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Manual Typewriters, the Original Mobile Devices

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10 at 5:00 am PT

Upon hearing manual typewriters are now “a thing,” AllThingsD’s Ina Fried dusts hers off and puts pen to paper extolling the virtues of the pre-computer keyboard.

BoomTown's Favorite Leaked Yahoo Internal Memo Ever: New PR Head Eric Brown Says Hello (and More)!

Kara Swisher in News on July 7, 2009 at 5:52 pm PT

BoomTown has had some good leaked internal memos from Yahoo, but I have never enjoyed one quite as much as this one from newly installed Yahoo PR head Eric Brown, who started today. While it is clear Yahoo has had its troubles in understanding and offering social-networking products to its users, Brown certainly knows how to share. Yahoo could use some of that DNA! Here’s his introductory memo to his new troops.