Kara Swisher in News on November 21, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
The well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur joins Mike Jones at Science.
John Letzing, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 20, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT
Google Inc. has been unable to provide more than a third of Los Angeles city employees with its Apps software because of security concerns, highlighting difficulties the search giant faces as it tries to create revenue streams outside of its core business.
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 Media on August 5, 2011 at 12:59 am PT
Recipe for Web success: Mix #plankingplaymates with tweets. Let sit until viral.
Kara Swisher in News on July 12, 2011 at 6:43 am PT
Whenever I know Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is going to speak at a major public event, I get two feelings at once: Excited anticipation that the chances are high that he’ll say something controversial and dread that the chances are high he will say something, well, controversial.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm PT
Here’s a handy helper for those following the fate of the Hulu premium online video service, whose noisy efforts to sell itself have gotten a lot of attention of late:
“In preliminary talks” = “hawking itself to one of a half dozen big moneybag tech companies who will visit with Hulu’s bankers and management to see its presentation at Morgan Stanley’s office in Century City in Los Angeles.”
Kara Swisher in Media on June 27, 2011 at 12:30 am PT
This is one of the more perfect spoofs, as a yuppie-in-the-hood raps about quinoa in the “Whole Foods Parking Lot.”
Yes, quinoa. Also kale.
Kara Swisher in Media on June 15, 2011 at 11:35 am PT
A documentary about the New York Times and its fight to survive the onslaught of the Internet called “Page One: Inside the New York Times” opens Friday.
So, it seemed like a good idea to talk to the film’s star, media columnist David Carr, to find out what he thinks will happen to the Gray Lady in the multi-colored digital future.
Kara Swisher in Media on May 11, 2011 at 7:50 pm PT
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is in advanced talks to buy 5to1, a self-serve premium ad platform, for $25 million.
The Los Angeles start-up is run by Jim Heckman, a well-known Internet exec.
It also was co-founded and funded by Yahoo Americas head Ross Levinsohn, but he apparently divested himself from 5to1 when he joined Yahoo.
Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 9:16 am PT
BoomTown is swanning around Los Angeles today, so it seemed apt to post this amazing video, in which one of its movies was made real in the skies.
That would be Pixar’s animated gem “Up,” in which a house was carried away by balloons.
