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Video: Apple's Dad–Chris Martin of Coldplay–Jams for Apple's CEO

Kara Swisher in News on September 2, 2010 at 11:01 am PT

While I am sure there is a better video of this on the Apple site, here are the three songs that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin did at the Apple music event, held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco yesterday. If you look carefully to the left, looking at the stage, you can see Apple CEO Steve Jobs grinning away at the performances of “Yellow,” “Viva La Vida” and a new one, which I think Martin said was called “Wedding Bells.”

If Some Dad's Rants on Twitter Can Go Viral, My Mom Needs to Turbo-Tweet

Kara Swisher in News on September 4, 2009 at 6:43 am PT

Oh, dear; now my mom is going to be really pissed at me for not making her a Twitter sensation. Unlike Justin Halpern–who has been tweeting wacky quips uttered by his dad without him knowing much about it, under the handle: @s—mydadsays. And, lo and behold, with only 28 tweets, the cranky 73-year-old has attracted almost 250,000 followers. My brother and I did the same for my mom this summer, but obviously have to step up our game pronto.