People

There Are Seven Billion People on Planet Earth Right Now (Try to Keep Up, Facebook!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 31, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

It’s official: Seven billion people are alive in the world at this moment, a high population point of all time. And they are more digital than ever.

AOL’s HuffPost Enters Crowded Online Arena With HuffPost Celebrity Site

Kara Swisher in Media on July 11, 2011 at 4:26 am PT

The Huffington Post Media Group, AOL’s fast-moving content unit, is launching a celebrity site called HuffPost Celebrity today, as well as another called HuffPost Culture. HuffPost Celebrity, which ate AOL’s former celeb-focused site Popeater, is in a very crowded arena online, with competitors such as Yahoo’s omg!, Time Warner’s People magazine Web site, as well as AOL-owned TMZ.com.

Apple Brings Conde Nast Aboard the Subscription Bandwagon, Starting With the New Yorker

Peter Kafka in Media on May 8, 2011 at 10:15 pm PT

Apple is winning over the big publishers. Last week, Hearst Corp. said it planned to start selling its magazines using Apple’s new iTunes subscription service. Now rival Conde Nast is actually doing it, via the publisher’s New Yorker title.

Microsoft to Add Multitasking, Internet Explorer 9 to Windows Phone Later this Year

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

In an interview, Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees walks through the changes that Redmond plans to make to bolster Windows Phone 7. Improvements coming later this year include Twitter integration, a better browser and the ability to do more things at once.

Survey: Who Are the 10 Most Interesting People in Tech in 2010?

Kara Swisher in News on December 13, 2010 at 8:07 am PT

Last week, Barbara Walters did her annual television show “The 10 Most Fascinating People” of the past year. Among the riveting folks that the veteran ABC interviewer sat down was the unbearable cast from “Jersey Shore.” Tech can do better than that, smushing or not.

Apple, Publishers Still Miles Apart on iTunes Subscriptions

Peter Kafka in Media on December 3, 2010 at 9:38 am PT

Here’s Apple’s most recent offer, which publishers still don’t want. Maybe Google can help….

Time Inc.'s InStyle Sets Up Shop at StyleFind

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2010 at 3:08 am PT

Remember when magazines were excited about launching Web sites, not iPad apps? Here’s a new e-commerce site from Time Warner’s publishing unit.

Time Inc. Can't Wait for Google's Tablets

Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2010 at 10:47 am PT

Time Warner’s magazine unit was ecstatic about the iPad, but now it’s in a standoff with Apple. Which is why Jeff Bewkes is talking loudly–if not directly–about the appeal of the new Android tablets.