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Manual Typewriters, the Original Mobile Devices

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10 at 5:00 am PT

Upon hearing manual typewriters are now “a thing,” AllThingsD’s Ina Fried dusts hers off and puts pen to paper extolling the virtues of the pre-computer keyboard.

Godspeed on That Investing Thing, Yertle–But I Still Have Some Questions for Your Boss, Arianna

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 10:19 am PT

Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn’t really care anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers? Especially after reading his post yesterday that made a good argument about who he is and, frankly, who he has always been. But that does not mean his boss, AOL content head Arianna Huffington, doesn’t have some ‘splainin’ to do.

McGonigal Launches Social Chocolate to Make Life "Gameful"

Liz Gannes in Social on January 20, 2011 at 12:07 pm PT

In addition to her new book, “Reality is Broken,” game designer Jane McGonigal is today launching a new company called Social Chocolate to create games that make reality engaging.

Welcome to NetworkEffect!

Liz Gannes in Social on November 8, 2010 at 12:06 am PT

Hi there, I’m Liz Gannes. My beat at All Things D is All Things Social, and you’ll be able to find my stories under the heading NetworkEffect, named after the idea that a community of users makes a service valuable for everyone who joins.

Oscar Bouquets for "The Social Network," as Zuckerberg Readies for the Brickbats

Kara Swisher in News on September 17, 2010 at 5:14 am PT

It’s just a post on the popular entertainment blog “Deadline Hollywood.” But it’s a clear indication the makers of the movie about the origins of Facebook are gunning for maximum attention and Oscar buzz with only a few weeks to go before its debut. And they will further gas up the marketing machine for “The Social Network” more, even though it appears it will be devastating to the real-life version of its main subject, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.