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You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Media December 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm PT

Another Longtime Windows Exec Heads for the Exit as 2013 Draws to a Close

Ina Fried in News December 31, 2013 at 1:03 pm PT

Some of Our Fave D Conference Videos Before AllThingsD Signs Off in 3 … 2 … 1 …

Kara Swisher in News on December 31, 2013 at 12:24 pm PT

Tech and media bigs on the red-hot seat.

Veteran Microsoft Engineer Jon DeVaan Leaving After Almost 30 Years

Ina Fried in News on December 30, 2013 at 1:32 pm PT

DeVaan is one of several longtime technical execs whose position in Redmond has been unclear since a September reorganization of the Windows unit.

2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT

New data from NPD suggests that Chromebooks accounted for 21 percent of all commercial notebook sales.

Tech Stocks Hover Near 2013 Highs, Paving Way for 2014 IPOs Like Alibaba, Box and Dropbox

Kara Swisher in News on December 26, 2013 at 10:07 am PT

Up is the new up.

Quantified Elf: Tracking the Santa Trackers

Liz Gannes in Media on December 24, 2013 at 9:32 am PT

Where is Santa Claus, right at this moment? Sources disagree.

News Byte

Former Microsoft CFO Peter Klein Takes His Talents to William Morris

Ina Fried in News on December 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm PT

Talent agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment said on Monday that it had hired former Microsoft CFO Peter Klein to be its new financial chief. William Morris is in the process of acquiring IMG Worldwide, and Klein will serve as CFO of both entities when the deal closes, reporting to co-CEOs Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel.

AllThingsD Week in Review: WhatsApp vs. Bullshit Metrics and Apple’s Tearjerker Ad

Eric Johnson in General on December 22, 2013 at 5:30 pm PT

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.

Voices

A Microsoftie’s Healthcare.gov (Comic)

Voices, Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on December 21, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

Voices

SEC Charges Former Microsoft Manager, Friend With Insider Trading

Anna Prior, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 19, 2013 at 2:25 pm PT

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged a former senior portfolio manager at Microsoft Corp., along with his friend and business partner, with insider trading.