9 posts and columns on Kim Kardashian

YBuy’s Subscription Service Lets You Try Gadgets for 30 Days

in Commerce on January 18 at 11:10 am PT

Here’s a twist on the popular subscription services: A site that lets you try out consumer electronics and home and kitchen gadgets before buying them.
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Bieber Climbs to Top of Bing’s Annual Hit Parade

in News on November 28, 2011 at 10:28 am PT

It’s hard to top the public’s abiding (if baffling) interest in the activities of Kim Kardashian, but Justin Bieber did it, at least according to Bing’s almost-year-end roundup of top searches. Bieber dethroned the “reality” star as the most searched-for person in 2011 and didn’t even have to get married and divorced to do it. In the news category, searches related to the Casey Anthony trial topped those about the death of Osama Bin Laden. More categories, rankings and info-nuggets are listed in a Bing blog post.

Viral Video: Kim’s Fairy-Tale Divorce, Kardashian-Style

in Media on November 7, 2011 at 12:15 am PT

The reality show famebots are — let’s all admit it — media and digital geniuses at making their traffic-accident lives into audience gold (-plated).
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JustFabulous Secures $33 Million to Make Subscriptions Fashionable Again

in Commerce on September 21, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

An old trend is coming back into vogue like a pair of skinny jeans with ankle zippers.
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Geek-tastic! Twitter Queen Kim Kardashian Reportedly to Wed at Eric Schmidt’s SoCal Estate (Or at Kleiner Partner’s Luxe Crib).

in Media on August 17, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

Here’s a delicious juxtaposition you don’t get often: Various reports indicate that reality show empress Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries will be held at either the Montecito estate of Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt or that of a VC legend.
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Kim Kardashian's ShoeDazzle Walks Away With $40 Million from Andreessen Horowitz

in Commerce on May 13, 2011 at 3:45 pm PT

ShoeDazzle, a two-year old company building a subscription-based e-commerce business, has raised $40 million in capital from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz.

Twitter Trusts, No Longer Verifies

in Media on November 30, 2010 at 10:19 am PT

Want to prove that you’re the real deal on Twitter? Unless you’re really famous, and/or an Apple executive, you can’t do it with a “verified” badge anymore.

News Byte

Bing Search Trends: The Year of the Kardashian

in News on November 29, 2010 at 10:51 am PT

It’s that time of year again when we are privy to a peek (disturbing as it may be) into society’s collective news appetite as reflected by the year’s search trends. Today, Microsoft’s Bing offered its insights. While last year’s top search queries included serious topics like the stock market, swine flu and Michael Jackson, this year’s Top 10 is almost all celebrity names. The single most popular search on Bing in 2010: Kim Kardashian, by a wide margin over No. 2, Sandra Bullock. The list from there: 3. Tiger Woods; 4. Lady Gaga; 5. Barack Obama; 6. Hairstyles; 7. Kate Gosselin (the sole repeater from last year); 8. Walmart; 9. Justin Bieber; and 10. Free.

Time Inc. and Getty Images Go Back to the Future With Life.com

in Media on March 31, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Here’s a refreshingly retro take for a Web site launching in 2009: One that only features photos. Lots and lots of really interesting photos. Meet the new Life.com, a joint venture between Time Warner’s Time Inc. and Getty Images that launches today. Not too many bells and whistles, just seven million arresting images.
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