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Viral Video: Finally, “Kara” Becomes a Cyborg (Bucket List, Check!)

Kara Swisher in Media on March 9 at 1:00 am PT

I always wanted to be a Terminator.

End of an Era: Google’s Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein — Technically, No. 3 — Leaving

Kara Swisher in News on February 9 at 7:01 am PT

Craig Silverstein was at Google when Google wasn’t Google (or evil, either).

Coliloquy’s Active Publishing Platform Lets Readers Create Designer Heroines (Demo)

Drake Martinet in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 4:26 pm PT

When we were kids, cutting-edge publishing technology was pretty much limited to “choose your own adventure” books. Coliloquy, demoing at D: Dive Into Media, offers a little more interactivity.

News Byte

Financial Times Buys App Developer Assanka

Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 4:57 am PT

The Financial Times has purchased Assanka, a London-based Web and app developer. The FT has already been working closely with the 12-person shop on projects like the Web app it built to replace the one it removed from Apple’s App store, as well as an Android app. FT CEO John Ridding announced the deal via an internal memo this morning.

Meet Billy, the Bison Mark Zuckerberg Shot and Hung On Sheryl Sandberg’s Wall

Kara Swisher in Social on December 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

What’s worse than getting an unsolicited a poke on Facebook? Getting shot, killed, eaten and having your head mounted on a wall by its famous founder, that’s what!

HuffPost and TED Will Ring Out the Year With an Online Idea-Thon

Kara Swisher in Media on December 1, 2011 at 8:20 am PT

Get your big-thinking cap on.

Introducing Lauren Goode

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Walt Mossberg on December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.

Horse Flash: Apple’s Steve Jobs on Adobe Vendetta in 2010 at D8 (Video)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Why Apple put the popular software technology out to pasture.

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.