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John Murrell in News on January 19 at 12:26 pm PT
DoSomething.org, which helps channel the energies of teens into social causes, said today it had lured Adam Hirsch away from the COO job at Mashable to become its chief digital officer as of Feb. 7. Hirsch will oversee all member engagement including social media, product development, and mobile.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 5, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Two and a half months after Facebook promised that a huge revision of its self-expression and sharing tools were coming soon, users and developers are still waiting.
John Murrell in News on November 20, 2011 at 5:21 pm PT
Tech news site Mashable and its editor-at-large, Ben Parr, have parted ways under circumstances that apparently were less than amicable.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
A medium-sized online advertising company buys a smaller one.
Drake Martinet in Social on April 29, 2011 at 3:05 pm PT
When tech giants hire ex-journalists, it’s usually for the PR shop. But Facebook’s newest media hire, Vadim Lavrusik, will be assigned to…gasp…help journalists. And what does that mean? Well, we got him on video to explain.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 25, 2011 at 11:25 am PT
LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deals site, has created two new commercials that will air during the Oscars on Sunday. This time, there’s no cross-dresser.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 21, 2011 at 12:20 am PT
Google appears to be entering the daily deals business on its own after Groupon rejected its jaw-dropping $6 billion buyout offer.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 6, 2011 at 11:43 am PT
Social apps are few and far between for the grand opening today of Apple’s Mac App Store, meant to be a desktop app marketplace equivalent to the highly successful app stores for Apple devices.
Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT
The
All Things Digital readership has spoken: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was wrong in declaring that the Apple iPad was not mobile.
In fact, 1,671 takers of a survey BoomTown ginned up on the subject using SurveyMonkey disagreed with him 85.1 percent to 14.9 percent.
Kara Swisher in News on November 6, 2010 at 1:09 am PT
Yesterday, BoomTown wrote a post titled “Dear Zuck: The Apple iPad
Is Mobile (So Sorry!),” countering Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s statement at a press event earlier this week that the popular tablet device is not.
Take a survey to vote on which side is right!
