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Former Yahoo Exec Blake Irving Named CEO of Domain Giant Go Daddy

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on December 11, 2012 at 7:05 am PT

Another new leader for the Web registration giant.

Checking In With the Natty VCs of Social+Capital (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on September 17, 2012 at 10:40 am PT

What has the dashing-in-Silicon-Valley-at-least Chamath Palihapitiya been up to since he founded his antithetical venture firm?

Exclusive: Mayer Set to Get Yahoo’s Alibaba Billions in One Week (But Will Investors Get Some Back, Too?)

Kara Swisher in News on September 11, 2012 at 9:01 pm PT

What will the Silicon Valley giant do with $4.5 billion?

Burning Man Begins — With Fiery Lawsuit Installation

Kara Swisher in News on August 26, 2012 at 9:46 am PT

A legal wildfire rages in the Black Rock Desert.

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Viacom and DirecTV Settle

Peter Kafka in Media on July 20, 2012 at 6:06 am PT

Viacom and DirecTV have settled their fee dispute, which means the satellite service’s 20 million customers will get access to shows like “Dora the Explorer” and “The Colbert Report” again. Neither side revealed terms, but they are very likely to be the same as every other carriage agreement: Viacom will get less than the fee increase it was asking for, DirecTV will pay more than it wanted to, and the costs will be transferred to TV watchers.

Why Wasn’t SecondMarket Part of the SEC Pre-IPO Stock Attack? CEO Barry Silbert’s Happy to Tell You on Quora.

Kara Swisher in Commerce on March 16, 2012 at 1:42 pm PT

If he does say so himself!

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Still Waiting on Office for iPad? OnLive’s New Subscription Service Has Office, Flash and More.

Lauren Goode in News on February 22, 2012 at 4:55 pm PT

For those of you still holding your breath while you wait for an official Microsoft Office app to come to iPad, here’s something that might help in the interim: OnLive Desktop Plus, a premium, $4.99-a-month version of the OnLive Desktop app for iPad and other tablet devices. The newest version of the app offers a cloud-based Internet Explorer 9, Adobe Flash, and PDF capabilities, in addition to the full Office suite and the “accelerated browsing experience” that OnLive created for fast pushing and pulling of data on a remote-access desktop.

Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

Kara Swisher in Social on February 14, 2012 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)

Some Kindle Owners Upset After Receiving Cryptic Subscription Offer From Amazon

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5, 2012 at 8:02 pm PT

Amazon has issued an apology tonight after upsetting Kindle owners, who learned they were selected to receive a publication they didn’t sign up for — and could be charged for.