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Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo

Adam Rifkin, CEO, PandaWhale in Voices May 24, 2013 at 3:12 pm PT

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Like That TV Ad You Just Saw? Twitter Wants to Show You Another One.

Peter Kafka in Media May 23, 2013 at 8:58 am PT

3053 posts and columns on Twitter

Twitter’s View of the Boston Marathon Bombings (Video)

in Dive Into Mobile on April 16 at 3:00 pm PT

What did Twitter look like after the Boston Marathon bombings? Michael Sippey, Twitter’s VP of product, explains.
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WhatsApp: Bigger Than Twitter

in Dive Into Mobile on April 16 at 8:19 am PT

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News Byte

Twitter-Acquired Posterous to Shut Down April 30

in News on February 15 at 3:54 pm PT

Posterous is finally going Twitter-only. The sharing site said Friday that it is shutting down its Web and mobile services to devote its full effort to Twitter, which acquired it last March. In a post to the company blog, Posterous advised users to download whatever materials they’d like to preserve from their accounts by April 30.

Sony’s Michael Lynton on How the Net and Social Media Are Changing the Movie Business

in Dive Into Media on February 12 at 11:53 am PT

Sony’s Michael Lynton says that in the age of social media, a film’s audience can now help kill a movie or extend its life.
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News Byte

Facebook, Google and Twitter Partner With Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher Charity

in News on November 18, 2012 at 3:03 pm PT

Though actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher separated well over a year ago, the pair continue to collaborate on the charity work they began as a couple. Kutcher and Moore recently extended the mission of their joint foundation to combat the exploitation of children online, renaming it THORN: Digital Defenders of Children and enlisting tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to support it.

Apple’s Ping to End With a Thud in Next Release of iTunes

in Social on June 12, 2012 at 3:20 pm PT

Apple plans to abandon Ping, its failed social networking service for music.
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Apple’s WWDC Keynote by the Numbers

in News on June 12, 2012 at 4:01 am PT

Beyond the hardware and software announcements, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address Monday was a victory lap full of big numbers.
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Rounding Up the Apple Rumors Ahead of WWDC

in News on June 6, 2012 at 3:30 am PT

What is Apple going to unveil at WWDC?
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Apple: App Access to Contact Data Will Require Explicit User Permission

in Mobile on February 15, 2012 at 10:33 am PT

In the wake of the Path address book flap, Apple says all apps that want access to your data will have to ask nicely.
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What Bubble? SurveyMonkey’s Dave Goldberg, Joyus’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky

in AsiaD on October 19, 2011 at 10:52 pm PT

If you don’t want to call it a “bubble,” that’s up to you. But it’s clear that what’s happening in Silicon Valley is different from just about everywhere else. Three of its most interesting stars share their take on the scene, and explain how they’re trying to export it to Asia.
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Jack Dorsey on Square, Steve Jobs and Why Twitter Struggles in China

Posted by John Paczkowski in AsiaD, October 19, 2011 at 9:50 pm PT

QOTD: You Mean Google-Assisted Suicide?

New Microsoft Pay Plan: More Cash, Fewer Microbucks

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, April 21, 2011 at 10:32 am PT

Who Will Google Acquire Next?

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, April 18, 2011 at 2:45 am PT

"To the Trilateral Commission and Its New Leader–Watson"

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, February 18, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

Why of Course I'll Sign Your iPad, Zuck….

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, February 17, 2011 at 1:07 pm PT

Verizon Upholds Tradition of Bumpy iPhone Launch

Posted by John Paczkowski in Mobile, February 3, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

Murdoch's Daily: The Details

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, February 2, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Comedy Is Not Pretty (And Neither Is CES)

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, January 6, 2011 at 3:48 am PT

QOTD: Retweet

Windows Phone 7: There’s an App for Some of That

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, October 11, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

New from Amazon: Kindle Ubiquity

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, September 28, 2010 at 6:53 am PT

This Just in from the N.S. Sherlock Institute for the Bleeding Obvious: Media Likes Covering Apple

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, September 27, 2010 at 6:55 am PT

New Looks for Aging Models: Fashion Shots from Yahoo’s Product Runway

Posted by John Paczkowski in News, September 16, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

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