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Horse Flash: Apple’s Steve Jobs on Adobe Vendetta in 2010 at D8 (Video)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Why Apple put the popular software technology out to pasture.

Groupon Doesn’t Care if You Got the Memo

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 30, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Didn’t you get the memo? Because it’s all in the raspberry of a memo the social buying site sent out to — well, everyone — last week.

Viral Video: Samuel L. Jackson Reads “Go the F**k to Sleep”

Kara Swisher in Media on June 16, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

What more is there to say, except this viral video of actor Samuel L. Jackson reading a viral “children’s” book is hysterical. Written by Adam Mansbach, the book has developed a cult following — though it’s more for parents than for their children, of course.

Ready for His Digital Close-Up: The NYT’s Media Dude, David Carr, Talks About “Page One”

Kara Swisher in Media on June 15, 2011 at 11:35 am PT

A documentary about the New York Times and its fight to survive the onslaught of the Internet called “Page One: Inside the New York Times” opens Friday. So, it seemed like a good idea to talk to the film’s star, media columnist David Carr, to find out what he thinks will happen to the Gray Lady in the multi-colored digital future.

Viral Video: "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop" (at SXSW)

Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2011 at 1:43 am PT

Conan O’Brien has been all over the South by Southwest festival this week, hawking a new documentary about his time wandering in the late-night talk television wilderness after he left “The Tonight Show” last year, titled “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.” His hysterical journey, of course, was deftly played out by O’Brien all over the Internet, which was definitely on “Team Coco.”

NBC: Here's Why We Fired the "Today Show" YouTube Leaker

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

The official line: He’s a repeat offender.

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.

Viral Video: "Page One" at Sundance

Kara Swisher in News on January 20, 2011 at 12:39 am PT

One of the more interesting movies at the 11th Sundance Film Festival, which opens today in Park City, Utah, will be “Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times.” The documentary is by Andrew Rossi, who spent a year following reporters and editors at the newspaper, even as the media landscape shifted dramatically due to the impact of digital technologies.

Viral Video: CNBC's "The Facebook Obsession" Features More Mark Z (Plus BoomTown)

Kara Swisher in News on January 7, 2011 at 6:05 am PT

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is certainly in the midst of a media bonanza. Now CNBC has just aired a documentary on the huge social networking site, titled–appropriately–”The Facebook Obsession.” At least by the press.

YouTube Hands Out $500,000 to Video Makers, Prepares to Spend a Whole Lot More on Next New Networks

Peter Kafka in Media on December 22, 2010 at 3:38 pm PT

Google hands out 500 $1,000 checks to video makers who make cheap, popular clips. It will spend many times that amount to acquire Next New Networks, which specializes in…cheap, popular clips.