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Almost Famous: Keith Lee of Booyah Games

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on February 8, 2010 at 1:07 am PT

This week, we took a short walk down University Avenue in Silicon Valley with Keith Lee, co-founder and CEO of Booyah Games. We talked about his time as lead developer for Blizzard, his total lack of common sense, and how he’s trying to make the whole social game world “level up.” Don’t worry–we made him translate most of the gamer lingo.

The BoomTown Movin'-On-Up Tour of Twitter's New San Francisco HQ

Kara Swisher in News on December 22, 2009 at 1:54 am PT

Why Twitter invited BoomTown back for another visit to its latest HQ after my last one, I will never know. But the masters of microblogging did. So, here is my video of the lovely new digs in San Francisco, where a little over 100 Twitter employees toil–although it’s pretty pleasant toiling, with room for about 200 more–in offices most recently occupied by AOL’s now-banished Bebo social networking site.

Former CBS DJ Adam Carolla Gets a New Gig: CBS Podcast Host

Peter Kafka in Media on September 15, 2009 at 12:45 pm PT

Adam Carolla, the former CBS radio host who started a podcast once he lost his job, has figured out how to turn his talent and Internet audience into money. He’s going back to work for CBS.

Viral Video: Slap Chop Rap and Jam Wow!

Kara Swisher in News on July 15, 2009 at 12:02 am PT

In April, DJ Steve Porter remixed the most excellent infomercial–featuring television pitchman Vince Shlomi for the Slap Chop, an entertaining slasher of all foods–into a rap music video. It has now garnered 3.8 million views on YouTube, as well as now officially becoming an infomercial itself. Here’s the viral online video, along with another Porter did a month later for the legendary ShamWow.