Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 10:01 pm PT
While he has recently been portrayed as Mr. Potter of Silicon Valley, it looks like the online gaming leader will not get greedy in the IPO.
Kara Swisher in News on April 6, 2011 at 1:28 pm PT
Yesterday, AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group got into hot water after the top editor at its Moviefone unit sent a memo to freelancers it was in the midst of firing, offering them an opportunity to “contribute as part of our non-paid blogger system.”
Today, sources said that exec–Moviefone Editor-in-Chief Patricia Chui–was fired by the company, which is in the midst of drastically rejiggering its stable of writers.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Technology references were numerous in the president’s speech to Congress last night. His call for for a national wireless broadband network will reignite a long-simmering debate over spectrum allocation, pitting TV broadcasters against the FCC.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 18, 2011 at 3:15 am PT
It’s been said that Steve Jobs is Apple’s greatest asset and its greatest risk. And there’s no better illustration of that dictum than recent history. The last time Jobs went on medical leave in January of 2009, Apple shares tanked, falling some eight percent to $78.50. But in the months that followed, they rose more than 50 percent, despite continued concerns over his health.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 14, 2010 at 9:01 pm PT
Facebook employees think their company is a great place to work. In fact, among users of the jobs site Glassdoor, the social networking powerhouse was the top-ranked U.S. employer for 2010.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 7, 2010 at 8:25 am PT
You’d have to search a long time to find someone who’s been closer to the evolution of Google than Susan Wojcicki. It was in her rented garage that Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched the company, which she joined in 1999. Now, as one of only eight senior vice presidents, she runs Google’s most important businesses units.
Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT
With the red-hot acquisition dance between Google and Groupon sucking up all the attention, it’s easy once again to ignore the No. 2 player in the fast-growing social buying space–LivingSocial.
But not everyone is.
According to sources close to the situation, the Washington, D.C.-based company that also focuses on local deals is in advanced talks for a major strategic investment–as high as $150 million–by online retail giant Amazon, at a very hefty valuation of over one billion dollars, to counter a possible Groupoogle challenge.
Kara Swisher in News on August 24, 2010 at 9:30 am PT
Also, while in Vancouver, BoomTown tried to avoid the happiness-fueled hug-stalking of Tony Hsieh, the CEO of online retailer Zappos.
To no avail.
I interviewed Hsieh onstage at the Grow2010 conference. The topic was the upcoming nationwide bus tour for his new book, “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose,” which came out in June.
