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SXSW News: Jerry Levin’s StartUp Health Academy for Entrepreneurs Announces First Class

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 11:20 am PT

It’s a nice break from similar groups that back companies designing apps to help people stalk each other at SXSW bars.

What’s Up With Jawbone UP? A Peek Inside the UP Testers Program.

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 23 at 3:04 pm PT

It’s been more than two months since Jawbone paused production of its popular but faulty UP wristband. So what’s up with the UP?

Viral Video: Chinese Senior Choir Sings Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”

Kara Swisher in Media on November 10, 2011 at 10:26 am PT

The headline kind of says it all.

Tech Is Glamour-ous: Mag Hosts Panel on Women in Tech (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on October 13, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

What’s the state of women in tech? Click in to find out.

In This Episode of “As the AOL Turns”: Will Arrington Appear at TechCrunch Disrupt?

Kara Swisher in Media on September 11, 2011 at 12:52 pm PT

Sources said that seems more likely than not, but who knows with this crazy crew!

Tech Stocks Recover, But What Will Next Week Bring?

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 12, 2011 at 6:05 am PT

Look deeper, deeper, deeper into my crystal ball, to find out the fate of tech stocks.

WSJ.Com's "Digits": Is Wal-Mart's Future Bright With Kosmix?

Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 11:11 am PT

Yesterday, from the back of the official All Things Digital minivan, BoomTown donned the official ATD Ray-Ban Aviators to talk on WSJ.com’s “Digits” online news show about the $300 million acquisition of Kosmix by Wal-Mart announced earlier this week. Can the retail giant, which has tried a number of digital moves in years past (to negligible impact), get social and mobile this time?

Viral Video: Czech President Pen Caper (and Inevitable Facebook Campaign)

Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 3:10 am PT

A video of Czech President Vaclav Klaus sneakily pocketing a fancy pen at a signing ceremony has, of course, continued to rack the views on YouTube. And–also, of course–there is now a Facebook campaign to send him more pens.

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.

Awkward! As Microsoft Marketing Event Opens, Its Longtime Marketing Head Announces Surprise Retirement

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Timing is everything and, sometimes, very awkward. Today at its Redmond, Wash., campus, Microsoft is hosting a splashy online “marketing leadership summit” titled “Imagine 2011″–a gathering of top marketing execs from across the globe, most of whom are advertising clients of its online division. Also today: Its longtime head of global marketing, Mich Mathews, announced her departure–to the surprise of many Microsoft execs here, in fact–via a report in Ad Age.