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Timehop’s Next Stop Could Be Your Calendar

Lauren Goode in Social on February 15 at 1:41 pm PT

Timehop taps into your social networks to remind you what you did a year ago today. But the start-up is starting to look beyond social.

Employees Already Crowdsourcing a Myspace History

Kara Swisher in Social on June 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm PT

Apparently, there is no time lag anymore when it comes to telling the stories of epic fail on the Internet. I got an email this afternoon from an anonymous Myspace employee who wrote about an interesting group writing effort on Google Docs called “Real Myspace Stories.”

Everyone, Please Tweet About New Book About the Egypt Revolution's Tweets

Kara Swisher in News on March 3, 2011 at 12:21 pm PT

That was fast. Which is probably apt, given the subject matter of a book coming out soon made up of real-time Twitter from Cairo’s Tahrir Square. “Tweets from Tahrir,” which is being published by Or Books on April 21, says it is chronicling “an entirely new way of telling history.”

Netflix Gets Social: "Extensive" Facebook Integration Is Coming

Liz Gannes in Social on January 27, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing “an extensive Facebook integration” on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web.

"The Social Network" Can Now Call Self "Oscar-Nominated"

Liz Gannes in Social on January 25, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

“The Social Network,” the movie based on the story of the founding of Facebook, was nominated for eight Academy Awards this morning.

Microsoft talks ARM at CES

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT

Windows boss Steven Sinofsky took to the stage Wednesday to announce Microsoft’s efforts to broaden the types of chips on which the flagship operating system will run.

Déjà Vu: Facebook's Questionable Stock Hijinks Feels Like Winklevii 2.0

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s clear intent to keep the lid on Facebook tight–with no disclosure about the details of the financial performance and other pertinent information a public offering would require be disclosed–is clearly becoming a nettlesome issue for the company. But while that effort at preserving secrecy by staying private has resulted in little more than cute media guessing games about a possible IPO until now, the social networking giant’s most recent machinations are too clever by a half.

Salesforce Buys Small Contact Management Start-Up Etacts

Liz Gannes in Social on December 21, 2010 at 11:59 am PT

Salesforce has bought Etacts, the contacts management tool, according to a source familiar with the matter. Etacts informed users today that it will shut down as of January 31 in order to “pursue other opportunities.”

Palm, Qualcomm Chiefs Weigh Wireless Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 30, 2010 at 6:32 pm PT

Palm-CEO-turned-HP-exec Jon Rubinstein and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs faced off with Kara Swisher of All Things Digital at a Churchill Club event Tuesday night in an entertaining discussion on the future of mobile tech. Here’s my liveblog of the event.