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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

My CrackBerry and My SighPhone

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With the drop in price of the iPhone in its new 3G mode to the low, low price of $199, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was signaling that he was pricing them to move.

Or, as the old retail cliche goes: Stack them high and watch them fly.

But, from reports, even though the 2.0 version is obviously better (although I have yet to see one), I will not be doing that again when the new iPhone 3G comes out in a few weeks.

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Martha Gets Wired

BoomTown has long been a big fan of Martha Stewart.
And we like her 25% more now, after seeing the new pictures she took for Wired’s latest issue, as well as a particularly sassy interview she did with the magazine.

The homemaking empress is on the cover of Wired, pictured here making a Wii-shaped cake. It looks [...]

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Friday, June 29, 2007

John Paczkowski Violates Child Labor Laws

Sure, John’s daughter is adorable, but we have to draw the line at child labor here at AllThingsD.com!
In other words, more cute kids!
Today, John gives a roundup, for the last time in 25 whole minutes, about the iPhone launch, which actually arrived today like clockwork at 6 p.m. The video can be found here or [...]

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Roger McNamee on $325 Million Palm Investment

Roger McNamee is very bullish on the iPhone. “It’s the most exciting thing in years,” said the longtime Silicon Valley investor. “With Apple’s identity, I think it will be spectacularly successful.”

This, of course, is an interesting product for McNamee to cheer for. Because last week, Elevation Partners, the high-profile private-equity firm that counts McNamee and [...]

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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