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Yahoo Dramatically Expands Twitter Relationship in Next Stage of "Project Rushmore" (Complete With Cutesy Bird Puns)

Kara Swisher in News on February 23, 2010 at 5:42 pm PT

Yahoo announced tonight that it is dramatically expanding its relationship with Twitter, integrating it broadly through its Web site, much in the same way it did recently with Facebook.

Yahoo's "Project Rushmore" Begins With Massive Facebook Connect Deployment Across Internet Giant

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

A few weeks ago, several sources at Yahoo began telling BoomTown about a mysterious “Project Rushmore,” which was described as a massive integration of major social networking sites across the giant Internet portal. Now, the first unveiling of Project Rushmore comes with this morning’s announcement that Yahoo will be integrating Facebook Connect with its many properties, from its powerful media sites to its Flickr photo service to its email. One delicious irony here: Yahoo almost bought Facebook several years ago.

Dear Dad: You Lost the Election Because the GOP FailWhaled on the Web

Kara Swisher in News on February 20, 2009 at 1:45 am PT

Almost-First Daughter Meghan McCain gave the Republican Party the analog equivalent of an unhappy emoticon yesterday in a column in The Daily Beast, predicting the political party will lose power quicker than a faulty iPhone if it does not get more Web-savvy pronto. BoomTown always liked GOP Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s sassy spawn, who had a pretty good blog during the campaign and was always coming out with some little nugget that I am sure made her PR handlers cringe. Well, there she goes again!