All Things Digital
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Video: Apple's Dad-Chris Martin of Coldplay-Jams for Apple's CEO
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Yesterday
While I am sure there is a better video of this on the Apple site, here are the three songs that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin did at the Apple music event, held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts… Full Story »
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Video: Even Apple Product Marketing Head Schiller Touts Facebook Connect, Which Apple Has Now Disappeared on Ping
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Yesterday
While two official Apple pages tout an ability to use Facebook to find friends on Ping-its new social music offering in ITunes-which would be very useful, the feature is now not available on the service. CEO Steve Jobs, in fact,… Full Story »
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Another Digital Spectacle Unfolds-No, Not Today's Apple Event-It's Burning Man 2010!
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Sep 1, 2010
Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Burning Man 2010, we will inspect the daily course of city life and the future prospect of civilization." We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the… Full Story »
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Viral Video (and Perfect Casting): Mark Cuban on "Entourage"
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Sep 1, 2010
Of course, it makes perfect sense for Mark Cuban (pictured here) to appear in a very long and involved cameo as himself on the HBO original comedy series, "Entourage." Cuban-who is always up to some kind of amusing stunt (for… Full Story »
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Apple, the Angelina Jolie of Tech, Steps Into the Spotlight Again Tomorrow
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 31, 2010
In a lot of ways, the company kind of reminds me of Angelina Jolie, the glamorous global celebrity who claims to vigorously guard her privacy, while at the same time carefully doling out an awful lot of information about her… Full Story »
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Viral Video: "I Want Your Money"
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 31, 2010
In the interests of political fairness, here is a trailer for a documentary coming out in mid-October that takes aim at President Barack Obama's economic policies. Set against the backdrop of America's growing disproval of current economic policies, I WANT… Full Story »
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Bing Hearts Android
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 30, 2010
That's now the official policy of Microsoft (MSFT), it seems, as its Bing search engine offers an app for Google (GOOG) Android for Verizon (VZ) customers. The "Bing for Mobile Android" app will include a daily image, maps, driving directions… Full Story »
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Former Googler Adam Freed Takes COO Job at Etsy, As It Crafts More Funding
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 27, 2010
Former Google international exec Adam Freed (pictured here) has taken a job as COO of Etsy, the crafts e-commerce site, which just raised another $20 million in venture funding. But Freed brings more solid management with a global flavor to… Full Story »
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Viral Video: Nobody Is Listening
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 26, 2010
There's been a bit of bloggery agonizing of late about the possibility that no one is listening to the endless stream of sharing via status updates and other social networking tools. We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the… Full Story »
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NYT Blogger and New Author Nick Bilton Talks About the Future (Where He Apparently Lives)
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 25, 2010
My e-mail inbox is a dejected, endless morass. It's a desolate wasteland of unanswered messages that continue to appear like a never ending game of Tetris." Happily, the tone of his new book-"I Live in the Future Here's How It… Full Story »
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Update: Zappos' Tony Hsieh on Magical Happiness Bus Tour and Hugging It Out With BoomTown
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 24, 2010
Along with Groupon's Andrew Mason, I also interviewed Hsieh onstage at the Grow2010 conference. The topic was his new book, "Delivering Happiness: The Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose." It was a good idea, since Zappos is well known for… Full Story »
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Viral Video: The Pitch
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 24, 2010
We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the full story on all of its functionality, click here. To begin commenting right away, you can log in below using Disqus or Facebook Connect--you can also log in using an existing… Full Story »
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Analyst says Verizon iPhone not a sure thing
Venture Beat &bull Aug 23, 2010
Apple is holding talks to bring the iPhone onto Verizon's mobile network, but the details are still being worked out, according to a note sent this morning by Kauffman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu (and summarized in All Things Digital). The… Full Story »
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Top AOL Media Exec Marty Moe To Depart (Other Rumors of David Eun Ankling Not So Much)
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 23, 2010
Moe is currently SVP of the Media unit's News Information Group at AOL (AOL), although he has held a number of other content posts under a number of different execs at the long-struggling company. Moe's former boss Bill Wilson left… Full Story »
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Pig-Nibbling Inside 11 Giant's Imaginations: The Latest Glimpse of Glitch
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 23, 2010
Here is some video of Glitch-the new game that former Flickr Co-founder Stewart Butterfield is in the midst of creating from the Vancouver HQ of his Tiny Speck start-up. We've launched a new commenting tool, Disqus. For the full story… Full Story »
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Exclusive (Sort of!): Former Palm Product Marketing Exec Mitic to Facebook
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 22, 2010
You'd think someone-like BoomTown!-would have noticed the big I'm-going-to-Facebook post former Palm exec Katie Mitic (pictured here) had put on her Wall on the social networking site more than three weeks ago. But-there it was on July 27 from the… Full Story »
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Facebook gets its hands on check-in startup Hot Potato
Venture Beat &bull Aug 20, 2010
Location-based startup Hot Potato just announced that it has been purchased by Facebook, confirming acquisition rumors from last month. After TechCrunch first reported that a deal was in the works, Silicon Alley Insider and All Things Digital said the price… Full Story »
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Questions for Tony of Zappos and Andrew of Groupon? Step Right Up!
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 20, 2010
Later today, BoomTown will be onstage at Dealmaker Media's Grow2010 conference in Vancouver, Canada to interview Tony Hsieh, CEO and Co-founder of Zappos and Andrew Mason, Founder and CEO of Groupon. Mason is also a bit of a phenom, having… Full Story »
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Viral Graphic: What If Solar Power Grew As Fast as Facebook? (Also Its Places Video!)
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 20, 2010
Facebook recently passed 500 million users. If the growth rate of the world's largest and fastest growing social network could be applied to solar, it would only take 4.7 years to power the entire world with solar energy." Check out… Full Story »
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Viral Video: "The Big C" Is Also a Big D-as in Digital
All Things Digital Boom Town &bull Aug 18, 2010
Showtime's newest original series, "The Big C"-starring the superb Laura Linney, a tightly-wound woman who reacts to a cancer diagnosis by living it up-premiered on the pay cable channel this week on its opening night with almost 1.58 million viewers.… Full Story »
