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Flipboard CEO McCue Likely to Step Down From Twitter Board Over Potential Future Conflicts (Or Closer Cooperation)

Kara Swisher in News on May 7 at 1:37 pm PT

There is a growing feeling that the social communications companies are on a product collision course, with a possible troubled or perhaps more attractive result.

Mission Impossibly Funny: Siri Will Self-Destruct in Five Seconds (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on April 29 at 12:38 am PT

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to laugh.

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.

Clicking on a Fortune: Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1 Billion

Kara Swisher in News on April 9 at 10:03 am PT

A blockbuster exit for the popular and elegant mobile photo-sharing service.

A Swiveling Dock for Shooting Hands-Free Smartphone Videos

Lauren Goode in Reviews on March 12 at 6:00 am PT

Consumers who shoot a lot of home movies with their phones or who like to video chat will appreciate the Swivl. But its price point could be a big deterrent for some.

Cloud Computing With a Chance of Mobile: Weather Channel Adds Former Quattro CEO to Board

Kara Swisher in News on March 8 at 7:03 am PT

The weather media giant picks a mobile expert as a director.

Survey Says: Yes on iPad 3 (Not So Much on Final “Twilight”)

Kara Swisher in News on March 4 at 10:14 am PT

Respondents want a bite of the Apple, but not of a newborn vampire.

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Poll: Will You Buy the iPad 3? (Plus, Cool Concept Video.)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on March 3 at 7:00 am PT

It goes without saying: Scoble may not take this survey.

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Sony PlayStation Vita Launches in U.S., Europe

Lauren Goode in News on February 22 at 5:53 am PT

Sony’s new handheld gaming product, the PlayStation Vita, goes on sale today in Europe and the U.S. Following its initial launch in Japan in December, the device was plagued by some reported bugs, including crashes and gameplay lags, but Sony quickly issued a software update to address the issues. As The Wall Street Journal’s Katie Boehret notes in her review of the Vita, the 3G and Wi-Fi capable Vita costs $299; the Wi-Fi-only version costs $249.

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Kodak to Stop Making Cameras

Lauren Goode in News on February 9 at 6:56 am PT

Eastman Kodak Company has said it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in the first half of 2012, in an effort to achieve annual operating savings of more than $100 million. Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak says it plans to expand its current brand-licensing program instead, and that it will continue to produce retail-based photo kiosks, inkjet printers, online photo gallery and apps, and camera batteries and accessories. The announcement comes a few weeks after the iconic camera company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.