Paul Allen

Google+ Growth Appears to Accelerate — Was It the Muppets?

Liz Gannes in Social on December 27, 2011 at 4:09 pm PT

Google added 12 million new users to its Google+ social network in December, according to external and unofficial (but somewhat officially blessed) statistician Paul Allen.

Whither Google+? Approaching 50M Users, but Not Being Mentioned in the Same Breath as Facebook Anymore.

Liz Gannes in Social on September 26, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Google+ user registrations shot up dramatically last week, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, whose external measurements of usage of the service have proven to be quite accurate so far.

More Women Crashing Google+ Sausage Party

John Paczkowski in News on July 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Google+ isn’t the frat party it first appeared to be.

By the Numbers: Google+ the Biggest Social Network Launch Ever?

Liz Gannes in Social on July 15, 2011 at 7:02 am PT

Two-week-old Google+ has 10 million users, Google CEO Larry Page announced yesterday. That’s an enormous number, and makes it likely that Google+ has had the fastest out-of-the-gate velocity of any social network ever. Let’s parse what that means.

Paul Allen's Idea Man, The Musical

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on April 20, 2011 at 4:20 pm 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. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Video: Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Defends Gates-Bashing on "60 Minutes"

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:56 pm PT

BoomTown loves me some Lesley Stahl. The “60 Minutes” correspondent is back in the tech space, grilling Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen about allegations he makes in his new memoir, “Idea Man,” that his partner Bill Gates tried to shanghai him out of stock when he was suffering from a major illness.

Don't Rain on Microsoft's Ad Parade (Except It's Raining in Seattle, Natch!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

BoomTown scrambled the All Things Digital jet (aka, United Airlines, Seat 7A) late last night to get up to Microsoft’s big event for its online advertising clients today. Called “Imagine 2011: Marketing Leadership Summit” and held at its Redmond, Wa. HQ, the two-day event is designed to wow peeps by trotting out a spate of strategery concepts those who buy advertising on Microsoft’s various digital offerings from its Bing search service to MSN to Xbox to Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates

Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 30, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

Bill Gates schemed to take shares in Microsoft Corp. from his co-founder during the early days of the software company following his partner’s treatment for cancer, according to a new memoir by the billionaire co-founder, Paul Allen. The allegation is part of a critical portrait in the book of Mr. Gates, with whom Mr. Allen formed a friendship in grade school that evolved into one of the iconic partnerships of American business.