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Flipboard CEO McCue Likely to Step Down From Twitter Board Over Potential Future Conflicts (Or Closer Cooperation)

in News on May 7 at 1:37 pm PT

There is a growing feeling that the social communications companies are on a product collision course, with a possible troubled or perhaps more attractive result.
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Voices

FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine on Google

in News on April 15 at 1:18 am PT

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $25,000 fine on Google Inc., accusing the search giant of deliberately obstructing an investigation into whether the company violated federal rules when its street-mapping service collected and stored data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in 2010.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to Appear as Opening Speaker at the D10 Conference

in D10 on April 10 at 9:00 am PT

Welcome for the first time to the red-hot seat of D: All Things Digital, Mr. Cook!
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FaceTagram? InstaBook? Whatever You Call It, All Your Mobile Photo Are Belong to Facebook (for $1 Billion)!

in Media on April 9 at 12:20 pm PT

Actually, it’s pretty simple: Photos. Photos. And, oh yes, mobile photos — lots and lots and lots of them.
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Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

in News on April 3 at 11:13 am PT

The other shoe in the Facebook-Yahoo patent fight just dropped.
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Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.
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Spotify’s Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves to Path to Do Same

in News on March 30 at 5:00 am PT

The fix-it guy for the popular music service takes his tools over to the personal social network.
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News Byte

Online Audiences Are Famished for “The Hunger Games” (Though Vampires Still Rule!)

in Media on March 21 at 9:25 am PT

As of yesterday morning, the movie version of the popular teen novel “The Hunger Games,” which comes out Friday, accounted for 92 percent of total ticket sales on Fandango. That includes 1,200 showtimes sold-out on the online ticketing service, which recently signed various deals with AMC Theatres, Facebook and, earlier this week, Yahoo Movies. Still, the kids-fight-to-the-death film has not yet topped the online advance sales for the three “Twilight” movies or the last two in the “Harry Potter” franchise.

Why Wasn’t SecondMarket Part of the SEC Pre-IPO Stock Attack? CEO Barry Silbert’s Happy to Tell You on Quora.

in Commerce on March 16 at 1:42 pm PT

If he does say so himself!
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CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

in News on March 15 at 5:06 am PT

The new leader addresses the nervous troops: Once more unto the breach, dear possibly laid-off Yahoos, once more …
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We’re Expanding: All Things Digital Would Like You to Meet All Things Reviewed

in News, March 11, 2012 at 11:51 am PT

Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat

in D10, March 9, 2012 at 10:40 am PT

Facebook Suffers Temporary Service Outage in Europe

Viral Video: Dollar Shave Club’s Razor-Sharp Wit

in Commerce, March 7, 2012 at 12:13 am PT

Checking In With the Foursquare Founder Parting: More “Tense” (Of Course)

in News, March 6, 2012 at 11:46 am PT

HBO Digital Head Alison Moore Talks About HBO Go and More! (Video)

in Media, March 2, 2012 at 9:26 am PT

So It’s the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo — The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented

in News, February 28, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Talent Management Start-Up PeopleMatter Raises $14M, Led by Morgenthaler

in News, February 26, 2012 at 7:00 pm PT

PayPal: Your Data Is More Secure in Our Mighty Cloud Than in Your Pocket

in News, February 16, 2012 at 1:14 pm PT

Viral Video: Hulu’s Original “Paul, the Male Matchmaker” Set to Debut

in Media, February 7, 2012 at 8:57 am PT

From the Life-Is-Unfair Files: You’re Welcome, Winklevii. Love, Zuck.

in Social, February 3, 2012 at 8:40 am PT

Verizon Wireless Playing the 4G Grinch With Third Outage This Month (Update)

in News, December 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm PT

GoGo Goes for IPO

in News, December 23, 2011 at 8:57 am PT

Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

in Social, December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

in News, December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT