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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Reason to Be Annoyed by Widgets No. 243

In a story published this week by the Associated Press about popular widget-maker Slide, one of the more annoying concepts being floated by marketers, especially related to social networks, popped up like the undying vampire it has become.

“We are really good at getting people to take things and include them on their social-networking pages,” said [...]

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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 »

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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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