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Topsy Hands Out Real-Time Search Widgets

Liz Gannes in Social on January 13, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Real-time search engine Topsy today is launching customizable widgets for publishers to display topical tweets.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.

CES to Give Apple 25,000 Square Feet of Free Advertising

John Paczkowski in News on May 22, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

If Macworld isn’t on its last legs after Apple’s withdrawal from the event, the Consumer Electronics Association is clearly hoping the annual Apple-only convention soon will be. The group, which hosts the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas every January, said Thursday that it is expanding the amount of show floor space dedicated to Apple.

Vista: Sometimes I Wish I'd Never Been Born [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on May 4, 2009 at 3:49 pm PT

Now that the marketplace has abandoned Vista, is Microsoft making preparations to abandon it as well? Earlier today, a Microsoft executive suggested that might be the case, hinting that the company could be planning to ditch Vista soon after Windows 7 ships.

Vista: Sometimes I Wish I’d Never Been Born [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on May 4, 2009 at 3:49 pm PT

Now that the marketplace has abandoned Vista, is Microsoft making preparations to abandon it as well? Earlier today, a Microsoft executive suggested that might be the case, hinting that the company could be planning to ditch Vista soon after Windows 7 ships.

Demo Duo Chris Shipley (Outgoing) and Matt Marshall (Incoming) Talk!

Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

This past weekend, BoomTown revved up the Mini and headed out in the pouring rain to a Peets Coffee in Fremont, Calif., to the exact spot where Demo Executive Producer Chris Shipley proposed that VentureBeat founder and Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall take over the longtime bi-annual conference where several dozen start-ups strut their stuff in front of an industry crowd. Shipley will still be running the show at Demo09, starting Sunday in Palm Desert, as well as the next Demo this fall, with Marshall working alongside until he takes over fully in 2010. Here’s a video of the pair talking about the changeover.

Memo to All Crepe-Hangers: It Still Ain't Nobody's Business If Jobs Is or Isn’t

Kara Swisher in News on December 31, 2008 at 6:00 am PT

Now, it’s getting flat-out macabre. That would be the continuing swirl of attention the health of Apple icon Steve Jobs has been getting. Rumors of his impending demise have been popping up periodically since the too-thin crisis of the Worldwide Developers Conference in June and look like they won’t stop until it actually comes true. My grandmother used to have a perfect rejoinder for this kind of funeral-chasing behavior, which was prevalent among her gang of Italian sisters, who–whenever anyone caught a cold–predicted the worst outcome: “Don’t be a crepe-hanger.”

Oh My God, They Killed Macworld! You Bastards!

John Paczkowski in News on December 17, 2008 at 4:46 am PT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s 11th-hour withdrawal from Macworld has prompted all manner of concern for his health. But Jobs is fine, says Apple. Which means it’s Macworld that’s suddenly fallen ill. How can it survive when its single largest exhibitor says the show simply doesn’t matter anymore? Did Apple just kill Macworld?

Apple Investors: "Philnote" Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring to It

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm PT

Told that Macworld Expo 2009 will be Apple’s last, and the first that CEO Steve Jobs does not keynote, investors behaved much as you’d imagine, dragging the company’s shares into the mud in after-hours trading. Fueling the panic: obvious concerns about Jobs’s well-being. And, of course, speculation that Macworld is likely to disappoint devotees hoping for the introduction of some insanely great new product. But would Apple really send Senior VP Phil Schiller out onto the Macworld stage without a cool new product to introduce?

Apple Investors: “Philnote” Just Doesn’t Have the Same Ring to It

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm PT

Told that Macworld Expo 2009 will be Apple’s last, and the first that CEO Steve Jobs does not keynote, investors behaved much as you’d imagine, dragging the company’s shares into the mud in after-hours trading. Fueling the panic: obvious concerns about Jobs’s well-being. And, of course, speculation that Macworld is likely to disappoint devotees hoping for the introduction of some insanely great new product. But would Apple really send Senior VP Phil Schiller out onto the Macworld stage without a cool new product to introduce?