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.
Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT
What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter.
While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.
Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 10:19 am PT
Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn’t really care anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers? Especially after reading his post yesterday that made a good argument about who he is and, frankly, who he has always been.
But that does not mean his boss, AOL content head Arianna Huffington, doesn’t have some
‘splainin’ to do.
Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 7:11 am PT
At least one thing in yesterday’s lackluster first-quarter earnings report for Yahoo that got its Microsoft-search-bashing CEO Carol Bartz excited was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s traffic gusher for big tentpole events such as the Super Bowl and the Oscars.
There will be more of that, it seems, with the elevation of Yahoo exec Sam Silverstein as head of its special events coverage. Sources said it will be a major area of emphasis, given obvious advertiser interest.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 7, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT
Regulators are proposing rules that would allow the sale of cellular repeaters that can boost cell phone coverage despite objections from carriers that the devices can cause interference.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT
It took two years and $350 million, but America now has a detailed map showing where all its broadband Internet connections are and where they are not.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 1, 2011 at 6:31 am PT
The best ticket in town is the one that gets you into the News Corp. CEO’s apartment for a look at his long-awaited iPad newspaper tonight. I don’t have one! But I’ve got a pretty good idea of what his guests get to gawk at.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 25, 2011 at 7:18 am PT
Which is basically what we heard last week. Still, it’s the first public quasi-launch date we’ve heard from a News Corp. official. Inside: A sneak peek at something the Daily
won’t feature at launch, but will eventually.
