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Microsoft Poised To Acquire Yammer For $1 Billion

A flurry of rumors this week have pointed to the potential acquisition of Yammer by software giant Microsoft. The yet-to-be-confirmed deal may be announced as soon as next week, sources say.

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Crowdsourced Jukebox Startup Raises $1.2 Million

A startup with a novel twist on the classic jukeboxes that are now often left to decay in greasy spoons and dive bars has raised $1.2 million in a seed round.

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We’re #StillRelevant, Says Twitter NASCAR Promotion

Twitter debuted its first TV ads and a high-profile partnership with NASCAR this weekend, in an effort to bolster the advertising potential of hashtag pages, and to introduce the service to new consumers.

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Refugees From The Etsy Police Flee To Storenvy

Coverage has unearthed an uneasy underbelly to handcrafted and vintage e-commerce monster Etsy, where a team of “young detectives” play cat-and-mouse with peddlers who blatantly disregard the site’s authenticity requirements.

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Spotwag: The Underdog Dog-Sitter Startup

Spotwag, a bootstrapped startup, emerges as the underdog of the billion dollar pet sitting industry.

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Absinthe, Ovaltine, And Google Product Search. Soon To Be Renamed Again.

Product Search is one of the odd Google services that’s always been kind of crummy, but has never been canceled or put on the back burner.

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SlideDeck 2 Makes Visual Storytelling Just A Plugin Away

Visual storytelling is moving the aesthetic of the web forward. A new product from user experience design company Digital Telepathy exemplifies this trend.

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Twitter’s First Bird Logo Cost $15. For the Latest, It Poached a Designer From Google

Twitter’s first iconic bird logo came cheap. For the latest, the company spared no monetary or metaphorical expense.

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Gossip Permeates 15 Percent of All Work Emails, Study Finds

A recent study conducted by Georgia Tech has found that nearly 15 percent of the average 112 emails sent by workers daily can be classified as gossip, but finds it may not be such a bad thing.

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Here’s How To Check Whether Your LinkedIn Password Has Been Released

Developers have thrown up a site that checks whether your password was among those released, more quickly than LinkedIn did.

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