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Facebook “Acquihires” Photo-Sharing Site Lightbox To Bolster Its Mobile Team
Posted On May 18, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Lightbox, the rather beautiful photo sharing startup, announced on its company blog that the team will be joining Facebook. It …
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All Eyes Turn To Wall Street Hours Before Facebook Begins Trading At 11:00 EST
Posted On May 17, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Call it what you want to call it: a baptism by fire, tech’s gauntlet throw-down in the world of Wall …

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Facebook Updates Its Mobile App On All Platforms Just Days Ahead Of IPO
Posted On May 15, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

This week, Facebook quietly unrolled a new look for its iOS, Android, and mobile web apps which does a better …

[Deveoping Story] Mark Zuckerberg To Ring Opening Bell From Facebook HQ On IPO Day
Posted On May 14, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

COME FACEBOOK‘S IPO DAY — WHICH IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED — CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG WILL BE RINGING THE OPENING …

Facebook Experimenting With Paid “Sponsored Stories For People”
Posted On May 13, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Facebook is experimenting with a feature that lets users bump their stories to the top of their friends' news feeds …

Facebook Quietly Announces Its Very Own App Marketplace
Posted On May 11, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Facebook says its App Center will offer new analytics features, paid canvas applications and a new way for developers to …

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PR And VCs Behaving Badly, or How And Why I Became A Shill For Zynga’s “Draw Something” On Japanese Television
Posted On May 8, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Pics or it didn't happen, right? Well... it happened. That's a picture of me being interviewed by reporters from Japanese television …

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Evernote To Raise $50-100 Million Series E At $1 Billion+ Valuation
Posted On April 20, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Cloud-based note storage app Evernote will raise a $50-100 million Series E round. Meritech is leading the fundraising round

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Word On The (Wall) Street: Facebook Is Shooting For A May 17th IPO Date
Posted On April 19, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

If the grapevine is to be trusted, Facebook plans to offer $5 billion in stock on May 17th at a …

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Anonymous Takes Down Mi6, CIA and DOJ Websites In Massive DDoS Attack
Posted On April 17, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Members of the hacker group Anonymous flooded Twitter today with triumphant calls of TANGO DOWN, as websites for the CIA …

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Twitter’s New “Innovators Patent Agreement” Makes Yahoo “Look Like A Mean Old Drunk”
Posted On April 17, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Twitter announced a new, surprisingly progressive "Innovators Patent Agreement" (colloquially referred to as the "IPA") which aims to put more …

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Today’s Most Talked-About TV Is From… IKEA?
Posted On April 17, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

[youtube id="0Nm7-EuctOs" width="600" height="350"] IKEA, the manufacturer of build-it-yourself furniture and purveyor of Swedish meatballs with an addictive potential similar to …

Facebook Returns To Its College Roots, Rolls Out Groups For Schools
Posted On April 17, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Last night I received a push notification from a classmate at UChicago to join the official UChicago Facebook Group. Requiring …

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Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io To Beef Up Its “Revenue Engineering Team”
Posted On April 16, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

Hotspots.io, a small startup founded by Matt Huang, Alexander Spicer and Ashutosh Singhal aims to deliver “social media intelligence that you’ll actually use”. …

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Turntable.fm Now Lets You Show Your Colors With DJ Laptop Stickers
Posted On April 15, 2012 Jason Rowley 0

The folks behind the somewhat niche virtual DJing site Turntable.fm gleefully announced this week on the company blog that "Laptop stickers have come …