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Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms

Kara Swisher in News on March 28 at 8:02 am PT

What is Yahoo? Yes, that again. Meanwhile, employees await cuts.

YouTube Voters Want to Ask Rick Perry About Government Spending

Peter Kafka in Media on September 20, 2011 at 7:02 am PT

But there’s a whole lot of other stuff on their minds, too. They’d also like to hear from Ron Paul.

Grrrrr…Tiger Mom Talks About Internet Frenzy Around Book

Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2011 at 12:15 pm PT

Last night, BoomTown attended a Silicon Valley book party for Amy Chua, the author of one of this year’s most talked-about tomes: “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” As it turns out, she says, the Internet got it all wrong about her controversial parenting advice.

"Beyond the Search Box": The White Pleather Honeypot Smackdown

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

Perusing AOL’s leaked damn-the-journalism-full-speed-ahead business plan, BoomTown was a little late to the Microsoft Bing event this morning called “Farsight: Beyond the Search Box.” But things had certainly been cooking with gas when I walked into the meeting room at the University of San Francisco, including allegations of cheating, honeypot stings and a whole lot of insulting of the hosts. Schweeet!

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Amazon Can't Dent iTunes

Ethan Smith and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 17, 2010 at 3:31 pm PT

On the day Apple Inc. rolled out the Beatles’ catalog on its iTunes Store, Amazon.com Inc. fired back with a digital exclusive of its own: The latest album from rap-rocker Kid Rock–whose music still isn’t available on iTunes–for just $3.99.

Decoding Google's Net Neutrality Proposal Blog: The Pixie Dust-Free Edition!

Kara Swisher in News on August 13, 2010 at 5:51 am PT

The opening line of the classic J.M. Barrie book “Peter Pan” reads: “All children, except one, grow up.” Actually, that one too, and now the whole Internet is angry at Google and taking shots, because of its recent joint public policy proposal with Verizon over net neutrality. They are claiming the Silicon Valley search giant–in the most cynical of ways–sold out its long-standing commitment to the open Internet to make a corporately-favorable deal. Thus, Google took to the corporate blog yesterday to explain it all away in a post titled, “Facts About Our Network Neutrality Policy.” It practically begs for translation, so BoomTown shall not disappoint!

Oh, Home Back in the Range (Of Wireless Access!)

Kara Swisher in News on June 21, 2010 at 9:06 am PT

BoomTown has finally dragged all my various and sundry bags of gadgetry back to San Francisco after a week of it sitting mostly useless on a ranch in Wyoming. However did I manage that?–at least according to a recent slightly alarmed series of articles in the New York Times about how technology is messing with our inner chi. The paper also has been urging readers to unplug and then tell the tale. Memo to the NYT editors: I survived the whole analog encounter just fine.

BoomTown Turns TWiT Again and Talks About the Apple iPad Launch, Paywalls and Whither Embargoes

Kara Swisher in News on April 5, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

BoomTown just made it through the snow-choked Donner Pass in the Sierras of Northern California, so excuse my laxity in posting this episode of “This Week in Tech,” the very fine Leo Laporte-helmed online chitchat tech show done on Sundays. It has a lot going on, including predictions about the Apple iPad launch, online content paywalls and a lively debate related to the Twitter fracas over embargoes.

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The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500

Gary Hamel, Visiting Professor, London Business School; Writer, Gary Hamel's Management 2.0 in News on March 25, 2009 at 3:14 pm PT

The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of “Generation F”–the Facebook Generation. At a minimum, they’ll expect the social environment of work to reflect the social context of the Web, rather than as is currently the case, a mid-20th-century Weberian bureaucracy.

Sarah Palin and Tina Fey: A Perfect Marriage

Kara Swisher in News on October 6, 2008 at 8:47 am PT

The third time is charming, in fact, as has been every appearance on “Saturday Night Live” by Tina Fey impersonating Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. This one, of course, is on last week’s debate between Palin and Democratic VP candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, with Queen Latifah also doing a perfect double-taking turn as moderator Gwen Ifill.