I was a big Clinton and Gore supporter in the 90s … I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.
– Marc Andreessen, on CNBC, talking about his support for Mitt Romney
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 15 at 2:39 pm PT
The sale and creation of bumper stickers, t-shirts, mugs and other political gear may be a better indication of which candidates Americans like than some of the primaries.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 10, 2011 at 11:38 am PT
The Republican primaries continue to generate lots of video views for YouTube.
Liz Gannes in Social on October 24, 2011 at 1:25 pm PT
While Republicans say they’re now armed and ready to use Twitter in the 2012 election, U.S. President Barack Obama has jumped to the next social platform: Tumblr.
Kara Swisher in Enterprise on September 21, 2011 at 8:05 am PT
Would the former Internet exec star be open to running one of Silicon Valley’s most notoriously difficult companies?
Sources say yes, indeedy.
Kara Swisher in Social on June 9, 2011 at 1:58 pm PT
Were all the politicians in Congress taken up in some sort of rapture to a Twitter-free zone?
Nope, just the effect of the unfortunate nether-region photo tweet by Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, which has apparently caused others on Capitol Hill to stop posting as much to the microblogging service.
Kara Swisher in News on March 8, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Yesterday, the Obama administration dribbled out the news that it was going to nominate current Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China.
The move leaves open a post that could get a true turbocharge if it were filled by an exec from the fast-growing and innovative digital arena.
Here are BoomTown’s nominations.
Voices
Ana Campoy, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 17, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
The planned closure of an Amazon.com Inc. distribution center in a suburb here has opened a debate about whether taxes or jobs is the better answer for Texas’ tattered budget.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 21, 2010 at 8:50 am PT
There is only one point of consensus that has emerged from today’s imminent 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on network neutrality rules proposed by Chairman Julius Genachowski: All concerned are dissatisfied with the result.
