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Is AOL's massive acquisition finally paying off? According to AllThingsD, the Huffington Post has announced that it has topped one billion page views for the month of August. This announcement coincides with AOL's (NYSE: AOL) acquisition of an “online grassroots platform” called Localocracy,...

Will the Kindle Fire be the first tablet since the HP TouchPad to take a loss on every unit sold? Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster seems to think so, telling AllThingsD that Amazon is “likely losing about $50 per Kindle Fire.” He says this without providing any data to support this assumption....

UPDATE: According to a report from All Things Digital, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is having a press conference next week in New York on September 28. Some are speculating it could be the long-awaited Amazon tablet, as it tries to compete with the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. This is an update to an...

News hit yesterday that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was reportedly considering outing CEO Leo Apotheker as the head of the company, and potentially naming Meg Whitman as the new CEO. Now this morning, AllThingsD reporter Kara Swisher announced that Whitman is very likely going to get the job,...

A $1.6 billion tender offer for shares of Alibaba Group is underway by Silver Lake, DST Global and Yunfeng Capital, according to sources. The offer is for privately held employee and shareholder stock of the company. Shares owned by Yahoo, which holds a 39% stake in Alibaba, are not part of the...

After what feels like a lifetime of waiting, Apple is finally ready to unveil the fifth iPhone. Or so AllThingsD's sources believe, claiming that the iPhone 5 will be the star of the media event, which will be helmed by the company's new CEO, Tim Cook. Unfortunately, no other juicy tidbits are...

These are the words I imagine I'd say if I became the CEO – that is, a Cocky Executive Officer – of a major corporation. As the CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), for example, I wouldn't have to think before I spoke. I could say whatever's on my mind, violate my non-disparagement clause, and still walk...

The Madden, FIFA and Battlefield maker is beginning to threaten Zynga's dominance. And it's all thanks to PopCap Games, which Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) acquired for $750 million. The company had been gaining steam with social versions of its console and PC staples. With PopCap now officially...

Usually it takes a while for a company to screw up a good thing. It only took Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) a few hours. Comments from a meeting at the Silicon Valley-based company are hitting shares, as Yahoo co-founder, director and former CEO Jerry Yang told the 13,5000 employees the company was “not...

In an internal memo sent to thousands of employees, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason breaks his silence. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD has scored an exclusive look at the memo, which addresses the silly (if not absurd) controversy surrounding Groupon's accounting practices. Known as ACSOI (...

There were plenty of research notes out this morning discussing the resignation of Steve Jobs and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) that were entitled, "The End of an Era." They forgot one little letter in their title. "i". That "i" has changed the lives and fortunes of billions of people, and made billions...

Online gaming company Zynga, popular for its interactive games like Words with Friends and FarmVille, may be setting up to acquire Rovio. Rovio is the creator of Angry Birds, one of the more popular mobile games. In a report last night, AllThingsDigital discussed how the two companies might have...

Talk about a bad investment. News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) is in final negotiations to sell its social network, MySpace this week, and may cut a deal as early as tomorrow, but for a mere $20 or $30 million. The company wants to get a deal done by the end of its fiscal year, which ends Thursday. At...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is up fractionally today, but the real big move may come later when analysts start to realize how important this morning's news is that Amazon is effectively launching its own advertising network. The company is buying Web advertising inventory and then reselling it at a...