Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT
Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.
Kara Swisher in News on February 28, 2011 at 6:56 pm PT
Yes, it’s actually called Mogwee, which was the codename for the new mobile social communications service being launched tonight by Ning, the high-profile social networking platform.
Part Twitter, part SMS, part Path and any number of such social start-ups, Mogwee actually stands for “more great weekends.”
Here is a video with Ning CEO Jason Rosenthal and Chairman Marc Andreessen talking Mogwee.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 29, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
Welcome to Mobilized, the new home for everything mobile here at
All Things Digital. This blog will cover the wireless world from cell phones to tablets, as well as the networks they run on (or drop calls on).
In other words, all the the issues raised by having the tiny little machines with us at all times.
Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 2:32 pm PT
For the past 18 months, mobile payments start-up Zong has had the enviable prime spot on Facebook Credits as its sole option for users wanting to use their cell phone number to buy virtual goods for social gaming and other services.
But, according to multiple sources, that’s about to change later this week, when the social networking giant starts A/B testing its rival, Boku, as an alternate payment method to Zong.
The face-off on Facebook is part of a larger battle for dominance in the fast-growing arena.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on October 25, 2010 at 5:42 am PT
And the hit reporters/bloggers keep on coming at
All Things Digital.
Today, we are honored to add Tricia Duryee to the staff of our site, where she will be covering commerce, online payments, gaming and more.
In other words: She’ll show us the money.
Or
not, in some cases.
Kara Swisher in News on October 25, 2010 at 5:42 am PT
And the hit reporters/bloggers keep on coming at
All Things Digital.
Today, we are honored to add Tricia Duryee to the staff of our site, where she will be covering commerce, online payments, gaming and more.
In other words: She’ll show us the money.
Or
not, in some cases.
Kara Swisher in News on September 16, 2010 at 9:02 am PT
How can BoomTown put this as delicately as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz would?
How about this: Her actions in regard to the Internet giant’s Asian relationships are about as bad as it gets these days.
After losing Yahoo Japan’s search and online advertising business to Google last month, followed by the loss of a major South Korean site’s search business, Yahoo is poised for a third strike with its partner in China, the Alibaba Group.
Sources close to the company said it is likely Alibaba will either partner with another search technology for sites that are now powered by Yahoo or build it internally.
Kara Swisher in News on August 12, 2010 at 10:05 am PT
BoomTown was sitting front row center–better to scare Google Mobile Product Manager Hugo Barra–at the Silicon Valley search giant’s press event in San Francisco this morning.
Google called together a group of reporters to discuss some “cool new features” for its Android operating system.
While many have been expectantly waiting for Google to announce a video-calling offering, to match Apple FaceTime service, that was not to be here.
Instead, it was a low-key rollout of a few whiz-bang features we can all ooh and ahh at.
Kara Swisher in News on July 26, 2010 at 11:44 pm PT
As BoomTown reported earlier today, Yahoo Japan confirmed it would switch its search technology and paid search provider to Google from Yahoo.
The move is a definite blow to Yahoo’s new search and advertising alliance with Microsoft, although Yahoo sought to minimize the damage in a statement.
But make no mistake, given the huge Japanese market: It’s Googzilla totally wiping the floor with MicroHooSoftra.
Kara Swisher in News on July 26, 2010 at 6:30 am PT
While hot start-ups like gaming giant Zynga suck up all the oxygen in the Web 2.0 room, it’s always good to look at those who grease the wheels with the background transactions that make it all possible.
Case in point: Mobile payments start-up Boku, a heavily funded (upwards of $38 million) start-up with some high-profile investors, such as Index Ventures, DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Khosla Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
