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Want to Know What Consumers Think? Check Their Gut.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 29 at 6:30 am PT

Consumer research disruptor GutCheck is back with a service aimed at polling fans of brands that gather on Facebook and Twitter.

An Epic(Mix) Day on the Slopes in Colorado

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 4 at 3:00 pm PT

A first-time skiing lesson yields an interesting digital record of the day’s events.

Welcome to Colorado, Where the Start-Ups — And the Snow — Are Plentiful

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 1 at 12:09 pm PT

Venture capitalists and start-ups converge on Colorado to drum up funding deals (and get a little skiiing in).

Federated Media Buys Lijit Networks

Kara Swisher in Media on October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A medium-sized online advertising company buys a smaller one.

Online Shopping on the Side

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on September 7, 2011 at 6:05 pm PT

Walt reviews Digital Folio, free software that lets you gather online shopping products to compare retailer prices.

Microsoft Opens Colorado Retail Store in Wyoming

John Paczkowski in News on July 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Lone Tree, Colorado, is not a city in Wyoming, guys.

Phone-Controlled Robot Ball Set to Roll Around CES

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 3, 2011 at 9:39 am PT

There will be a lot of quirky gadgets rolling through Las Vegas as the Consumer Electronics Show this week in addition to all the big-time announcements such as new phones, TVs and tablets. Among those to keep an eye out for is a little robotic ball from Orbotix, a seven-person start-up from Boulder, Colo.

Wallow in Microsoft's Q4 Glory: The Show-Me-the-Money Slides

Kara Swisher in News on July 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm PT

As it turned out, Microsoft blew past even the sunniest Wall Street expectations in its fourth-quarter earnings, spurred by a robust PC upgrade cycle. BoomTown was on a plane jetting to Aspen for the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, so I missed liveblogging the conference call this afternoon (sorry, Frank!). Here are the software giant’s slides of the financial results to peruse at your leisure.

Blue Mountain Arts' Polis of Web 1.0 and His First Year as a Congressman in Web 2.0

Kara Swisher in News on March 22, 2010 at 5:18 am PT

While in Washington, D.C., last week, one of BoomTown’s last stops was at the office of Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis on Capitol Hill. Although I usually try to avoid politicians at all costs, it was terrific to check in with Polis, who was one of the more interesting players in the Web 1.0 scene. Here’s the video.

CBS Digital Boss Quincy Smith’s Not-Quite Exit Interview: “Hulu’s a Great Service. That’s Part of the Problem.”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

The man who helped shape CBS’s standalone Web video strategy explains himself, for the record.