Talk

Viral Video: Bravo’s Andy Cohen Is Very Cute (Mocking Him Even Cuter)

Kara Swisher in Media on April 10 at 12:15 am PT

Spot on, SNL!

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

Kara Swisher in News on March 6 at 11:46 am PT

Breaking up is hard to do, especially at start-ups.

Viral Video: Apple Innovation, Sparkly Vampires and My Stroke in TEDx Speech

Kara Swisher in Media on December 14, 2011 at 10:02 am PT

Here’s a video in which I talk about doing “More” and not less, no matter what.

Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2011 at 11:08 am PT

Aggressive private equity firm signs on the secret dotted line it said it would not. Of course.

AsiaD Adventures, Japan Edition: Walt and Kara Visit Digital Tokyo! (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on August 6, 2011 at 8:01 am PT

On our grand tour of Asia, Walt Mossberg and I take a tour of this Japanese city’s digital highlights.

News Byte

New Tech Gadget News Site Name: The Verge

Kara Swisher in Media on July 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

A new tech site, which has been founded by a number of former staffers of AOL-owned Engadget, will be announcing its new name — The Verge — during an appearance by Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky tonight on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night television talk show. The Verge, whose charter sponsor will be BMW, will debut in the fall as a new competing gadget property for the well-funded content start-up SB Nation.

Viral Video: Kimmel’s “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye (to Oprah Winfrey)”

Kara Swisher in Media on May 26, 2011 at 1:54 am PT

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel bids farewell to daytime talk show queen Oprah.

Viral Video: Christoph Waltz Slays on "American Idol" (No, Really Slays!)

Kara Swisher in News on April 25, 2011 at 12:58 am PT

BoomTown loves the spoof videos that late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel does–Hello, Humpilates!–and this one featuring actor Christoph Waltz is another great one. Waltz always plays scary dudes–usually, some version of a Nazi, if not one, in fact–in movies, and so making him a homicidal judge on the talent show “American Idol” is perfection.

Biz Punches Back at Fortune's Twitter-Bashing (Sort Of!)

Kara Swisher in News on April 15, 2011 at 6:35 am PT

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone took time off from his myriad of witty talk show appearances to slap around a just-published Fortune story that was titled–get it?–”Trouble@ Twitter.” Was it a knockout?

Viral Video: Pretty As a Picture, Sweeter Than a Swisher (No, Really)

Kara Swisher in News on April 5, 2011 at 1:25 am PT

Here’s Keri Hilson performing “Pretty Girl Rock” on “The Ellen DeGeneres” television talk show. Her hit song has some saucy lyrics, including the refrain: “Pretty as a picture/Sweeter than a Swisher.” Obvi, it is a reference to BoomTown.