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Get Ready for Lots of Streaming Arianna With HuffPost Video Network

in Media on February 2 at 3:58 pm PT

The latest entrant in the video-newspaper category comes from none other than Huffington Post, which unveiled plans to stream 16 hours of live video on its site daily.
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News Byte

Proust Will Live On, Separate From IAC

in News on January 31 at 3:34 pm PT

Proust, a social-journaling service owned by IAC, was slated to shut down today, after just a six-month run. But Proust isn’t shutting down, after all: The service sent an email to users saying that it will remain active due to an outpouring of support from the Proust community. The service is now independent of IAC, and is being run by anonymous investors and entrepreneurs operating under Proust Interactive LLC.

Exclusive Interview: Carrier IQ Gets Transparent About Its Mobile Monitoring

in Mobile on December 13, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

As CIQ prepares to answer the questions put to it by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, it’s hoping to set the record straight with a definitive report on the functionality of its software.
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Exclusive: Disney Acquires “Sophisticated” Mommy Blog Platform Babble Media

in Media on November 14, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

Organic arugula alert: Disney’s interactive unit is calling all urban hipster parents!
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With No-Yahoo-CEO Pledge, David Kenny Back in the Strategic Fray

in Media on November 8, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

What will David Kenny do? Maybe get something cooking in the whole what-will-Yahoo-do stakes, now that one of Yahoo’s more active board members is back.
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Former Myspace Music Head Holt Lands as COO at Maker (Plus Cool Video!)

in Media on October 31, 2011 at 11:10 am PT

As video on the Web evolves, Courtney Holt moves to the new-generation production company — which makes and distributes more professional original content to the Internet, mostly via YouTube.
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Exclusive: Like Marketing, Yahoo’s Customer Advocacy Org Gets Sliced and Diced This Week

in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Change is certainly afoot inside Yahoo.
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It’s All About Content: Why Tablets Help Hard Drives

in Voices on October 5, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Rumors of the hard drive’s death have been greatly exaggerated — again.”

For LightSquared, a High Bar

in News on September 28, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

To make good on its planned $14 billion investment in a national high-speed wireless network, start-up LightSquared Inc. must prove to the government that its network is perfect, or nearly so, in avoiding interference with global-positioning devices.

Chegg Buys Zinch in Another Move Toward a “Social Education Platform”

in Commerce on September 15, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The online textbook rental is on a hiring spree to expand its student-aimed business all year round. The latest move: Acquiring Zinch, which links high school students with college recruiters.
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Iridium Makes Satellite Connections as Easy as Wi-Fi

in Enterprise, September 7, 2011 at 11:15 am PT

My Picks for Yahoo’s Next CEO — Maybe Snoop Dogg, Ya Digg?

in Media, September 7, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

in Media, August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!

in AsiaD, August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Yahoo Search Exec Chang Lands at Mobile Ad Start-Up

Viral Video: Intern Flash Mob at LinkedIn All-Hands Meeting

in Social, July 25, 2011 at 12:13 am PT

Flipboard and Condé Nast Partner in Brand Ads Deal on Social Reading App

in Media, July 24, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million

in News, June 29, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

Pandora Pulls a LinkedIn, As Tech-Starved Investors Gorge on IPO

in News, June 15, 2011 at 7:08 am PT

Liveblogging Microsoft 3Q Earnings: Office-Tastic and Kinect-Able (But PC-Frown)

in News, April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm PT

Spil Games, GSN Dominate As Most-Popular Online Game Sites, But Guess Who Ranks No. 6?

in Commerce, April 20, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

in News, April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

in News, April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Rebels Hijack Gadhafi's Phone Network

in News, April 13, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Viral Video: RIP Sidney Lumet

in News, April 11, 2011 at 1:35 am PT