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Dear Foursquare: BoomTown Is Mayor of "Gossip Girl" (And You're Not!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2010 at 5:17 am PT

On Monday night, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley speculated that a BlackBerry screen featured on the latest episode of the red-hot television potboiler, “Gossip Girl,” could be a veiled Foursquare moment. The text message on the screen reads, “Elizabeth Fisher just checked in at the Algonquin Hotel.” Sorry, Dennis, not so, as there is no time in the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite to check in, especially since they are all too busy checking each other out.

Buying Spree, The Sequel: Why Not IBM/Sun, Google/Twitter, Microsoft/Anyone?

Kara Swisher in News on February 26, 2009 at 7:47 am PT

About 10 days ago, BoomTown posted a piece titled, “With a King’s Ransom in Cash, Why Is There Still No Buying Spree in the Tech Space Yet?” Noting the big cash hordes being held by a plethora of giant tech and Internet companies and their strong cash flows too, even in the midst of the economic meltdown–I wondered when the mergers and acquisitions would ever begin. With no hooking up as yet–which feels about as annoying as the persistently unconsummated flirtation of Chuck and Blair on “Gossip Girl”–that just won’t do! So, here are a few suggestions to get this party started.