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Viral Video: “The Artist” French Dude Is Très Funny

Kara Swisher in Media on February 14 at 12:24 am PT

Fantastique!

The Full Valenti: Dodd Trades His Olive Branch to Tech for a Howitzer, After SOPA/PIPA Gets Delayed

Kara Swisher in Media on January 20 at 11:32 am PT

What would Jack do? (And would it work anymore?)

Not So Much on a Microsoft Bid for Yahoo (They’re Crazy, But Not That Crazy)

Kara Swisher in Media on October 5, 2011 at 12:59 pm PT

Is this investment-banker-hype week and no one told me? It certainly seems so from all the almost ridonkulous rumors about everyone and their mother considering making a bid for Yahoo. Microsoft is not.

“Perplexed” by U.S. Ownership Rules, Alibaba’s Ma Yellow Lights Yahoo Buying Parade

Kara Swisher in News on October 4, 2011 at 2:28 pm PT

From “very, very interested” to a case of wanna-be-buyer’s remorse?

Yahoo-Alibaba-SoftBank Settlement Call: At Least It’s Not 100 Percent of Zero!

Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2011 at 6:01 am PT

As these companies are wont to do in the middle of the night, Yahoo, SoftBank and the Alibaba Group have reached an agreement in their nasty dispute around the Alipay payments unit, and they are ready to talk about it.

Yahoo Addresses Alipay Mess: Forget It, Shareholders–It's China.

Kara Swisher in News on May 13, 2011 at 12:03 am PT

You’re a very annoying partner for Alibaba, Yahoo. Huh? You know what happens to annoying partners in China? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their Alipays.

Exclusive: SnagFilms Snags $10 Million in Funding at $50 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on January 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT

SnagFilms, the online video distribution site for professional documentaries, has nabbed $10 million in funding from Comcast’s investment arm and New Enterprise Associates, and will also now be distributing fictional independent releases. That and the new investment giving SnagFilms a valuation of $50 million should be big news at the 11th Sundance Film Festival, the famous independent film gathering opening in Park City, Utah, on Thursday.

Palm, Qualcomm Chiefs Weigh Wireless Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 30, 2010 at 6:32 pm PT

Palm-CEO-turned-HP-exec Jon Rubinstein and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs faced off with Kara Swisher of All Things Digital at a Churchill Club event Tuesday night in an entertaining discussion on the future of mobile tech. Here’s my liveblog of the event.

Internet Censorship a Trade Barrier, Says Google Exec

John Paczkowski in News on September 9, 2010 at 7:32 am PT

Internet censorship isn’t just a barrier to free expression–it’s a barrier to free trade as well. And Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond says we need to start treating it like one, because it limits access to foreign markets.

Voices

Vodafone Sale of China Mobile Stake Highlights Tense Ties

Owen Fletcher and Lorraine Luk, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 8, 2010 at 10:56 am PT

Vodafone Group PLC’s $6.65 billion sale of its stake in China Mobile Ltd. highlights the challenges faced by foreign carriers looking to link up with Chinese telecommunications companies and underscores the reduced need for foreign capital at China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers.