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Welcome to the AllThingsD Redesign!

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg in News on May 22, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT

No, you’re not on the wrong site. And, yes, this is All Things D. A whole new redesign of All Things D, that is. Here’s a guide to make the transition easier.

Nordstrom Acquires Flash Sales Site HauteLook for Up to $270 Million

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 17, 2011 at 2:11 pm PT

Nordstrom has agreed to acquire four-year-old HauteLook, marking the department store’s first foray into online private sales.

Bing's Search Share Is Growing? Must Be All Those "Hiybbprqag" Searches, Eh Google?

John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT

Some encouraging new search metrics for Bing. Experian Hitwise data for January shows Microsoft’s search engine with 12.81 percent of the market, up from 10.6 percent in December–-a 21 percent gain. Add to that the 14.62 percent share claimed by the now-powered-by-Bing Yahoo, and Bing’s got more than a quarter of the U.S. search market.

Hipmunk's Site Targets Travel "Agony"

Nick Wingfield, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 8, 2011 at 10:53 am PT

A San Francisco startup believes it has come up with a way to make traveling — and using travel websites — a little less agonizing. Hipmunk, which just raised $4.2 million from a roster of online travel veterans and venture capitalists, gives users access to the familiar airline fares they’re used to on other sites.

New Digg CEO Calls Previous Launch "a Tragedy," Commits to Community

Liz Gannes in Social on February 2, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Five months after becoming CEO of Digg at a time of much turmoil, Matt Williams is finding a voice of his own, separate from founder Kevin Rose’s. Williams had what seemed to be a largely successful discussion with the Digg community, posted this week.

I Can Has $30M: LOLcats Become Funny Business

Liz Gannes in Social on January 17, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Would the thought of investing $30 million in a set of WordPress blogs and tools for captioning pictures of cats make you laugh out loud?

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Shoppers Using Phones to Make Buying Decisions, Survey Says

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 10, 2011 at 4:22 pm PT

Mobile phones are increasingly changing the way people shop, according to ForeSee Results, which conducted a study of nearly 10,000 visitors to the biggest e-commerce sites in the U.S. It found that during this holiday season, a total of 11 percent of Web shoppers reported having made a purchase from their phones, compared to only 2 percent a year ago. Users are also tapping into their phones to comparison shop. For instance, 56 percent used them to check prices, and 27 percent used them to read product reviews. While in physical stores, more than two-thirds of mobile shoppers used their phones to visit the store’s own Web site, and nearly half visited a competitor’s site.

The Men and No Women of Web 2.0 Boards (BoomTown's Talking to You: Twitter, Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Foursquare)

Kara Swisher in News on December 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

Simply put: The five top Web 2.0 superstar companies have no women on their board of directors. As in zero.

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Another Love Note From Facebook to Media Sites: A New Sign-Up Tool

Peter Kafka in Media on December 16, 2010 at 12:37 pm PT

More outreach from Facebook to media companies: A new registration tool, which is supposed to make it even easier for Web site visitors to sign on to the site using their Facebook account. Facebook says that once it’s installed, the tool will “surface[s] activity from friends and incentivizes the person to stay on the site longer, share more content, and come back more often.” And of course, share more information with Facebook.

Still Changing Passwords Today? Silverpop Attack May Be Why.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 15, 2010 at 7:40 am PT

The hacking incident that affected McDonald’s appears to have wider implications for users of scores of other Web sites, and it may be connected, though indirectly, to the weekend attack on Gawker.