Dallas

Siri, Why Don’t You Have A Texas Accent?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 16, 2011 at 11:57 am PT

Surprise! Apple’s A5 chip is made by Samsung in Texas. That’s not the only thing inside the iPhone that comes from the Lone Star State.

Exclusive: Longtime Yahoo Front Page Editor Liz Lufkin Out

Kara Swisher in Media on September 6, 2011 at 8:37 am PT

Another ones bites the dust: According to sources close to the situation, longtime Yahoo Front Page chief Liz Lufkin has parted ways with the company.

You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor in Chief

Kara Swisher in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web’s most prominent news and opinion sites. As part of the deal, Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington–who was derided by some when she co-founded the left-leaning site in 2005 with investor and well-known communications exec Kenneth Lerer–will become editor in chief of a new unit that has purview over all of AOL content properties. The deal was signed just this afternoon.

Exclusive Video: AOL's Tim Armstrong and HuffPo's Arianna Huffington Talk About Their Acquisition Touchdown From the Super Bowl

Kara Swisher in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s an exclusive video interview BoomTown did with Huffington Post co-founder and Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong this morning at Super Bowl XLV in Texas, just ahead of their announcement tonight that the Internet company was buying the news and opinion site. Like both the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the pair are going for an Internet content win, after AOL said it would pay $315 million, mostly in cash and a small amount of stock, for the Huffington Post.

Verizon Wireless Executive Joins Carrier-Led Mobile Wallet Initiative

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 27, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Isis, the joint venture formed by three of the top U.S. carriers, has appointed Ryan Hughes to the position of chief marketing officer.

With Goopon Stealing the Spotlight, Tippr Says Don't Forget About No. 3 (Or Its Patents)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Tippr CEO Martin Tobias hopes that between Google’s potential big-ticket purchase of Groupon and Amazon’s rumored investment in LivingSocial, consolidation in the group-buying space will accelerate as others scramble for a partner.

Shopkick Checks In With Target–CEO Cyriac Roeding Talks About Social Shopping

Kara Swisher in News on November 16, 2010 at 10:28 am PT

The idea of being rewarded for being a consumer is getting a lot of heat of late, as retailers seek to take advantage of the fast-moving social phenom among consumers, especially young ones. Thus, a wide range of efforts to combine location-based mobile apps with purchasing, both online and offline. Today, another company in the space, shopkick, announced it had added another store–Minneapolis-based Target–to its list of retailers deploying its platform and mobile app that gives you points for simply walking in a store.

Zynga Makes Another Acquisition–Dallas's Bonfire Studios

Kara Swisher in News on October 5, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Zynga announced another small acquisition today, as it continues to vacuum up small independent online game developers across the U.S. and internationally. This time it’s Dallas-based Bonfire Studios, which the San Francisco-based social gaming start-up said would now be called Zynga Dallas.

Liveblogging Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting (Morning Session): It's a Beautiful Day?

Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2010 at 8:24 am PT

BoomTown took the corporate All Things Digital jet–aka Virgin America, seat 10A–up to Redmond, Wash., today to attend Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting, which also includes a passel of media drones like me. I liveblogged the event all day, which was essentially a cavalcade of top execs from the software giant taking the stage and showing off their wares. Before it started, U2′s “Beautiful Day” was playing over the sound system, which it was not up here in the Pacific Northwest this morning–it was kind of cold and gloomy, a la “Twilight”–but hopefully sparkly for Microsoft execs.

Weekend Update 02.13.10–The Hot Mess Edition

Beth Callaghan in News on February 13, 2010 at 10:14 pm PT

Rogue waves aren’t completely unheard of during surfing competitions in Northern California, but a foot of snow in Dallas? About as likely as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz grilling Kara Swisher in front of a packed auditorium. All right, it was a cafeteria packed with Yahoo employees, but still.