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AOL Layoffs Coming Soon, Followed by Champagne and Cookies for Advertisers When HuffPo Deal Closes

Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2011 at 12:29 am PT

There’s no question it’s a jarring contrast–layoffs versus champagne and cookies. But that’s the reality at AOL as its acquisition of the Huffington Post closes this week, even as it sheds employees as part of its ongoing turnaround effort.

A Web Ad That Tells You It's Stalking You

Peter Kafka in Media on November 18, 2010 at 9:34 am PT

Web ads that follow you from site to site are both standard practice and potentially disturbing. Not this campaign–it’s aimed at people who love this kind of stuff.

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie Live at D8

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 8:17 am PT

As an indicator of the headwinds facing Microsoft and its CEO, Steve Ballmer, today, two pieces of news last week are worth considering. The first, that Apple had overtaken Microsoft as the world’s most valuable technology company, would seem to signal Microsoft is no longer quite the driving force in technology that it once was, particularly in the consumer space. The second, word of a restructuring that will give Ballmer greater oversight of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, indicates the company is scrambling to change this.

Full Disclosure: ATD Adds Meebo Toolbar

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2010 at 11:11 am PT

As we have with every change to features and functionality on All Things Digital, today we are writing to give you details about a new Meebo toolbar on this site. Designed to facilitate sharing, help navigation and more, it appears at the very bottom of each page on our site. The first thing you need to know: You can get rid of it whenever you like.

Google Dashboard Offers “Unprecedented” View of Stuff We Already Knew

John Paczkowski in News on November 5, 2009 at 7:13 am PT

Privacy advocates carping about the vast amounts of data Google collects about our Internet use can rest a bit easier today now that they know what the search company knows about them. This morning, Google rolled out Dashboard, a new service that consolidates user account information and settings for its various products onto a single page.

Here Are the Condé Nast Cuts: Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet, Cookie Closing

Peter Kafka in Media on October 5, 2009 at 7:56 am PT

Here are the long-awaited cuts that Condé Nast has been mulling: Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet and Cookie are all closing. More details via an internal memo from CEO Chuck Townsend.

YouTube’s White House Clips: Now 100 Percent Snoop-Free

Peter Kafka in Media on June 12, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

Want to watch Web clips of Barack Obama’s latest press conference (or backyard shoot-around) but worry that the Administration–or Google–is watching you? Worry no more!