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Urban Airship Nabs $25 Million in Additional Funding
Ina Fried
Feb 06, 2013 05:00 am
August Capital is the latest investor in the Portland-based push notifications company. read more »



Time Inc. Layoffs Will Cost $60 Million
Peter Kafka
Feb 06, 2013 04:45 am
Firing 6 percent of your workforce isn't cheap. read more »



U.S. BlackBerry Fans May Not See Q10 Until Late Q2
John Paczkowski
Feb 06, 2013 03:52 am
Looks like the BlackBerry Q10's stateside release date is something of a moving target. read more »



Jon Stewart Solves Vine's Porn Problem
Peter Kafka
Feb 06, 2013 03:26 am
(Spoiler: Not really a problem.) read more »



Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?
Walter S. Mossberg
Feb 05, 2013 06:15 pm
Walt answers readers' questions about whether it makes sense to upgrade to the new Windows 8 operating system and if the capacity of the iPad is infinite. read more »



Surface Pro: Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight
Walter S. Mossberg
Feb 05, 2013 06:07 pm
Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet has some of the attributes of a laptop and is capable of running full-featured Windows 8, though at a price—in dollars and pounds, says Walt Mossberg. read more »



Twitter Confirms Bluefin Labs Buy
Peter Kafka
Feb 05, 2013 04:01 pm
As we reported yesterday, Twitter has acquired Bluefin Labs, the social media analytics company. One change from our earlier report: We hear that Twitter ended up paying around $90 million, plus earn-outs, for the startup. More from Twitter's blog here. read more »



No Breakup Plan Being Considered at HP -- At Least Not Right Now
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 05, 2013 03:44 pm
There are options, and then there are, you know, nuclear options. read more »



Home-Design Help -- At What Cost?
Katherine Boehret
Feb 05, 2013 03:05 pm
Zillow Digs, a new app and website, shows photos of beautiful rooms and provides estimates that tell people how much it might cost them to do the same remodel in their homes. read more »



With Nearly One Quarter of Its Users Mobile-Only, Zynga Begins the Shift to the Phone
Mike Isaac
Feb 05, 2013 02:06 pm
Ring ring! read more »



Zynga's Plan: Make More Money, Spend Less
Tricia Duryee
Feb 05, 2013 02:00 pm
Zynga has a plan to generate additional revenue from mobile and real-money gaming while also saving money by cutting back on the number of games it plans to develop. read more »



Zynga Shows Investors It Has a Chance
Tricia Duryee
Feb 05, 2013 01:28 pm
A little relief for the company, which beat analyst expectations and exceeded its own forecasts for the quarter. read more »



"Arrested Development" Comes to Dive Into Media: Make Room for Will Arnett, Mitch Hurwitz and Brian Grazer
Peter Kafka
Feb 05, 2013 12:04 pm
You can't see this spring's hottest TV comedy on TV. But you can see its biggest stars next week, onstage with us. read more »



Five More New Microsoft Stores! See If Your Town Made the List!
John Paczkowski
Feb 05, 2013 11:17 am
Microsoft ramps up its retail store rollout. read more »



After Two Years of "Mobile First," Instagram Brings Its Feed to the Web
Mike Isaac
Feb 05, 2013 10:08 am
Mobile first, Web second. read more »



Zynga Shares Trading Higher Ahead of Fourth-Quarter Earnings
Tricia Duryee
Feb 05, 2013 10:05 am
Zynga is trading higher this morning after an analyst upgraded the company's stock to "buy." The social games company will report fourth-quarter earnings this afternoon. The stock was up nearly 6 percent to $2.70 a share after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said it was more optimistic about the company's performance and investors' increased appetite for public companies with developing businesses models. The company is expecting earnings of up to $162 million before some expenses on quarterly bookings of up to $1.1 billion. read more »



Is the Dell Buyout Really a Good Idea?
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 05, 2013 09:51 am
A long-view opinion that Dell is undervalued. read more »



Social Startup Sprinklr Lands $15 Million
Mike Isaac
Feb 05, 2013 09:31 am
Sprinklr, a social media management startup, announced Tuesday that it had secured $15 million in its series B round from Battery Ventures and Intel Capital. The company, which has been dubbed one of Twitter's "Certified Product Partners," had already raised $5 million from Battery Ventures last year. read more »



Can Amazon's Virtual Currency Pay Off Where Facebook Credits Failed?
Tricia Duryee
Feb 05, 2013 09:18 am
Maybe, since Amazon's motivations for rolling out a virtual currency should be a lot different. read more »



Like We Said, Hailo Raises $30M Led by Union Square Ventures
Liz Gannes
Feb 05, 2013 08:07 am
We reported in December that Hailo was raising $30 million at a $140 million valuation in a round led by Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures in New York. Correction: It was actually Wilson's partner John Buttrick. The taxi appmaker and venture capitalist disclosed the round today, saying that Hailo would soon enter markets in New York, Tokyo (home of another new investor, KDDI), Madrid and Barcelona. read more »



A Tasty Little Slice of Geek History: PBS's "Silicon Valley" to Debut Tonight (Video)
Kara Swisher
Feb 05, 2013 08:02 am
From orchards to iPhones. read more »



128GB iPad Hits Market Three Days Ahead of Surface Pro
John Paczkowski
Feb 05, 2013 07:55 am
Apple's latest iPad, the behemoth 128 gigabyte version of the fourth-generation tablet the company launched last year, went on sale Tuesday morning, extending the upper range of the iPad portfolio -- and its price range. The device, which starts at $799 and doubles the previous maximum iPad capacity of 64GB, is targeted at enterprise users. It arrives at market just a few days ahead of Microsoft's Surface Pro, which is designed to appeal to the same users. read more »



Microsoft's Loan to Dell Further Complicates Relationship with PC Makers
Ina Fried
Feb 05, 2013 07:43 am
What was once a straightforward arrangement has become increasingly complex as Microsoft belatedly aims to better compete against Apple and Google. read more »



A Passive Newsreader App: Guide Wants Its Avatars to Read Your News
Liz Gannes
Feb 05, 2013 07:33 am
A Miami-based startup is working on a wacky app where avatars present users with stories from their favorite news sites. read more »



Dell Confirms Plan to Go Private in $24.4 Billion Buyout Deal
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 05, 2013 06:25 am
Deal values company at $13.65 a share. read more »



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