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Wealthfront Finally Launches, Aimed at Silicon Valley’s “Richie Rich” Newbies

Kara Swisher in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

It’s a financial planning tool aimed at geeks.

Horse Flash: Apple’s Steve Jobs on Adobe Vendetta in 2010 at D8 (Video)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Why Apple put the popular software technology out to pasture.

Federated Media Buys Lijit Networks

Kara Swisher in Media on October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A medium-sized online advertising company buys a smaller one.

CafeMom Launches Daily Deals and Plans Hispanic Moms Site

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2011 at 5:27 am PT

CafeMom, a social-networking and community site aimed at mothers, is expanding its offerings to daily deals, as well as announcing an anticipated launch of a site aimed at Hispanic moms. The deals site has just been launched under the killer URL of Mom.com.

Exclusive: Yahoo Nabs Jai Singh From AOL's HuffPo as Editor-in-Chief

Kara Swisher in Media on May 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has grabbed one of Huffington Post’s top editors, Jai Singh, to become its editor-in chief. Before moving to the HuffPo as managing editor in 2009, which is now the key content unit of AOL, Singh ran CNET.

Blogs, MacBooks and GSM phones

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 16, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on starting a blog, sleeping MacBooks and GSM phones.

Assistly Extends Customer Service to Facebook Walls

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16, 2011 at 10:08 am PT

Assistly helps small businesses provide Web-based customer service and support with a platform that combines more traditional methods like email, chat and phone with Twitter and, as of today, Facebook.

Will Secretary of State Clinton's "Internet Freedom Agenda" Finally Get Traction?

Kara Swisher in News on February 16, 2011 at 7:09 am PT

Yesterday, in a major policy speech in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jumped on the Internet bandwagon again, unveiling a $25 million government investment for entrepreneurs to allow dissidents to thwart “thugs, hackers and censors.” Since that’s about the amount a third-string social photo-sharing site gets while walking down University Avenue in Palo Alto, Calif., from venture capitalists with bags of money to spend, let me just say the money is, well, underwhelming. Clinton’s speech, thankfully, was much better.

Bill Gross's UberMedia Raises $17.5 Million From Accel, Index and Steve Case

Kara Swisher in News on February 14, 2011 at 9:04 am PT

UberMedia, which just bought TweetDeck for $30 million in equity last week, has raised $17.5 million in a round led by Accel Partners. The valuation for the Pasadena, Calif., start-up founded by well-known entrepreneur Bill Gross–which was actually struck some month ago–is $40 million.

Cooliris Raises $9.6M, Gets Social With Mobile Photo-Sharing App

Liz Gannes in Social on February 14, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Cooliris, which makes tools to help people consume media on the Web and various devices, is changing focus with a new flagship product that’s about sharing photos rather than browsing.