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High Five to AllThingsD.com — Happy Birthday to Us

in Media on April 26 at 11:39 pm PT

No presents but your presence, dear readers.
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News Byte

Office-for-iPad App CloudOn Adds Box, DropBox and More

in News on April 10 at 9:30 am PT

CloudOn, a free application that has partnered with Microsoft to bring Office applications to the iPad, is rolling out a new version of its app that adds Box, DropBox and Adobe Reader. Users can now log in to their existing cloud-storage accounts and view and update files directly from CloudOn. The app first launched in January, and says it has seen close to a million downloads. A competing app, OnLive, also offers iPad users access to Microsoft Office, but has come under fire from Microsoft for allegedly violating licensing terms.

Google Currents News Reader Debuts (Phew!)

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

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

Google’s News Reader — Now Called Currents — Finally Coming

in Media on December 8, 2011 at 8:53 am PT

I was wrong about the rollout timing — I had reported mid-November (sorry, Sean!) — but Google’s entrant into the news reader space is finally set to launch as soon as tomorrow. Sources said the product, which was codenamed Propeller and will compete with a spate of competitors such as Flipboard and Yahoo’s Livestand, is now called Currents (I had gotten that one right!). As in current events. Get it?

Mike McCue Talks! Flipboard Finally Launches App for iPhone. (Video)

in Mobile on December 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

What took the popular social reader so long to go mobile? In any case, it’s finally here.
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Viral Survey Says: No Thanks to Facebook Phone

in Mobile on November 28, 2011 at 12:07 am PT

In a post last week about what could be in a Facebook smartphone — one in a series about the mobile efforts at the social networking giant — AllThingsD.com asked readers if they wanted one or not (we also offered a “maybe” option).
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A Few Questions for Yahoo Product Dude Blake Irving — Who, Thankfully, Does Not Want to Make a Bid (Video)

in Media on November 7, 2011 at 10:39 am PT

Who has the most thankless job at Yahoo these days? My vote goes to the guy who has to keep innovating in the midst of all the noise.
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Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.
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Spooking Flipboard: Yahoo’s Livestand — Followed by Google’s Propeller — Set to Launch Next Week

in Media on October 28, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

Memo to Flipboard, Pulse, CNN’s Zite and AOL’s Editions: You might want to make some room in the crowded news and social reader space — you’re about to get some bigfoot company.
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It’s Called Google Propeller and It’s Aimed at Flipboard (and Facebook, Too, Natch)

in Media on September 15, 2011 at 5:25 pm PT

Whhhheeeeeeeee! Up, up in the sky, its Google’s Flipboard killer, which also might strafe Facebook, too!
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My Picks for Yahoo’s Next CEO — Maybe Snoop Dogg, Ya Digg?

in Media, September 7, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

in Media, August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

A Social Update From AllThingsD’s Social Media Editor

in Social, August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

The Future of Social Media at AllThingsD

in News, August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

in Media, May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

When Media Giants Attack! Cease-and-Desist Letter to News Reader Zite Claims All Kinds of Copyright Damage

in News, March 30, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

With iPad Sales, Steve Schools the Street Again

in News, January 20, 2011 at 11:17 am PT

Tablets Flying Fast and Furious at CES

in Mobile, January 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Apple's Jobs Tops BoomTown's 10 Most Fascinating Techies in 2010 Survey

in News, January 3, 2011 at 8:02 am PT

D: Dive Into Mobile: The Full Interview Video of Flipboard's Mike McCue

in News, December 21, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

There's Still Time to Take the ATD Survey: Who Are the 10 Most Interesting People in Tech in 2010?

in News, December 21, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Flipboard Caves to User Demand; Adds RSS Feeds (And Flickr and Web Previews)

in Social, December 15, 2010 at 9:01 pm PT

Nick Denton "So Very Sorry" About Giant Gawker Media Hack

in Media, December 13, 2010 at 10:56 am PT

Pulse News App for iPad Gets Social

in Social, December 1, 2010 at 3:00 pm PT

Joshua Schachter Goes From Delicious to Tasty

in Media, November 24, 2010 at 5:11 am PT