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Here’s What Zuckerberg Said to Employees Before Ringing the Opening Bell (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Social on May 19 at 2:04 pm PT

Haven’t gotten enough coverage of Facebook’s initial public offering yet? Here’s a video of CEO Mark Zuckerberg giving a speech to employees before ringing the opening bell on Friday.

L.A. Stories: HipSwap Tries to Take the Creepy out of Craigslist (Video)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on April 2 at 10:56 am PT

The mobile app-heavy service allows anyone with stuff, including boutique merchants with quirky stuff to move, to quickly snap photos of items, price them and then — presumably — sell.

Here’s Zynga’s Filing on $228M HQ Building Deal (For All You Real Estate Types)

Kara Swisher in News on March 5 at 5:40 pm PT

The online gaming company has fixed it up real pretty.

Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

Kara Swisher in Social on February 14 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)

Former Color Co-Founder Peter Pham Heads to Former Myspace CEO’s L.A. Tech Studio (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on November 21, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

The well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur joins Mike Jones at Science.

On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts

Kara Swisher in Media on October 31, 2011 at 7:18 pm PT

Tonight at 1 am PT, techies who have nothing else to do — that would be me! — can click onto a brand new tech site called The Verge.

Groupon’s Third (And Quieter) Co-Founder Brad Keywell Talks About Chicago Ideas Week (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on October 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT

Never heard of Chicago’s Brad Keywell? No longer!

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CafeMom Nabs Top Yahoo Sales Exec in New York

Kara Swisher in News on May 25, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Ann Lundberg, a top sales exec at Yahoo’s New York office, is joining CafeMom as head of sales. The five-year Yahoo veteran will focus on building the marketplace profile of the social-networking and community site aimed at mothers, which has recently expanded its offerings to daily deals, as well as announcing an anticipated launch of a site aimed at Hispanic moms.

CafeMom Launches Daily Deals and Plans Hispanic Moms Site

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2011 at 5:27 am PT

CafeMom, a social-networking and community site aimed at mothers, is expanding its offerings to daily deals, as well as announcing an anticipated launch of a site aimed at Hispanic moms. The deals site has just been launched under the killer URL of Mom.com.

Chris Shipley Opens a "Community Center" for Silicon Valley Geeks

Kara Swisher in News on March 25, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Last night in Redwood City, Chris Shipley–who used to run the famed Demo conference–had a ribbon-cutting for Studio G, a new office for her Guidewire Group aimed at the start-up community. Here’s the video of the party.