Kara Swisher in Commerce on January 25 at 10:05 am PT
Can a Hollywood star sell online consumers on a healthier lifestyle for them and their kids?
Kara Swisher in News on December 15, 2011 at 1:09 am PT
Here’s a demo of some cool and quirky gadgets for the holiday season.
It started as curiosity and it turned into just being addicted to what was going on behind the scenes … I was almost relieved when they came and took the computer.
Christopher Chaney, the alleged “celeb hacker” who was arrested on charges of hacking the email accounts of Scarlett Johansson and other celebrities, said he was glad he got caught because he didn’t know how to stop.
Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 19, 2011 at 12:13 am PT
Say goodbye to the weird (but kind of cool) TouchPad ads featuring the tablet faces of comedian Russell Brand and “Glee” diva Lea Michele.
Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 5, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Long the realm of science fiction, advanced technologies that identify faces now are emerging as the hottest entertainment gimmick, despite the potential for privacy concerns.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 11, 2011 at 4:26 am PT
The Huffington Post Media Group, AOL’s fast-moving content unit, is launching a celebrity site called HuffPost Celebrity today, as well as another called HuffPost Culture.
HuffPost Celebrity, which ate AOL’s former celeb-focused site Popeater, is in a very crowded arena online, with competitors such as Yahoo’s omg!, Time Warner’s People magazine Web site, as well as AOL-owned TMZ.com.
Kara Swisher in News on June 30, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Oh dear, oh my — with the first move that the new owners of Myspace have made, it’s pretty clear they are taking the worrisome look-at-the-shiny-celebrity approach.
The trio of Vanderhook brothers who run Specific Media, which paid $35 million to buy the News Corp.-owned music-focused social networking site, began by swanning around the appealing singer and actor’s name as an investor.
Maybe they should focus on making products the star first.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 19, 2011 at 2:00 am PT
Electronic Art’s Playfish is partnering with Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver to bring his brand–and specifically a virtual pasta maker–to its social game Restaurant City.
Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 7:11 am PT
At least one thing in yesterday’s lackluster first-quarter earnings report for Yahoo that got its Microsoft-search-bashing CEO Carol Bartz excited was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s traffic gusher for big tentpole events such as the Super Bowl and the Oscars.
There will be more of that, it seems, with the elevation of Yahoo exec Sam Silverstein as head of its special events coverage. Sources said it will be a major area of emphasis, given obvious advertiser interest.
Kara Swisher in News on March 25, 2011 at 1:00 am PT
Of all the many entertainers in Hollywood, none was more authentically a star than screen legend Elizabeth Taylor.
Ailing in recent years, it’s too easy to forget what a global sensation she was, in the days well before celebrities had the Internet and other digital means to become well known.
Taylor needed none of that to shine.
