Forum
Beth Callaghan in Forum on April 27 at 1:49 pm PT
Pundits and others are using the
B word — bubble — more than ever. Is it time to stop, or will this gain even more traction in 2012?
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Mobile on March 4 at 3:26 pm PT
Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai is leaving the company, three years after launching the check-in service. Sevaldurai says he’s “not sure about my exact next steps” but will remain on the company’s board. Foursquare investor Spark Capital is
reportedly buying employee stock, and Selvadurai and co-founder Dennis Crowley have previously sold shares in an
earlier funding round.
Gigaom’s Om Malik reported Selvadurai’s departure earlier.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 6 at 3:39 am PT
Om Malik won’t say. But we should find out soon.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 14 at 7:14 pm PT
Looks like the News Corp. CEO is getting the hang of this Twitter thing: Perfect for stirring up trouble.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 16, 2011 at 12:15 am PT
Here’s This Week in Tech, or TWiT, in which tattoos, cupcakes and — oh, yeah — tech was discussed.
Kara Swisher in Media on May 26, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT
Yesterday, I slogged through the rain to the downtown San Francisco HQ of the GigaOM Network to visit with tech blogging pioneer Om Malik and talk about the latest $6 million in funding for the tech news and analysis site.
Kara Swisher in News on May 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm PT
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion all in.
Sources told BoomTown tonight that the deal for the online telephony and video communications giant is actually done and will be announced early tomorrow morning.
Kara Swisher in News on March 29, 2011 at 8:35 am PT
Yes, it is perverse, but I really want to come in dead last in Time magazine’s “140 Best Twitter Feeds.”
Why? Well, there’s no way I am getting near the top with the likes of Sarah Palin and Lady Gaga in the same list, so I felt the 140th–
get it?–slot on a Twitter poll is the next best thing to aim for.
Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2011 at 12:15 am PT
On Sunday, BoomTown tossed my mohawked dog Phineas in the Mini and motored up to lovely Petaluma to appear live and in studio on Leo Laporte’s fine “This Week in Tech” online show.
It was a week full of news–from the about-to-launch Apple iPad to Google taking aim at content farms to the Oscars.
And also whipped-cream bras.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 19, 2010 at 10:39 am PT
Sequoia leads a giant round that could value the company at more than $140 million. Whatever the final number is, it’s a lot. So it’s either too much for a company that still doesn’t generate real revenue, or a bargain for a company that’s growing like gangbusters. Place your bets!
