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Viral Video: Adorable Tyke Dancing With Less Adorable Adults

in News on September 16, 2010 at 12:28 am PT

This video is clearly cooked up for virality, but BoomTown fell for it anyway. In it, a cute little girl starts dancing like any kid would, but is soon joined by a bunch of adults and begins a choreographed number that would do Beyoncé proud. And then at the end, the kicker: It is all part of an ad for Samsung’s Galaxy 580 mobile phone. Giant, prolonged, I-was-totally-snookered sigh.

BoomTown Talks Girl Geek at Facebook Hack Event

in News on September 13, 2010 at 8:08 am PT

This Saturday, BoomTown gassed up the Mini and motored on down to Facebook’s newest building for a Developer Garage and Hackathon, which the social networking giant did in partnership with Girls in Tech. The goal was to focus on women developers, although there were plenty of dudes in attendance, as per usual at any all-night nerd-off. Facebook, feeling empowered, gave me the stage. Oops!

Viral Video: Love Your Flawz

in News on February 4, 2010 at 2:14 am PT

Here is a terrific video by singer Caitlin Crosby, which seems to start as a marketing tool for her most recent album and single, “Flawz.” Instead, her rallying cry of “Embrace Your Flawz,” aimed at a wide range of people, especially young girls, makes for a most effective online message, made up of messages from fans and celebrities.

Prankster Jason Calacanis Talks About His Apple iPad Hoax (Warning: Cute Baby Alert!)

in News on February 1, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

While in Los Angeles for a brief second on Friday, BoomTown motored over to the Brentwood home of puckish entrepreneur Jason Calacanis to talk to him about his prank tweets the night before the introduction of the iPad last week. On Tuesday night before the much hyped launch of the newest device from Apple, Calacanis let loose with a series of over-the-top posts to Twitter, claiming he was a beta tester for the iPad tablet computer–assertions that some in the mostly mainstream media took too seriously. Was it a jump-the-shark moment for journalism?

Yahoo Sorry About Lap Dancers at Hack Day in Taiwan–So What's the Excuse for Last Year's Go-Go Girls?

in News on October 19, 2009 at 8:37 pm PT

One word: Shameful. So, no surprise that Yahoo, which is trying mightily to burnish its image worldwide, quickly apologized for the presence of lap dancers onstage at its Open Hack Day in Taiwan last weekend. Top Yahoo execs were at the hack event, although it’s not clear if they attended the lap-dancing part of the program, which seems to have a history of this sort of Pussycat-Dolls-meets-geeks tone.
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Viral Video: Teen Girl Alert! "Twilight: New Moon" Trailer Loose in the Internet Wild.

in News on September 12, 2009 at 2:09 pm PT

Since it was tacked onto the slasher movie, “Sorority Row,” which opened this weekend, many have been posting the brand new trailer for “New Moon.” The second installment of the “Twilight” vampire series debuts Nov. 20, natch! But for those who cannot wait, here’s the new trailer, as well as the two older ones.
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V-Day Founder Eve Ensler: The Full D7 Session

in D7 on June 18, 2009 at 10:04 pm PT

Onstage in an interview at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Eve Ensler shed much-needed light on the dire situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Ensler’s aim is to end the use of rape as a weapon of war there, in part as a consequence of the region’s coltan trade. Coltan, or columbite tantalite, is a mineral essential to the manufacture of a wide array of consumer electronics, such as mobile phones and laptops. It is well worth hearing about exactly how some of our everyday gadgets come to us at a terrible price.
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V-Day Founder Eve Ensler: The Full D7 Session

in D7 on June 18, 2009 at 12:21 am PT

Onstage in an interview at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Eve Ensler shed much-needed light on the dire situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Ensler’s aim is to end the use of rape as a weapon of war there, in part as a consequence of the region’s coltan trade. Coltan, or columbite tantalite, is a mineral essential to the manufacture of a wide array of consumer electronics, such as mobile phones and laptops. It is well worth hearing about exactly how some of our everyday gadgets come to us at a terrible price.
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