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“Goofy” CEO Andrew Mason on “60 Minutes” This Week

Kara Swisher in Media on January 12 at 9:58 am PT

Guess who’s back? Back again. Guess who’s back? Tell a friend.

A Non-Viral Video You Should Watch Anyway

Peter Kafka in Media on December 21, 2011 at 5:51 am PT

No cats, or Pitbull, featured here. Just an hour and a half of people talking about physics genius Richard Feynman. (PS: Plenty of stuff like this all over YouTube, for free.)

Viral Video: Scary Hunchback Cat

Kara Swisher in Media on August 12, 2011 at 12:21 am PT

That just about says it all.

Yes, That Is a Cat on the Head of a Soon-to-Be Public Company CEO. (And, of Course, It’s Groupon’s Andrew Mason.)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on July 5, 2011 at 4:11 pm PT

Do you think Zynga’s Mark Pincus would put a cat on his head for a national magazine shoot? Or LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner? Or, perish the thought, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook? But the wacky stylings of Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason seem to demand it.

Viral Video: Best Cat on YouTube Video Ever (Until the Next One)

Kara Swisher in News on February 9, 2011 at 12:14 am PT

This is YACVOY–Yet Another Cat Video on YouTube–but it is, as most of them are, a goody. Plus, who doesn’t love slo-mo?

Comedy Is Not Pretty (And Neither Is CES)

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2011 at 3:48 am PT

That Steve Martin is on Twitter is a good idea. That he’s taken to tweeting about the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week is a great one. Who better than Martin to sardonically poke fun at the annual gadget bacchanal that promises to launch game-changing technologies but more often than not ends up showcasing derivative ones?

Zong's David Marcus Talks About the Next Big Thing in Mobile Payments

Kara Swisher in News on October 21, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

There’s no question that mobile is the way an increasing number of payments are made for a variety of virtual goods. Recently, BoomTown visited San Francisco-based Boku, one of the players in the race to win in this competitive space. And, earlier this week, I motored on down to Menlo Park, Calif., to visit Zong.

Viral Video: There Was an Old Woman Who Played With an iPad

Kara Swisher in News on April 26, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

While I meant to get this up last week, if you missed it, it is still well worth seeing 99-year-old Virginia Campbell using an iPad. To put things into perspective, in 1910, around when she was first born, the innovation of the day was Thomas Edison demonstrating the first talking motion picture. And, I can assure you, seeing this is a lot better than cats using the Apple tablet device.

Viral Video: Because It's Friday, Here Are All the Cat-iPad Videos

Kara Swisher in News on April 16, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Well, all the videos of cats interacting with the Apple iPad are better than all the videos of cats on skateboards. Barely. In any case, it’s Friday, so here are the best BoomTown could find.

Happy Groundhog Day: Some Lovely Punxsy Phil Video and More, of Course!

Kara Swisher in News on February 2, 2010 at 3:19 pm PT

Every year on Groundhog Day, my friends–such as Liz and Treby, from when I was but a wee BoomTown (well, I am still wee)–call me with holiday greetings. Why? Because freakish child that I was, I actually threw an annual Groundhog Day fest at school, complete with a cake–I used a rabbit-shaped pan, cut off its ears and added slivered almonds as teeth. So, as I take off to bake another cake with the kids–passing on a noble tradition–here are some videos to enjoy.