Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT
Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read
that right.)
Liz Gannes in Social on December 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Edmodo, which helps K-12 teachers and schools create private social networks for their classrooms, has raised $15 million.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 3, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
The low profile of online luxury marketplace 1stdibs evaporates today, with the appointment of David Rosenblatt as CEO and an injection of capital from high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 13, 2011 at 5:59 pm PT
The former CEO of Omniture bought a company in his home state of Utah, and then renamed it, but not before having a lot of fun along the way. And? He just raised $33 million.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 2, 2011 at 9:08 am PT
The photo-sharing community Instagram this morning announced it has closed $7 million in a first-round funding led by Benchmark Capital’s Matt Cohler.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 31, 2011 at 9:53 am PT
Early in its life, Facebook explored making a hedgehog its mascot at the urging of founding president Sean Parker, according to another early Facebook employee.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 14, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT
While there are many interesting photo-sharing apps out these days, Dave Morin and Path are the most convincing about there being a larger idea behind what they’re doing. San Francisco-based Path is stubbornly focused on close personal connections–a.k.a. real friends.
Kara Swisher in News on October 1, 2010 at 7:15 am PT
The Facebook movie is finally here, the reviews are in and–no surprise–the critics are raving.
After all, it was done by Hollywood pros with director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin, who have apparently transformed the appalling badly penned and very fictional book “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal” by Ben Mezrich into some bit of cinematic art.
But that’s not BoomTown talking, so here is a rundown of five reviews by top critics.
Kara Swisher in News on September 27, 2010 at 5:16 am PT
The world of Facebook did not stop last Friday–although its unusual downtime was kind of spooky–when “The Social Network” made its debut in New York.
The much-anticipated movie opens wide this Friday for all to see what the hubbub is about.
And for everyone in Silicon Valley to debate over, of course. BoomTown too.
Drake Martinet in Media on May 31, 2010 at 1:42 pm PT
Google and Yahoo have tried and failed to make a great question-and-answer service. But start-up-of-the-moment Quora is working on one. And so is Facebook. Can either of them get it right?
