Daily Archives: December 15, 2011

Zynga Will Sell 100 Million Shares At $10 Per Share (Z)

December 15, 2011
Zynga Will Sell 100 Million Shares At $10 Per Share (Z)

Image: Flickr / Ernie See Also: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About The Guy Leading This Week’s Huge IPO Here’s The Stunning Fact That Could Derail The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google BTIG: Here’s Why You Should Buy Into The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google Zynga priced its initial public offering at $10 per...

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Google begins work on $120m Singapore data center, it’s first in SE Asia

December 15, 2011

Google has broken ground and begun construction of its planned data center in Singapore, a project that is thought to be worth an estimated $120 million, according to Channel News Asia. The operation will be the company’s first in Southeast Asia, and it is one of three new data centers that the search giant...

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INSIDE ZYNGA: Meet The Man Charged With Making The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google Just A Footnote

December 15, 2011
INSIDE ZYNGA: Meet The Man Charged With Making The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google Just A Footnote

Image: Zynga Zynga will IPO at an $8.9 billion valuation early tomorrow. If the IPO is going to be just the start of a long successful run for the company, it will be thanks in large part to COO John Schappert. Schappert, poached from Electronic Arts in April, is just one of the many talented...

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Want A Piece Of Founders Fund’s Latest $625M Fund? Start By Trying To Change The World

December 15, 2011
Want A Piece Of Founders Fund’s Latest $625M Fund? Start By Trying To Change The World

Some call them wackaloons, others visionaries, however any way you slice them the Founders Fund – consisting of Partners Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, Brian Singerman, Derik Pridmore, Lauren Gross, Bruce Gibney, Sean Parker, Toby Prosky and others — is definitely an unconventional lot. There is a well-worn saying that the only difference between a crazy person and an eccentric is money. Well,...

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Daily Wrap: Microsoft’s Apology for IE and More

December 15, 2011
Daily Wrap: Microsoft’s Apology for IE and More

Microsoft to Developers: Sorry About the Whole IE6 Thing, Won’t Happen Again Over the past few years, you’ve spent hours upon hours making your sites work in all mainstream browsers including, unfortunately, IE 6. The time is near that you may finally be able to stop the madness. From now on, starting with a...

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SHUTDOWN AVERTED: Lawmakers Reach Spending Deal

December 15, 2011
SHUTDOWN AVERTED: Lawmakers Reach Spending Deal

See Also: CHAOS IN WASHINGTON: Obama Calls On Congress To Pass Short Term Spending Bill As Negotiations Stall WAKE UP: The Government Might Really Shut Down This Time Lawmakers Say Bill To Avert A Shutdown Is Near Congressional lawmakers reached an agreement late Thursday to avoid a government shutdown this weekend, Democratic and Republican...

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Fly Or Die: The Leapfrog LeapPad

December 15, 2011

Erick and I are both parents so we know from tablets. The $99 LeapPad from Leapfrog is cool, to be sure, and fun if junior’s aunt or uncle is picking it up, but we both found it lacking, especially when compared to other devices. Obviously if you don’t want the wee ones slobbering all...

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New York Thieves Refuse To Steal BlackBerries And Droids — Only iPhones

December 15, 2011
New York Thieves Refuse To Steal BlackBerries And Droids — Only iPhones

See Also: This Is The Drunken Behavior That Got Two RIM Executives Arrested On An Air Canada Flight The Tragedy Of RIM And Nokia Is That They Are Product-Driven Rather Than Market Driven RIM Nose Dives After Another Disaster Of An Earnings Report A couple of muggers targeting Columbia students in upper Manhattan were...

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Big Question (Answered): "Do You Spend More Time Working or Playing Online?"

December 15, 2011
Big Question (Answered): "Do You Spend More Time Working or Playing Online?"

How do you spend the majority of your online time? Are you primarily working or enjoying yourself? We asked and culled your responses from Facebook, Google+ and Twitter and we used Storify to present it all back to you. If you have additional responses, please leave them in the comments. Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/X7INXWrfg3o/big_question_answered_do_you_think_you_need_3g4g_o_1.php

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VC Tim Draper Got Down With MC Hammer Last Night At This Crazy Pink Party

December 15, 2011
VC Tim Draper Got Down With MC Hammer Last Night At This Crazy Pink Party

Image: Scott Vlha, Doorstep Photography See Also: The Incredible Tale Of How I Lost My Roommates, Found Replacements And Renewed My Lease In Only 10 Days A Deep Look At The Growing Global Marketplace For Art As An Investment This Roll-Your-Own-Smokes Shop Is Saving New Yorkers $8 A Pack, And Mayor Bloomberg Is Furious...

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