Web 3.0

ATD Welcomes Ina Fried as Our New Mobile Reporter

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 5:59 pm PT

Here at All Things Digital, we’ve always prided ourselves on our journalism efforts, while also fully embracing the fast-paced new world of blogging. So, we could not be more thrilled to announce the hiring of Ina Fried as a new reporter and blogger, covering the critically important mobile beat. Make no mistake: Mobile is a beat that reaches across companies and is at the dead center of Web 3.0. Ina is one of several new journalists we will be announcing over the next week, part of an expansion of the ATD universe.

Yahoo Can Relax a Little (But Just a Little)–This Year's BoomTown Obsession Might Have to Be AT&T

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2010 at 7:03 am PT

Of all the major issues to think about in the digital sector over the next year, perhaps the most important to focus on will be the mobile space. That’s why the swirl of controversy around the inability of AT&T to maintain a reliable network for users of the Apple iPhone is perhaps the flashpoint story of the coming year. In other words, dropped calls and glitchy apps are more than just annoying–see my video after the jump–they’re holding back a key spark of future innovation for computing.

Palm: Execution Is Everything

John Paczkowski in News on June 26, 2009 at 8:21 am PT

Palm shares are on a tear this morning, rallying on the company’s fourth-quarter financials and the promise of its new Pre handset. Palm is trading at $15.30 as I write this, up more than nine percent in reaction to the company’s claims that the Pre and Palm’s webOS are off to a strong start.

In Case You Missed It, Here's the Print Version of D7, Um, Online!

Kara Swisher in News on June 3, 2009 at 2:53 am PT

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal did a special Technology Report section, made up of excerpts of selected interviews from the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ringing in Bing and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz looking for the primo opportunity to curse at BoomTown. Here are the online links to the transcripts, as well as video highlights. We’ll be posting the full video of all the sessions on this site soon.

Why Robert Scoble Is Wronger About "2010 Web": A BoomTown Translation!

Kara Swisher in News on June 2, 2009 at 12:37 pm PT

Oh, Scooby-Don’t… You could not be more wrong in your post last week–titled, “Why Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg are wrong about naming Web 3.0 ‘Web 3.0′”–about Walt and I being wrong about naming Web 3.0 “Web 3.0″ in an essay we posted at the start of our D: All Things Digital conference, which took place last week. I know writing “Kara Swisher,” “Walt Mossberg” and “Wrong” is well-nigh irresistible, but your solution of calling the digital era we are in the “2010 Web” is equally confusing and incorrect.

Twitter Guys: We’ll Still Be Running This Company in Five Years

Peter Kafka in D7 on May 26, 2009 at 6:49 pm PT

Meet the Internet’s It Boys: Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. A year ago, their “micromessaging” platform was unknown outside of a small circle of digerati. Now the service has broken through to the mainstream, or at least to the mainstream media (thanks, Oprah!). But while Twitter has no problem generating attention, it’s still unclear how the company will actually generate revenue. Or maybe it doesn’t need to do that: Last year, Facebook offered to buy Twitter for $500 million in cash and stock, and the service could presumably garner a much higher price today. Or at least that’s what its investors may be hoping for.

Welcome to Web 3.0

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in D7 on May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm PT

This year, as we convene the seventh edition of D: All Things Digital, we think something major is happening at the intersection of tech and media, and we think it deserves its own new hyped-up name: Web 3.0. Yes, folks, we are declaring the Web 2.0 era over, because, well, when you run conferences and Web sites, you can say stuff like that.

When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do (As in, No Twittering or Much iPhoning)

Kara Swisher in News on March 12, 2009 at 5:45 am PT

BoomTown’s visit to Italy has been eye-opening in a lot of ways, not the least of which is to be reminded that not everyone in the world is jacked into the matrix 24/7. In other words, Julius Caesar conquered Rome, but Twitter definitely has not. In fact, the conference being held here is aptly called “Tutto Cambio, Cambiamo Tutto?” That roughly translates into “Everything changes, let’s change everything?” This is not a question that is much asked in Silicon Valley. But here, whether or not to change is much more of a debate–one in which change does not always come out on top.

A Bad Quarter Ends Today (But Will It Be a Happier New Year for Tech?)

Kara Swisher in News on December 31, 2008 at 8:35 am PT

Today, most companies in the tech and Internet sector will close the books on what is likely to be a very disappointing fourth quarter and also close out what has turned out to be a mucho depressing year, which got hammered starting in the third. While financial results will not out for some weeks, one does not have to be a psychic to know what’s coming: A lot of weakness, with hopes for better days ahead. It’s a far cry from how 2008 started out, with high valuations for all. Those were the days my friend, Silicon Valley thought they’d never end, to sing and dance forever and a day. As it turned out, it was more of a swan song for Web 2.0.

Alcatel-Lucent: Let's Get Small

John Paczkowski in News on December 12, 2008 at 8:50 am PT

Alcatel-Lucent, the world’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment, won’t be quite so large come 2009. This morning the struggling Franco-American network supplier said it plans to sack 1,000 managers and 5,000 contractors in a bid to bring down costs.