A Social Update From AllThingsD's Social Media Editor
A few months back, after our staff more than doubled in size, AllThingsD launched our redesigned Web site. Today, we’re taking another step forward by launching an updated social media strategy. You...
View ArticleIt's Called Google Propeller and It's Aimed at Flipboard (and Facebook, Too,...
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Earlier today, well-known digerati dude Robert Scoble posted on his social feed on Google+ that the search giant was working on a social and news...
View ArticleYahoo's Product Runway: Are You In or Out?
I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate. First and foremost is the launch of...
View ArticleMeet Billy, the Bison Mark Zuckerberg Shot and Hung On Sheryl Sandberg's Wall
Remember when Fortune magazine wrote in September that Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had reportedly bagged a bison as part of a “personal challenge” to eat only what he had killed? Well,...
View ArticleTouch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me: Yahoo's Latest New Homepage Redesign Tries...
Another week and yet another new design for the Yahoo homepage is being tested out on users — this time, it appears to be one (which you can see below) that looks a lot like Microsoft Windows 8’s...
View ArticleTumblr Brand Will Remain -- With Mostly "Hands-Off" Product Approach by...
According to numerous sources close to the situation, the Tumblr brand will continue on in the wake of its $1.1 billion acquisition by Yahoo. That includes definitive promises by Yahoo CEO Marissa...
View ArticleExclusive: Flipboard Raises $50 Million More on $800 Million Valuation
According to sources close to the situation, Flipboard has raised $50 million in new funding, in a round led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs. The new funding puts the valuation of the...
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