Martha Stewart Makes Her Home on the Internet (Video)

Apps and digital editions, how-to content and litter boxes, were all topics of discussion in a D: Dive Into Media session with Martha Stewart herself and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Lisa Gersh.
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Khush’s Songify Live Gives the Tone-Deaf an Auto-Tune-Up (Demo)

Songify Live, a new app from the Gregory Brothers and app makers Khush, can Auto-Tune your voice into a viral pop song. Use with care.
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Watch Google Android Kingpin — And Motorola Acquirer — Andy Rubin Unplugged (Video)

We’ve interviewed the man-who-would-be-Motoogle, Andy Rubin, twice at big D: All Things Digital events, and Google’s mobile head has always had a lot to say about where this key market is headed. You might want to pay attention today.
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RealNetworks’ Unifi Cloud Sync Service Lives — In Germany

Though plenty of bigger names have jumped into the cloud media storage game since RealNetworks first talked about Unifi last year, the Seattle company said it is moving ahead with its service, touting its cross-platform abilities. The service is launching now in Germany, with plans to come to the U.S. this fall.
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A “Probe in Your Pocket”? Apple’s Steve Jobs and Google’s Andy Rubin Talk Smartphone Privacy at D8 and Dive.

We’ve done a lot of onstage interviews at our D: All Things Digital conferences with the leaders of tech. That includes Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google smartphone kingpin Andy Rubin, both of whom are now dealing with the fallout over a series of reports that iOS and Android smartphones regularly transmit their locations back to both companies. Here are both talking about the now-explosive issue of privacy.
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Pretty Flipboard Fundraising at an Even Prettier $200 Million Valuation

Flipboard, the high-profile and highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, is out raising another round of funding at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, according to numerous sources close to the situation. The Palo Alto, CA, company declined to comment on its new funding efforts, which sources said had recently accelerated.

Exclusive: Google to Show Off Honeycomb Next Week

Google is planning an event on Wednesday to show off the inner workings of Honeycomb, the next version of Android that is optimized to work on tablets and other devices. The event is seen as a deep dive into the operating system that Andy Rubin first showed off at December’s D: Dive Into Mobile.

One Down: Spotify Signs Sony to U.S. Deal

This doesn’t get them into the States, but it gets them a lot closer: Music service Spotify has finally signed with Sony for a U.S. distribution deal. Multiple sources tell me the deal, which has been very close since last fall, is now closed.

Why Verizon’s iPhone Won’t Be So Bad for RIM

A year ago, an iPhone on Verizon would have been a disaster for Research In Motion. This year, it will only sting, which says a lot about how RIM’s business has improved.

D@CES Today: Twitter, Nvidia, Microsoft in the Vegas Spotlight!

First things first, for those emailing me frantically about getting into our D@CES onstage interview event later today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: We’re sold out and have a very long wait list. That said, people in Sin City tend to flake out, so if you show up at the Marcello Ballroom at the Venetian at 3 pm, you might snag a seat to see us grill some tech execs well done with a side of news.

Gmail Founder Says Chrome OS Is DOA