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.
Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT
Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard.
Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.
Kara Swisher in News on March 23, 2011 at 7:15 am PT
Flipboard, the high-profile and highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, is out raising another round of funding at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, according to numerous sources close to the situation.
The Palo Alto, CA, company declined to comment on its new funding efforts, which sources said had recently accelerated.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 9:12 am PT
A new app called visualList is a simple but powerful extension of the iPhone’s camera, allowing users to organize and remember things by taking pictures.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 27, 2011 at 4:24 am PT
Stephen Baker has a great tale to tell you. But if you buy his new e-book–about an IBM computer facing off against “Jeopardy”’s smartest players–you won’t get the whole story. Yet.
John Paczkowski in News on January 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm PT
Here’s one way to spur adoption of your new video codec. End your browser’s support for a widely used rival codec. That’s what Google did today, announcing that its Chrome browser will ship without native support for H.264.
Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2010 at 10:56 pm PT
Empty bracket or no empty bracket: Will it work?
That’s pretty much the big question at News Corp. tonight, as its much beleaguered social networking site, Myspace, rolls out a new beta version aimed at shifting its fortunes.
And how will it do that? By moving dramatically away from its roots as a social networking site–and far, far away from powerhouse Facebook–and becoming a “social entertainment” hub aimed directly at the Gen Y audience.
Voices
Cari Tuna, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 19, 2010 at 12:00 am PT
Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled the latest version of its Acrobat suite of software for creating and viewing PDF files, the company’s latest move to bolster its influence over the popular document format and boost revenue from program sales and upgrades.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 15, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT
One of the things that Google thinks you’ll do with Google TV is watch a lot of Google video, via YouTube. That’s why the search giant introduced a “Leanback” version of the site, designed for couch-bound surfers, over the summer.
And that’s why Google has freshened up Leanback for this weekend: Saturday is the first chance consumers will have to get their hands on Google TV for themselves.
