Journey

Gleek Alert! Slushy Your Friends and Tap Tap to the Music of “Glee”

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Fans of “Glee,” the four-time Emmy Award-winning TV comedy, can now tap into their inner diva with the new mobile game Tap Tap Glee.

Web 2.0 Summit: "Don't Stop Competing" Mock Video

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

Here’s another spoof music video, titled “Don’t Stop Competing,” shown at the Web 2.0 Summit conference in San Francisco today, using the go-to classic song “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey. The video makes fun of the increasing competition and rancor between and among the various power players of Silicon Valley these days–from Google to Apple to Facebook.

There's No Biz Like No Biz at Twitter! (And Will Google Swoop In Before It All Comes Crashing Down?)

Kara Swisher in News on February 13, 2009 at 2:41 pm PT

Since BoomTown constantly called the $15 billion valuation of Facebook “insane” when Microsoft forked over $240 million in 2007, and gave Slide’s Max Levchin a very hard time when his widget company got a $550 million valuation a year ago, it’s only fair that I say something equally appropriate about Twitter. The hot microblogging service just got its very own $250 million valuation, but without a dime of revenue in sight. (I know, Bijan, it’s coming, it’s coming!) After all, Facebook and Slide got their funding in boom times and here we are hurtling toward a possible Depression: The Sequel. But I am torn.

The MySpace Music Party: The No Lionel Richie/They Still Won't Stop Believin' Edition

Kara Swisher in News on November 7, 2008 at 2:55 pm PT

Let’s get this out of the way: BoomTown completely missed Lionel Richie perform, cooling our heels outside behind the rope line at the MySpace party in San Francisco last night. Major bummer. That aside, I did finally get in and did a video at the rocking event, which the SoCal-based social-networking site threw after the day’s proceedings at the Web 2.0 Summit. It was the scene of a lot of wild partying, with a lot of swinging and packed most of the night, even as the supposed gloom of the econalypse was settling over Silicon Valley.

Dear Web 2.0: You Might Want to Stop Believin'

Kara Swisher in News on October 9, 2008 at 2:14 pm PT

All in good fun, right? I am sure this will be the dumb-as-a-box-of-hammers reasoning this group of Web 2.0 folks gives for this odd video effort, doing a lip-synch romp on their group vacation in Cyprus to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” and then posting it for all to see on Vimeo. It is titled: “Twenty world Internet citizens met in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in October of 2008 for a week of reflections on life, love, and the Internet.” Um, kids, here’s a reflection: While you swim in that pricey infinity pool in your luxury villa, Silicon Valley is tanking all over the place. You might want to check your email and see if Sequoia Capital or Ron Conway has cost-cutted you out of a job!

For Those About to Shop (We Salute You)

John Paczkowski in News on August 18, 2008 at 8:50 am PT

Guess AC/DC and Garth Brooks have something in common after all. They’re both Wal-Mart-only artists. When AC/DC’s new album, “Black Ice,” arrives at market on Oct. 20, it will be sold exclusively in the U.S. at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club.