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Wizard of Arianna, Armstrong Attacked by Bebo Monkey and Sharkish Rupe: AOL-HuffPo Gets Taiwanesed

Kara Swisher in News on February 8, 2011 at 11:31 am PT

Words cannot describe this hysterical and deliciously warped version of AOL’s $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post by Next Media Animation of Taiwan. Except BoomTown has hit replay 10 times now. It takes getting Taiwanesed to an entirely new level of surreal.

Viral Video: It Gets Better (With an Assist from Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Microsoft)

Kara Swisher in News on January 19, 2011 at 1:09 am PT

In reaction to recent tragic bullying incidents related to gay youth late last year, the It Gets Better Project began soliciting Web videos of encouragement from all over. The heartening collection of online video messages also includes company-organized ones from a bunch of Internet giants, featuring mostly LGBT, but also straight, staffers, telling their poignant stories.

Jon Stewart's Media Critique: The Rally to Restore Sanity Speech

Peter Kafka in Media on October 31, 2010 at 7:20 am PT

Jon Stewart’s problem with cable TV, brought to you by cable TV.

ATD Welcomes Ina Fried as Our New Mobile Reporter

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 5:59 pm PT

Here at All Things Digital, we’ve always prided ourselves on our journalism efforts, while also fully embracing the fast-paced new world of blogging. So, we could not be more thrilled to announce the hiring of Ina Fried as a new reporter and blogger, covering the critically important mobile beat. Make no mistake: Mobile is a beat that reaches across companies and is at the dead center of Web 3.0. Ina is one of several new journalists we will be announcing over the next week, part of an expansion of the ATD universe.

ATD Welcomes Ina Fried as Our New Mobile Reporter

Kara Swisher in Mobile on October 19, 2010 at 5:59 pm PT

Here at All Things Digital, we’ve always prided ourselves on our journalism efforts, while also fully embracing the fast-paced new world of blogging. So, we could not be more thrilled to announce the hiring of Ina Fried as a new reporter and blogger, covering the critically important mobile beat. Make no mistake: Mobile is a beat that reaches across companies and is at the dead center of Web 3.0. Ina is one of several new journalists we will be announcing over the next week, part of an expansion of the ATD universe.

Viral Video: A Dilemma Solved (And Also for Perez Hilton?)

Kara Swisher in News on October 18, 2010 at 12:20 am PT

Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming movie “The Dilemma,” minus a joke that used the word “gay” in a negative manner. With the recent spate of bullyings of gay teens that have ended in tragedy, such a move is probably wise and not too surprising. More surprising was another, in which gossip blogger Perez Hilton vowed to stop being so mean on his popular (and very mean) Web site.

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How Social Networking Influences Coming Out

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 1, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi is shining a spotlight on the ways in which online social networking can complicate coming out for gay and lesbian youth.

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Apology for Turing's Treatment Stirs the Twittersphere

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 14, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

In life, Alan Turing helped win World War II and sowed the seeds for the modern computer industry. In death, the persecuted British mathematician may provide some lessons about how public opinion reverberates in cyberspace. Responding to a petition posted on the Web site for Number 10 Downing Street, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown late Thursday apologized for what he characterized as the “appalling” treatment of Turing 55 years earlier by British officials.

New Chinese Version of Google SafeSearch Eliminates Google Entirely

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Google’s mission, to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible, has once again run afoul of the Chinese government, which has a similar goal, but would much prefer that certain information stay inaccessible. And so, on Wednesday evening, Chinese citizens found themselves once again unable to use Google, Gmail, and YouTube as their government condemned Google as a purveyor of porn.

A Gathering Storm of Viral Videos on Gay Marriage!

Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

The issue of gay marriage is always good for controversy and lots and lots of rancorous lobbying on both sides of the issue. These days, of course, that includes a battle of online videos. The latest two are dueling it out on the issue, using a menacing storm as the theme, one quite serious and the other not at all, since it includes a giant gay repellent umbrella. Watch them both here.