Tuesday, November 13, 2012

All Things Digital Headlines for 11/13/2012

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Articles for 11/13/2012

MiniTime: Kid-Friendly Trips, No Station Wagon Required
Peter Kafka
Nov 13, 2012 06:00 am
A new travel site, backed by some familiar faces. Particularly if you worked at Yahoo or Fox Interactive. read more »



Visa's PayPal-Like Wallet Gains Traction With Partners; Will Consumers Follow?
Tricia Duryee
Nov 13, 2012 05:00 am
Visa has started marketing its digital wallet service in earnest to consumers now that it has signed up 23 banks and 50 merchants for V.me. read more »



DogVacay Fetches $6 Million from Benchmark Capital
Tricia Duryee
Nov 13, 2012 04:00 am
DogVacay has raised $6 million in capital to build out a local marketplace providing in-home boarding services, a category being referred to as "Airbnb for dogs." Benchmark Capital contributed to the company's first round, and previous investors include First Round Capital and Science, the L.A.-based incubator. DogVacay is live in the U.S. and Canada, and is looking to expand internationally and at adding other services, like dog walking and training. Competitors include Rover.com. read more »



As iPad Grows, PC Replacement Cycle Slows
John Paczkowski
Nov 13, 2012 03:30 am
Say goodbye to those 350-million-units-shipped years. read more »



Cloud Storage Service SugarSync Gets a Face Lift, Adds Search Tool
Lauren Goode
Nov 13, 2012 03:02 am
Personal cloud storage service SugarSync, which competes directly with DropBox, is rolling out a desktop redesign and adding search functionality to its service. The new SugarSync desktop app resembles a chat box and lets users share files with contacts by dragging and dropping the folders or files onto a contact's name. The new version of the app also appears as a kind of virtual drive on computers, one that allows for file auto-syncing, and the search function will search all personal computers and mobile devices running SugarSync. read more »



CubeTree Founder Ross Fubini Joins Canaan Partners
Liz Gannes
Nov 13, 2012 03:00 am
Canaan Partners has hired Ross Fubini, who co-founded enterprise collaboration company CubeTree (sold to SuccessFactors), was formerly at Kapor Capital, and continues to be an advisor to companies like Palantir. Fubini will be a venture partner at Canaan and noted he would focus on investing in hard technical problems as well as the consumerization of the enterprise. read more »



DataSift Closes $15 Million Round In VC Funding
Mike Isaac
Nov 12, 2012 09:07 pm
Social analytics company Datasift announced on Tuesday morning it had closed a $15 million dollar round of funding, led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Northgate Capital and Daher Ventures. This is the second round raised by the start-up in 2012 alone, having already closed a $7.2 million round in May. DataSift was named one of Twitter's "Certified Partners" in August, a small group of companies anointed by the microblogging service as some of the best third-party handlers of Twitter data. read more »



Another Square Copycat: Bank of America Launches Mobile Payments
Tricia Duryee
Nov 12, 2012 09:00 pm
Bank of America's new mobile payment solution is a little larger and not quite Square, but operates a lot like the one being distributed by the Silicon Valley start-up. read more »



Steve Ballmer's Memo on the Windows Unit Shake-Up
Ina Fried
Nov 12, 2012 05:57 pm
Though praising the work of outgoing Windows President Steven Sinofsky, Ballmer says Microsoft is at the starting line for a new era. read more »



Windows Head Steven Sinofsky to Leave Microsoft
Ina Fried
Nov 12, 2012 05:31 pm
The Windows unit head -- -a 23-year Microsoft veteran -- is leaving the company effective immediately. read more »



Traverie Uses Your Friends' Facebook Photos to Help You Pick Your Next Vacation Destination
Eric Johnson
Nov 12, 2012 04:41 pm
Finally, all those vacation photo albums are useful for something. read more »



Along With New Homepage, Yahoo Also Set to Launch a "Gmail-Like" Email Reboot to Slow Gmail Gains
Kara Swisher
Nov 12, 2012 04:11 pm
Signed, sealed, about to be delivered. read more »



RIM Sees an Up Day After Setting BlackBerry 10 Launch Date
John Paczkowski
Nov 12, 2012 03:30 pm
Monday was a better day than usual on Wall Street for Research In Motion. The company's shares rose more than 4 percent, briefly hitting $9.07 before closing at $8.81, after it announced a January 30, 2013, "launch event" for its first BlackBerry 10 devices. A nice rally for the long-suffering BlackBerry maker, which has seen its stock price fall 40 percent year-to-date amid continuing stumbles in the smartphone market. read more »



AT&T Puts Hefty $499 Price Tag on Samsung's Android-Based Galaxy Camera
Ina Fried
Nov 12, 2012 02:42 pm
The 4G-connected point-and-shoot will be available starting on Friday. read more »



Quora Adds "Online Now" Feature to Drive Faster Answers
Liz Gannes
Nov 12, 2012 02:30 pm
Quora today is making its site come a little more alive. read more »



Twitter Adds Another Ex-Googler and First Amendment Vet to Its Legal Team
Mike Isaac
Nov 12, 2012 02:30 pm
Twitter's latest lawyer comes with a wealth of first amendment litigation experience. read more »



Microsoft Talks About Its Plans for Yammer: Socialize Everything
Arik Hesseldahl
Nov 12, 2012 02:14 pm
Yammer is now part of Sharepoint, and will in time be part of every Microsoft business application. read more »



US, Mexico Teaming Up to Fight Cross-Border Mobile Device Trafficking
Ina Fried
Nov 12, 2012 02:03 pm
The move follows a U.S. effort announced in April to create a shared industry database to help prevent use of stolen devices. read more »



Halo 4 Day-One Sales Hit $220 Million, Outselling Box Office Titans
Tricia Duryee
Nov 12, 2012 01:50 pm
After a five-year hiatus, the Halo franchise comes out shooting. read more »



Nintendo Wii U Forecast Calls for Heavy Sales, Easing Later
Tricia Duryee
Nov 12, 2012 01:09 pm
After strong sales this holiday season, the four-year forecast for the Nintendo Wii U is looking a little gloomy. read more »



HTC Deal Brings Apple Profit and Maybe a Blueprint for Other Android Manufacturers
John Paczkowski
Nov 12, 2012 12:46 pm
Something like $6 to $8 per smartphone sounds about right. read more »



Will Acer's $200 Price Tag Make the Chromebook More Appealing?
Mike Isaac
Nov 12, 2012 11:44 am
Acer brings a new price floor to its Web-ready netbook killers. read more »



Louis C.K. Comes Back to HBO, but Doesn't Ditch the Web, Either
Peter Kafka
Nov 12, 2012 10:53 am
Yes, you can eat that digital cake. read more »



Gogo's New Antennas Should Improve In-Flight Wi-Fi, but Don't Expect Netflix
Ina Fried
Nov 12, 2012 09:00 am
The company says a new set-up should boost peak speeds threefold and double capacity. But that's not enough for everyone to watch streaming videos. read more »



Former Zynga VP Ya-Bing Chu Placing a Bet on Real-Money Gaming
Tricia Duryee
Nov 12, 2012 09:00 am
Ya-Bing Chu has joined Betable as its chief product officer, after being responsible for such hugely popular Zynga games as Words With Friends and Scramble With Friends. read more »



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