Kara Swisher in Media on October 28, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
Memo to Flipboard, Pulse, CNN’s Zite and AOL’s Editions: You might want to make some room in the crowded news and social reader space — you’re about to get some bigfoot company.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
A medium-sized online advertising company buys a smaller one.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT
In an extended interview, the head of France’s largest telecom firm talks with AllThingsD about the wireless landscape, offering a pointed take on everything from phones and tablets to the need for tiered pricing.
And yes, his company is working with Apple on a standard for smaller SIM cards that could pave the way for a slimmer iPhone.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Although its chips power Android and Windows Phone devices–not the iPhone–Qualcomm has decided to bring its augmented reality software development tools over to the Apple smartphone.
The move won immediate praise from developers that have been using the code to write Android apps since the tools were released last year.
Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm PT
MicroHoo is
funky!
At least according to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz on the Silicon Valley search giant’s first-quarter earnings conference call about its recent financial performance.
Yahoo’s results showed a continued worrisome revenue growth stall, due in large part to a search advertising fall-off, and a still-turning turnaround.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 4, 2011 at 4:36 pm PT
While Android users love their devices, they have a healthy dose of respect for what Apple is doing, at least according to a new flash poll conducted by Qriously, a tiny start-up that hopes to help developers monetize their apps by inserting paid surveys rather than advertising.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 25, 2011 at 5:46 pm PT
Android will release an in-app payment system “soon,” said Eric Chu, group manager for Android platform at Google, speaking at Inside Social Apps in San Francisco today.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 6, 2011 at 12:33 pm PT
Tapjoy, which formerly operated under the name Offerpal, has raised $21 million to help complete a yearlong makeover.
Kara Swisher in News on January 3, 2011 at 12:19 pm PT
Greg Arnold, the executive in charge of Yahoo’s monetization/e-commerce platform. is joining LinkedIn to drive monetization there.
A LinkedIn spokeswoman confirmed the move after an inquiry by BoomTown and said Arnold would be director of engineering working on monetization products at the fast-growing business network.
