Twilio Taps Say Media Vet Kirkpatrick as CFO

Global expansion means it’s time to get serious about managing the finances. But first? Build a Twilio app.
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Cloud-Based Phone Software Start-Up Twilio Taps Former Jive Exec as Its CMO

Not clear on what Twilio is all about? Then someone has her job cut out for her.
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Obama: I Want YOU to Crash John Boehner’s Web Server

Last night the president of the United States asked Americans to contact their representatives in Congress about the stalemate in Washington over the debt ceiling. Oh boy, did they ever respond.
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What's on Osama bin Laden's Hard Drive? Hopefully a Lot.

As more details emerge about the raid that ended the world’s most famous manhunt, attention is turning toward other things of value captured. For openers, what useful information might be found on Osama bin Laden’s computer? Hopefully, a great deal.

In the End, a Lack of Tech May Have Helped Bring Bin Laden Down

A key clue leading up to the attack that brought Osama bin Laden to justice was a lack of a phone or Internet connection on his property. By forgoing modern communications technology, he may have drawn attention to himself.

SurveyMonkey Buys Online Forms Start-Up Wufoo for $35 Million

SurveyMonkey, the quiet but profitable and fast-growing Web survey company, is buying online forms start-up Wufoo. While the terms of the transaction for the Tampa, Fla.-based Infinity Box–makers of Wufoo–were not disclosed, sources said the price was $35 million in cash and stock.

SkypeOut: Service Is Down for Millions

No, I can’t hear you now, say millions of Skype users as the Internet telephony service experiences a widespread outage on Wednesday.

If Speed Matters, Why Is American Broadband So Slow?

The Communications Workers of America have completed their latest survey of broadband connections in the U.S., and if the point wasn’t already well-established, then they’re here to remind you: Broadband connections in America are slow, and service availability is lousy or non-existent in many areas.

Viral Video: Dancing Soliders in War Zones Meme Gets a Little Creepy

Like the Hitler meme and others, the dancing soldiers of Afghanistan have set off a lot of military moves of the hip-swaying kind in online video. Case in point, the latest one from a group of Israeli soliders in the West Bank’s Hebron while on patrol with big and decidedly scary guns, using them as props in order to boogie to Ke$ha’s hit song “TiK ToK.”

ITC Probing HTC’s Patent Claim Against Apple

Apple and HTC’s dueling lawsuits now have dueling ITC investigations to accompany them. The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced plans to formally investigate HTC’s allegations that Apple infringed upon its mobile phone patents.