in offices most recently occupied by AOL’s now-banished Bebo social networking site.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Speaks (Though He's a Cagey One)!

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2009 at 8:38 pm PT

Here is a video interview I did today with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in Germany–really!–where we both were appearing at a digital marketing conference. In it, the former Google exec talks about a range of things, including the possibility of charging for content, innovating in the graphical advertising market, competition with Yahoo and the upcoming spinoff of the Time Warner unit. But what he did not say is just as interesting.

The New Twitter Homepage Is, as Reported, Search-alicious!

Kara Swisher in News on July 28, 2009 at 8:22 pm PT

BoomTown reported last week that Twitter was planning on debuting a new homepage this week. And presto–it’s up! The new page is heavy on search, as well as topic trends. I am not sure this makes the site a “Google-killer,” as some have predicted, with Twitter dominating real-time search over Google. But the blue is a very pretty shade, although I still want the microblogging service to 86 that annoying Twitter bird (alert PETA stat!).

Exclusive: Twitter to Debut a New Main Homepage Next Week

Kara Swisher in News on July 23, 2009 at 7:26 pm PT

Twitter will unveil a new main homepage next week at Twitter.com, said co-founder Biz Stone, in order “to better show who we are.” In an interview with BoomTown this afternoon, Stone said the current page is essentially confusing to the masses of people who come to it, made aware of the microblogging service by the massive media hype it has received over the last year. People arriving at the new main homepage will be greeted by a search box, information on Twitter trends and a panoply of more specific information about how they can use Twitter.

Twitter Co-Founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone Speak!

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2009 at 1:30 am PT

BoomTown visited Twitter’s San Francisco HQ for a pie-filled tour yesterday, but I also got a chance to sit down and have a chat with two of its founders, CEO Evan Williams and Biz Stone, about all the latest doings at the wildly popular microblogging service. I asked a lot before I did the video, but neither deigned to talk about the swirl of rumors about which giant Internet behemoth–Google or Microsoft–was going to get its wealthy mitts into the innards of Twitter (or not!). Nonetheless, the pair actually took time to talk about what they think is behind the surge in growth and awareness of the simple-to-use service, as well as the state of innovation in Silicon Valley. Here’s the video.

Sarah Palin's Dead Turkey Interview

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2008 at 3:13 pm PT

How much do I love the Internet? Muchety-much after seeing this interview that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave plastered all over the Web, in which the former Republican VP candidate gives a local Anchorage television station an interview as a Thanksgiving turkey is being slaughtered right behind her. Still, ever the trouper (and sanguine hunter, it seems), Palin obliviously keeps up the turkey patter, having just “pardoned” another turkey earlier. Such is fowl fate.