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Damn the Tweet-pedoes, Full Rupe Ahead!

Kara Swisher in Media on January 2 at 9:48 am PT

Oh joy — my boss is on Twitter. I guess I have to watch myself now. Or not!

Viral Video: JB Smoove Takes Over WME

Kara Swisher in Media on October 26, 2011 at 6:21 am PT

Leon Black decides to “run sh*t!”

Viral Video: Seth MacFarlane Roasts Charlie Sheen

Kara Swisher in Media on September 13, 2011 at 12:27 am PT

The television actor is winning!!! — at being called a loser!

Viral Video: “Brave” Finally Gives a Princess a Job

Kara Swisher in Media on June 29, 2011 at 3:35 am PT

Disney animated movie unit Pixar finally comes out with a film in which a female character is at its center and actually has something to do.

Everyone, Please Tweet About New Book About the Egypt Revolution's Tweets

Kara Swisher in News on March 3, 2011 at 12:21 pm PT

That was fast. Which is probably apt, given the subject matter of a book coming out soon made up of real-time Twitter from Cairo’s Tahrir Square. “Tweets from Tahrir,” which is being published by Or Books on April 21, says it is chronicling “an entirely new way of telling history.”

Seeing Triple Zuckerbergs (Including the Real One) on SNL

Liz Gannes in Social on January 29, 2011 at 9:56 pm PT

Good thing Mark Zuckerberg’s got that whole other career going, ’cause he can’t hold a straight face for a millisecond.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Platforms, Reliability and Independence at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT

Twitter has crossed the threshold from Web novelty into something substantial. Now Dick Costolo’s job is to turn it into a business–one big enough to justify the sky-high valuation investors have given the messaging company.

Like BoomTown Said: Cisco Announces "Umi" Consumer Telepresence

Kara Swisher in News on October 6, 2010 at 9:37 am PT

In a post last week, BoomTown wrote that Cisco would introduce a consumer telepresence product. It did today at San Francisco at a press event. It is called, inexplicably, ?mi telepresence. I’ll be honest, it sounds like sushi I refuse to eat. In any case, Cisco’s entry into the crowded consumer video-chat arena will be $599 with $24.99 monthly fee and can be used with a high-definition television.

Would That the Real Mark Zuckerberg Talked as Much as the Facebook Movie Mark Zuckerberg

Kara Swisher in News on October 2, 2010 at 4:01 pm PT

Mark Pincus can sure talk a blue streak. Mark Cuban can easily be classified as a chatterbox, both online and off. And Marc Andreessen certainly knows how to keep up his end of the conversation. In other words, the pantheon of famous digital entrepreneurs is full of blabby Marks. But Mark Zuckerberg, not so much.

I'm With the Band: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Talks About Online Fan Collaboration Contest

Kara Swisher in News on July 22, 2010 at 12:04 am PT

It’s nice to hear enthusiasm on the part of Linkin Park band member Mike Shinoda about an innovative-for-the-music-industry effort to give fans a chance to be part of the iconic Grammy-winning rock band. While some artists or content creators cringe at the ongoing flood of user-generated material that has drastically changed the industry, Shinoda is hoping to find some real talent via a new online contest, called “Linkin Park, Featuring You,” that gives anyone an opportunity to collaborate with the band to produce an original song based on some of the tracks from the forthcoming single “The Catalyst.”