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| Former Yahoo Ad Exec and Interclick Founder Katz Joins Adaptly Board | | Kara Swisher | | Jan 15, 2013 06:00 am | | | Social advertising technology company Adaptly has added Interclick founder Michael Katz to its board. Katz recently left Yahoo under tense circumstances, as part of a larger company advertising reorganization. That aside, Katz is a well-regarded entrepreneur and innovator in the ad tech space; he took Interclick public and sold it to Yahoo for $270 million in late 2011. Adaptly works with a range of big brands, using a consolidated platform to complete a social media ad buys across multiple social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The New York-based startup has raised about $13 million in funding so far. read more » |
| Boom! Kabam Acquires Exploding Barrel Games. | | Mike Isaac | | Jan 15, 2013 05:00 am | | | Casual gaming company Kabam announced Tuesday it has acquired Exploding Barrel Games, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based studio focused mostly on "core" gaming. The acquisition -- Kabam's sixth gaming studio buy in the past three years -- expands Kabam's company personnel to more than 600, including the 30-plus members of the Exploding Barrel Games staff, which will continue to work out of the Vancouver office. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. read more » |
| Cellular iPad Mini, Fourth-Gen iPad Coming to China January 18 | | Bonnie Cha | | Jan 14, 2013 06:24 pm | | | Apple announced today that it will launch the cellular versions of its iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad in China on Friday, Jan. 18. Both tablets will be available online and at Apple retail stores and authorized retailers. The Wi-Fi-only versions of both tablets went on sale in China on Dec. 7, with the iPad mini drawing more interest than the fourth-gen iPad. China is becoming an increasingly important market for Apple. Just last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook made his second visit to the country in less than a year. read more » |
| Twitter's Latest Design Hire: Picplum Co-Founder Paul Stamatiou | | Mike Isaac | | Jan 14, 2013 11:40 am | | | Twitter announced the latest addition to its design team on Monday: Paul Stamatiou, co-founder of the photo-sharing service PicPlum. As an intern for Yahoo in 2006, Stamatiou worked on developing the company's "Yodel Anecdotal" corporate blog. He worked on Picplum during Y Combinator's Summer of 2011 class, but has decided to continue working as only an adviser to the company, leaving active development on Picplum in the hands of co-founder Akshay Dodeja. Stamatiou joins Twitter as an experience designer on the company's growth team. read more » |
| DOJ Drops Charges Against Late Activist Aaron Swartz | | Mike Isaac | | Jan 14, 2013 09:57 am | | | In a filing on Monday, the Department of Justice dropped the charges against Aaron Swartz, the Internet activist who committed suicide on Friday. As first reported by The Hill, dropping charges against a deceased defendant is standard practice. In a statement on Saturday, Swartz's family blamed prosecutorial zealotry, in part, for Swartz's death. read more » |
| PureWow Hires New Editor From Real Simple | | Kara Swisher | | Jan 14, 2013 08:00 am | | | PureWow, a New York-based lifestyle email and website aimed at GenX women, has hired Real Simple magazine editor Mary Kate McGrath as its first editor in chief. She will be responsible for content strategy for PureWow, which launched in September 2010 with funding from Bob Pittman's Pilot Group and the founders of the website wowOwow. The site has about 1.5 million subscriptions across its eight editions, and plans to expand to several more U.S. cities this year, as well as topical sites. read more » |
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