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Lucky 13: After More Than a Dozen Failing Quarters, How Will New Yahoo CEO Roll the Dice?

Kara Swisher in News on January 23 at 1:49 pm PT

Maybe Yahoo should take its earnings to Vegas and bet it all on red!

Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.

Jawbone Debuts UP, Which Tracks, Well, You (Video)

Kara Swisher in News on November 2, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

It’s UP to you to get in better shape.

Asana Launches to Public — Finally Moving Out of Private Beta

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on November 2, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga, presumably so frustrated workers can achieve a digital form of nirvana.

Clearspring Buys Data Science Start-Up XGraph

Kara Swisher in News on November 1, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Clearspring, the social sharing company — in an effort to increase its business as a marketing analytics player — has acquired XGraph, a data science firm.

Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million

Kara Swisher in Media on August 30, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

Zite, the magazine-style reading app for the Apple iPad, has been sold to news giant CNN for $20 million to $25 million.

Where in the World Is Yahoo’s Carol Bartz? (Here’s the Internal Memo GPS!)

Kara Swisher in News on June 19, 2011 at 12:03 pm PT

With its annual meeting this coming Thursday, you’d think Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz would be taking a rest. Not so! She has been a regular Carmen Sandiego, in fact, jetting to Yahoo hotspots around the globe from Dubai to Milan to New York and then back to Yahoo’s Sunnyvale HQ.

Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning

Kara Swisher in News on May 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm PT

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion all in. Sources told BoomTown tonight that the deal for the online telephony and video communications giant is actually done and will be announced early tomorrow morning.

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard. Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.