Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 31, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT
PayPal has hired Sarah Brody, a seven-year veteran of Apple, to the position of VP of Global design.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 10, 2011 at 12:23 pm PT
There were dozens of tablets on display at CES last week, but none matched the iPad, which, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, will retain its lead in the space for the foreseeable future.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 20, 2010 at 6:28 pm PT
Paul Adams, a senior user experience researcher at Google who was the company’s research lead for social, announced today he will be joining Facebook next year.
John Paczkowski in News on December 2, 2010 at 7:45 am PT
Hoping to shake its reputation for aging or otherwise unappealing mobile interfaces, Research in Motion is bringing in some new design talent. The company has acquired The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), the Swedish design house behind the original Android interface.
News Byte
Beth Callaghan in News on August 26, 2010 at 12:36 pm PT
Google introduced real-time search features in December, but
it wasn’t until today that the niche got its own home at
www.google.com/realtime. Google has also added some tools to make the mighty river of real-time more manageable: You can narrow your search to a specific geographic area or discussion and get email updates on search topics you’re interested in. And in the opacity of a typical Google user experience, if you want to access Realtime Search from the homepage, good luck. You can, however, find it in the left column of Web search results by clicking on “more,” then on “updates.”
Kara Swisher in News on August 23, 2010 at 1:54 am PT
With the news that a Hollywood production company is working on a movie about Google, based on the non-fiction book “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,” by Ken Auletta, BoomTown has been noodling on which actors would be good to cast in the various roles of the top players.
While the Google film is not as juicy as the upcoming fall film about Facebook, there is plenty of opportunity to bring a little glamour to the Googleplex.
John Paczkowski in News on May 27, 2010 at 4:45 am PT
Looks like Palm is suffering a bit of post-acquisition talent drain. Mobile user interface master Matias Duarte has left the company and hired on at the most obvious of places: Google. His new job? User Experience Director for Android.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 20, 2010 at 6:19 am PT
Here’s a stunner of a data point: Apple is selling more than 200,000 iPads per week. Which means, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, that sales of the company’s new device have outpaced those of the Mac in the United States and are closing in on those of the iPhone 3GS.
Kara Swisher in News on May 5, 2010 at 12:19 pm PT
At this point, BoomTown just needs to create a form for talent departing from MySpace and Yahoo.
As in: Part of an ongoing brain drain, sources said, BLANK EXEC is heading out the door of the troubled Internet company.
Filling in the blank today at MySpace: Angela Courtin, SVP of Marketing, Entertainment and Content, who, according to sources, is ankling away from the social networking giant.
