Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm PT
Well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian has joined the board of Amazon, according to several sources close to the situation. He is considered one of tech’s most savvy execs with regards to video and media distribution, an area the online retailer is aggressively entering.
Kara Swisher in News on August 17, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Andy Miller, the high-profile VP of mobile advertising at Apple, is planning on leaving the company, according to sources close to the situation.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 10, 2011 at 12:15 am PT
This is perhaps the best demo ever for the interactive Microsoft game player.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
Pixazza is dead. Long live Luminate.
John Jurgensen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm PT
Director Chris Milk’s new music video, released yesterday, introduces a young woman roaming a postapocalyptic landscape, and features a song from the coming album “Rome” by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. But for some viewers the video’s main attraction will be the technology used to create it.
Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2011 at 12:15 am PT
Though BoomTown was dubious, this trailer for the upcoming J.J. Abrams movie “Super 8″ is pretty cool beans.
It is in the style of an interactive video game–in fact, Abrams worked with the creators of the recently released “Portal 2″ to embed it right into the video game.
Kara Swisher in News on March 14, 2011 at 12:18 pm PT
As it turned out, BoomTown did not succumb to hipster poisoning on my sojourn this past weekend to Austin, Texas and the famous South by Southwest festival.
The annual gathering, which has interactive, music and film elements, started last week and is still going strong–fueled, as far as I can tell, by beer, blogging empanadas and excessive start-up hype.
Kara Swisher in News on February 4, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT
Eric Hippeau, longtime Yahoo board member and one of its earliest investors, will be stepping down as a director, according to sources close to the situation.
In a related move, sources said Akamai President David Kenny will be joining the board of the Internet giant.
John Paczkowski in News on February 2, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
At the launch of the Daily, News Corp.’s iPad newspaper this morning, CEO Rupert Murdoch said “new times demand new journalism.” What does that “new journalism” look like?
Kara Swisher in News on January 12, 2011 at 9:10 am PT
AOL’s strategy to partner with third-party content creators for original programming–especially premium video content–keeps ticking, with another programming partnership with Endemol USA.
The New York-based Internet company said it would “co-develop and co-produce new Web programming initially aimed at AOL’s growing women’s audience” with Endemol, makers of such fine television shows as “Jerseylicious.”
