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Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Sandberg Will Make Rare Joint Appearance on “Charlie Rose” Tonight

Liz Gannes in Social on November 7, 2011 at 6:56 am PT

It’s a rare joint appearance for the social giant’s top two executives, and their first times on “Charlie Rose.”

Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 10, 2011 at 9:39 am PT

If it’s true that there’s really no such thing as bad publicity, Cloudflare, a Web security startup, is proving it by having been selected by the LulzSec troupe of hackers to help protect its Web site. As product endorsements go, it’s an odd one, but the outfit is seeing a spike in sign-ups from the buzz.

Comcast Unit Finds New Use for the iPhone: Getting Work Done

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT

While plenty of people are using their iPhones and iPads to watch video, a unit of Comcast is betting that the devices can also play a role in helping professional video get onto the Internet. Though a niche product, it is the kind of application that many expect to see more of as businesses find ways of incorporating mobile devices into their office workflow.

App Watch: PBS Sees Potential in iPhone as Children's Toy

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 6, 2010 at 8:58 am PT

For many kids growing up in a world of gadgets, Apple’s iPhone is little more than a cool toy. Never mind the price tag or the fact that the phone helped revolutionize mobile devices. Kids like to poke around on the screen and watch animation. And many parents have found that the gadget can be a great diversion, if they can get over their fear of their children breaking the device.

PBS's "Frontline" Considers the "Digital Nation"–A Lot of Handwringing Over the Inevitable, but Watch It Anyway

Kara Swisher in News on February 4, 2010 at 5:26 am PT

Earlier this week, the reliably erudite PBS public affairs program, “Frontline,” aired a documentary called “Digital Nation.” The show’s team races hither and yon interviewing a pile of smart folks–most of whom, thankfully, are not from Silicon Valley–to uncover what’s up with this Internet thing, which the kids seem to love. This egads-no-one-knows-where-this-geekery-is-taking-us worrywartness is probably appropriate, and though nothing new, is well told.

BoomTown Talks About the iPhone Apps Economy on the News Hour (Plus Some Future Stuff Blather)

Kara Swisher in News on September 4, 2009 at 1:52 am PT

Last night, “The News Hour With Jim Lehrer” aired a piece on “how technology companies are innovating amid the recession by designing popular new smart phone applications.” BoomTown was to talk about how perhaps not all of the 65,000 apps being created by legions of third-party developers for the Apple iPhone will result in gold, diamonds and unicorns raining down on entrepreneurs. Oddly enough, I somehow went all Jules Verne at the end and started talking about screens on coffee tables, so I am obviously just as bad.