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Google Currents News Reader Debuts (Phew!)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm PT

There soon won’t be enough news for all the news readers.

HuffPost and TED Will Ring Out the Year With an Online Idea-Thon

Kara Swisher in Media on December 1, 2011 at 8:20 am PT

Get your big-thinking cap on.

Introducing Lauren Goode

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Walt Mossberg on December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.

Adobe Admits It Is Saying Buh-Bye to Flash for Mobile Devices

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Looks like Apple’s Steve Jobs was right (as usual).

Saul Hansell Departs AOL to Be EIR at Betaworks

Kara Swisher in News on November 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

The prominent former New York Times writer is aiming to be an entrepreneur, just like the ones he used to write about.

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Here He Is

Kara Swisher in Media on September 23, 2011 at 5:16 pm PT

We’ll admit, it’s clever, even if he can’t quite let go. Even the chest shot, but only because it says “Unpaid Blogger.” In other words, tech’s bad boy Michael Arrington has a new blogging home on a site called Uncrunched, after leaving AOL and the tech news blog he founded, TechCrunch, amid controversy. His first post is only three words, all in the title: “Here I Am.” Indeed.

Uh-Oh: Groupon Loses New COO, Who’s Going Back to Google

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm PT

In a blog it just posted, Groupon said its recently hired COO, Margo Georgiadis, “has decided to return to Google (her former employer) in a new role as President, Americas.” She was hired in April, only months before the company filed to go public.

It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

Kara Swisher in Media on September 12, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!

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Netflix Officially Launches in Latin America

Kara Swisher in Media on September 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

As has been expected, Netflix has officially launched its online video streaming service in Latin America. In a blog post today, the company said: “By September 12, people throughout the Americas will be able to instantly watch a broad selection of movies and TV shows streaming from Netflix on computers, game consoles like the WII and PS3, and Smart TVs.”