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Digital Marketing Start-Up Thismoment Raises $7.3 Million From Sierra Ventures

Kara Swisher in Media on November 15, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Another day, another pile of funding for a social marketing start-up.

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.

Hold the Sports Phone: Ross Levinsohn Not Leaving Yahoo for HBO

Kara Swisher in News on May 6, 2011 at 11:45 am PT

While there has been a report on a boxing news site that Yahoo Americas head Ross Levinsohn was leaving the Internet giant to run HBO’s sports unit, it’s not so. Trust BoomTown on this one–I have all top Yahoo execs embedded with Apple iOS and Google Android location tracking devices.

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Jobs Looms Large as Stringer Talks Tech

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 2, 2011 at 8:23 pm PT

It was Sir Howard Stringer and Walt Mossberg on stage with the shadow of Steve Jobs towering behind them, in a wide-ranging conversation between the Sony chief and the Wall Street Journal tech columnist at Carnegie Hall on Friday. Stringer referred to Jobs multiple times throughout the event, sponsored by the Journal, on topics from tablets to Star Trek.

IBM "Jeopardy" Challenge Day One Ends in a Tie

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm PT

Day one of the IBM “Jeopardy” challenge ends with a human player and the computer tied, and with some interesting wrong answers from the computer. Plus: “Final Jeopardy” author Stephen Baker fills us in with some first-hand details.

Salesforce.com Buys Manymoon for Between $25 Million and $35 Million

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 1:44 pm PT

Salesforce.com has bought Manymoon, the social productivity start-up. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed, but one source put the sale at upward of $25 million. Manymoon makes one of the more popular tools on Google’s apps platform.

Demand Media Says It's Getting Along Just Fine With Google, Thank You Very Much

Peter Kafka in Media on January 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

A quick Q&A with Demand’s Richard Rosenblatt, who says Google’s blog post about going after “content farms” has nothing to do with his company. Also! He really doesn’t like it when people call his company a “content farm.”

Backstage at the Onion's New TV Show

Peter Kafka in Media on January 21, 2011 at 8:05 am PT

The Onion lands its second TV show in a month–this one is the pitch-perfect “Onion News Network” on IFC–and we sit down with head writer Carol Kolb.

NetworkEffect on "Science Friday": Social Networking Identities

Liz Gannes in Social on January 18, 2011 at 1:03 am PT

On Friday I was a guest on “Science Friday” to talk about my experience with and observations about the proliferation of online social networking identities and options.

Federated Media Makes Another Buy: Foodbuzz

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT

Federated Media Publishing, which recently bought a community platform aimed at parents, announced tonight that it was making another buy. This time, it is a food blog community site called Foodbuzz, as FM seeks to create large networks of niche content to better sell premium advertising. According to the site, it has exclusive deals to sell advertising for 4,400 independent food bloggers, making it a top food property.