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Why Microsoft’s Xbox One Won’t Kick the Cable Guy Out of Your House

Microsoft’s new box does lots of cool stuff. But when it comes to TV, it’s still an accessory.

Peter Kafka in Media
May 22, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

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Former Yahoo Shashi Seth to Join Tribune as President of New Digital Ventures Unit

in Media on May 21 at 1:39 pm PT

A new investment arm of the media giant gets a new exec to find new ideas.
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Will Yahoo Try to Get Its “Cool Again” by Doing a Deal for Tumblr?

in Media on May 16 at 4:35 pm PT

Could an investment in or purchase of the hipster blogging service take years off the Silicon Valley Internet giant?
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Accel’s Breyer Leads Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors Again, While Kleiner’s Doerr Leads in Media Scrutiny

in Media on May 8 at 9:12 am PT

It’s hard being — and staying — king of the VCs.
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Yahoo’s Mayer Has Met with Hulu Execs in a Preliminary Look-See at Premium Video Unit

in Media on May 7 at 4:20 pm PT

How much is the Silicon Valley Internet giant willing to spend on turbocharging its video prospects?
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The Money Shot: Kara Swisher on Instagram’s Billion-Dollar Ride in Vanity Fair

in Media on May 5 at 9:04 pm PT

There’s no picture of the moment when everything changed for Kevin Systrom.
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Video Shopping Startup Joyus Raises $11.5M in Second Round, Focuses on ROI of Online Retail

in Commerce on May 5 at 8:21 pm PT

Do online retailers need to make it count for merchants?
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Apple’s Tim Cook Returns to D Stage to Open 11th Annual Conference

in D11 on April 30 at 2:36 pm PT

Cooking up a great D11
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Time 100 List Is Packed With Techies — From Musk to Systrom to Sandberg and More

in Media on April 18 at 10:38 am PT

Who doesn’t love a listicle?
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News Byte

Yahoo Ups Its Apple Apps, Including New Standalone Weather Offering

in Mobile on April 18 at 12:13 am PT

According to 9to5Mac, as well as sources I checked with, Yahoo is set to introduce a new weather app for the Apple iPhone and iPod, as well as an iPad version of its Yahoo Mail service. While the tablet version of its email app is a long time in coming, the weather app is an interesting wrinkle, given that the Silicon Valley Internet giant is the source — actually using data from the Weather Channel — for Apple’s default weather app on the iPhone and iPod. In Yahoo’s Q1 earnings call earlier this week, CEO Marissa Mayer pointed out that although Yahoo does not directly monetize its Apple weather app relationship, it benefits from links taking users back to its website. Yahoo also provides data for Apple’s preinstalled stock app, and offers a standalone weather app for Google’s Android.

Windows Phone Head Myerson: Android “Still Kind of a Mess”

in Dive Into Mobile on April 16 at 6:55 am PT

This just in from the “incredibly well-funded startup.”
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Evernote’s Phil Libin Talks About Global Expansion, Google Incursion and More! (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, April 10, 2013 at 11:32 am PT

Circa’s Matt Galligan on Building a Different Kind of News Reader (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, April 9, 2013 at 12:01 pm PT

Facebook Photo Phenom Instagram Gets a Business Lead to Scale Its Operations (and Presumably Revenue)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, April 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm PT

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Leans In About How She Decided to Become CEO While Pregnant

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, March 29, 2013 at 1:55 pm PT

Viral Video: If Real People Were Famous Websites

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, March 15, 2013 at 12:12 am PT

The Pramana Collective: New Tech PR Firm Made Up of Old PR Hands

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, March 14, 2013 at 8:30 am PT

Moon Shot: Earthbound Investor Milner Talks About Origins of the Universe at SXSW

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, March 9, 2013 at 9:18 am PT

Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, March 7, 2013 at 12:33 pm PT

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Gets a Million-Dollar Bonus After Six Months on the Job

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, March 7, 2013 at 12:19 am PT

Michelle Obama’s Mom Dancing Video Climbs Online Charts

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, March 3, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

Exclusive: PayPal Co-Founder Levchin Launches New Payments Startup, Affirm

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, February 26, 2013 at 1:35 pm PT

Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, February 25, 2013 at 10:29 am PT

Old Media Doesn’t Get New Media, Chapter 203: The Sheryl Sandberg Attack

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, February 24, 2013 at 3:26 pm PT

Former CBS Exec Lurie Joins Former Yahoo Levinsohn at Guggenheim Digital Media

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, February 22, 2013 at 10:35 am PT

Exclusive: In Yet Another Internal Hire, Yahoo’s Mayer Makes Mann Search Head

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, February 19, 2013 at 12:27 am PT