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There Better Be Some Cool Stuff at CES, Because CE Holiday Sales Data Bytes!

Kara Swisher in Commerce on January 8 at 11:26 am PT

Camcorders and MP3 players go splat!

BermanBraun to Launch Three Non-HuffPost Sites — Including Weather — for AOL

Kara Swisher in Media on December 15, 2011 at 8:27 am PT

In a rare partnership, Arianna Huffington makes way for some fancy Hollywood online content producers.

Attention Shoppers: Coupons.com Grabs $30M in Funding From Greylock

Kara Swisher in Commerce on October 3, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

VCs search for a bargain in longtime digital promotions site.

Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

Kara Swisher in Media on August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

Zite, the magazine-style reading app for the Apple iPad, has been sold to news giant CNN for $20 million to $25 million.

A Social Update From AllThingsD’s Social Media Editor

Drake Martinet in Social on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Today, we’re updating social media on AllThingsD, and I’ll be your guide to all the changes.

The Future of Social Media at AllThingsD

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg in News on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

AllThingsD has undergone a few changes to the social media on our site, including adding a social media editor, Drake Martinet.

Former AOL Media Exec Marty Moe to Join Engadget Gang of Eight at SB Nation

Kara Swisher in News on April 6, 2011 at 8:49 am PT

Just what is SB Nation’s Jim Bankoff up to? Earlier this week, he hired away eight staffers from AOL’s Engadget in order to create a competing tech news and gadget site. And now, according to sources close to the situation, the former AOL content head is close to hiring another former top AOL media exec, Marty Moe, to manage it and also more niche sites the blog network is contemplating launching.

Video: The Pulse Boys-to-Men Talk About Huge Growth of Visual News-Reading App

Kara Swisher in News on March 24, 2011 at 5:20 pm PT

Today, BoomTown braved the floods and skippered All Things Digital‘s S.S. Minnow through a Noah-like rainstorm in Silicon Valley to visit offices of Pulse. Less than a year ago, the nifty visual news-reading app was publicly praised by Apple’s Steve Jobs for innovativeness and slapped by the New York Times for misusing its RSS feed on the same day. Dramatic, for sure, but they have made nice with the Times since then and have also raised more than $1 million in funding and grown to three million users since then.

Liveblog: Is Yahoo Still in Search? Indeed and It's Answers Not Links!

Kara Swisher in News on March 23, 2011 at 10:20 am PT

At least once a day, BoomTown gets a call from investors, analysts or other troublemaking types–you know who you are!–wondering why Yahoo is still plugging away in search. With a declining market share in the arena and a search technology outsourcing deal with Microsoft, it’s not a bad question to ask. But Yahoo begs to differ, introducing a new feature called Yahoo Search Direct at an event in San Francisco today.

Kabam Raises Serious Dough to Develop Serious Games for Social

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 20, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Social games developer Kabam has raised a hefty round of funding to develop games for Facebook that appeal to a more traditional gaming demographic–and probably not your mother.