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All I Want for Christmas Is My Robot Hair Transplant

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 22, 2011 at 11:26 am PT

A hair-transplant robot called Artas is finally making its way into physicians’ offices across the U.S.

My Picks for Yahoo’s Next CEO — Maybe Snoop Dogg, Ya Digg?

Kara Swisher in Media on September 7, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

While the Yahoo board has yet to begin a search, I have already been hard at work on selecting the next CEO.

Yahoo Americas Ad and Media Head Ross Levinsohn Talks Up, Well, Yahoo! (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on June 9, 2011 at 8:05 am PT

Longtime Internet exec Ross Levinsohn only got to Yahoo about seven months ago as head of its Americas region, but he certainly isn’t shy about touting its attributes vigorously. Here he is in a video interview I did about it all, as well as his hair-tastic secret.

Viral Video: "Never Say Never" to Bieber (Or the Hair)

Kara Swisher in News on February 11, 2011 at 1:14 am PT

Guess what movie BoomTown is being force-marched to this weekend by the Swisher boys? Not just “Gnomeo & Juliet,” but the debut of the Justin Bieber movie hagiography “Never Say Never” in 3-D is much on the list I was presented without any ability to negotiate terms. Now I’m a BeLieber.

At Least Andrew Mason's Goat Rodeo of Groupon Investors Will Be Fun to Watch!

Kara Swisher in News on January 12, 2011 at 6:01 am PT

With a ridiculously large investor group and an even larger pile of expectations now, how will Groupon manage its funding success going forward? Whatever happens, the social buying service’s gathering of many of the digital arena’s most prominent VC firms, institutional investors and angels could be one of the digital sectors most interesting sideshows.

Yahoo's Display Ad VP & GM Departs–Meanwhile, Hair-tastic U.S. Head Reorgs Unit

Kara Swisher in News on January 5, 2011 at 4:35 pm PT

David Zinman, Yahoo’s VP and GM for display advertising–who came to the company via its acquisition of BlueLithium ad network–is leaving the company and will be replaced by the CEO of Dapper, another ad-related Yahoo purchase. The move in Yahoo’s most important revenue unit comes even as its new leader, Americas EVP Ross Levinsohn, reorgs his management team.

Viral Video: "Tangled"

Kara Swisher in News on September 21, 2010 at 12:43 am PT

If you want to see some more impressive leaps in animation, here’s a trailer from the upcoming Disney movie, “Tangled.” It’s a revisiting of the let-down-your-hair Rapunzel fairy tale, coming out at the end of November. And while there is innovation all over the tech scene, it’s most clear what’s happened in this genre is really impressive.

Viral Video: The Real Situation (Yes, More "Jersey Shore"!)

Kara Swisher in News on December 23, 2009 at 12:04 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown posted some of the very funny spoof videos related to MTV’s appalling-yet-riveting “Jersey Shore” that have been popping up online. Here is an even better one, with some of the actual cast members of the reality television show perfectly mocking themselves in yet another terrific Web video from Funny or Die, which seems to be on a roll of late. The video contemplates the very deep concept of what if “Jersey Shore” is all a joke that those dopes are actually in on.

Web Video Viewers Forget About Michael Jackson

Peter Kafka in Media on July 17, 2009 at 10:25 am PT

Remember when Michael Jackson was one of the biggest things on the Web? So 10 days ago. Cable TV and gossip magazines are still cranking out as much Jackson stuff as they can, but Web video viewers have moved on.