Erin McKean

Google+’s Horowitz Talks About Joining Board of Wordnik, as Online Dictionary Site Garners $8M More in Funding (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on July 25, 2011 at 6:14 am PT

It’s the first board seat ever for Horowitz, who has been a bit busy of late launching the search giant’s first successful social networking product.

Full D8 Demo Video: Wordnik

Kara Swisher in D8 on August 12, 2010 at 9:33 am PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June. Today, it’s time for Wordnik, the innovative start-up aimed at, well, words. Wordnik claims to have the word’s most complete map of the language you are currently reading.

D8 Tech Demo: Wordnik

Drake Martinet in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

What does it all mean? For nine million words of the English language, Wordnik claims to have the answer. Founded by Erin McKean, the former editor in chief of The New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik claims to have the word’s most complete map of the language you are currently reading.

KatieCam: Talking Apple With Tech Types at D8

Katherine Boehret in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 4:31 pm PT

All Things Digital’s Katherine Boehret walked the lobby at Terranea during registration for D8 and got a few tech types to talk about what they hope Steve Jobs will discuss during tonight’s interview.