Daily Archives: November 15, 2012

Zulily Joins The Billion-Dollar Club

November 15, 2012
Zulily Joins The Billion-Dollar Club

Zulily See Also Here’s The Real Reason Andreessen Horowitz Is Dumping Facebook Shares Zulily Scores Huge Round At $750 Million Valuation ‘Gilt Groupe For Kids’ Zulily Raises $4.6 Million There’s another startup worth a billion dollars. Zulily, a Seattle-based daily-deals site for moms and kids, just raised $85 million from Andreessen Horowitz, a venture-capital...

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The Favorite Gadgets And Apps Of CEOs [INFOGRAPHIC]

November 15, 2012
The Favorite Gadgets And Apps Of CEOs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Like the rest of the world, CEOs are rapidly increasing their use of mobile devices. CEO.com surveyed chief executives to find out which devices and apps are essential for corporate leaders, and put it in the following infographic. You’ll note that while Blackberry is still pretty popular at corporations, CEOs are most likely to use iPhones....

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Zynga’s CEO Almost Broke Down In Tears Over Company’s Downfall (ZNGA)

November 15, 2012
Zynga’s CEO Almost Broke Down In Tears Over Company’s Downfall (ZNGA)

AP See Also Now David Ko Is Essentially Running Zynga Zynga’s CFO Has Bolted For A Job At Facebook Zynga Has Acquired Another Mobile Game Studio In public, CEO Mark Pincus has been ebullient about Zynga’s long-term potential, despite its plummeting stock price and steady exodus of talent. But in private meetings, the social...

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Twitter enables sharing tweets by email from the site in an effort to organically increase awareness

November 15, 2012
Twitter enables sharing tweets by email from the site in an effort to organically increase awareness

Twitter has today added the ability to share tweets by email directly from the Twitter.com website. Clicking on the ‘More’ icon next to the normal Twitter controls will give you access to a pop-up email form. “You can email a Tweet to anyone, whether they use Twitter or not, right from your Twitter stream...

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Microsoft completes its purchase of cloud computing firm StorSimple

November 15, 2012

In October, TNW brought you the news that Microsoft had entered into an agreement for cloud computing firm StorSimple. Today the company informed us that the acquisition has been completed. The deal’s terms were not made available, however the purchase price could have veered into the low nine-figure range, as StorSimple had raised some...

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Twitter’s pre-expanded Cards come to the search, Discover sections of iOS, Android apps

November 15, 2012
Twitter’s pre-expanded Cards come to the search, Discover sections of iOS, Android apps

Last week I wrote a post about what the future of Twitter looks like. You should check it out, it’s mostly pictures. Basically, I was talking about the way that Twitter was going to be using its Cards product to make the site more of a media browsing experience. The Cards feature is referred...

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Short Squeeze? Why Facebook’s Stock Went Up Instead Of Down On Nov. 14

November 15, 2012
Short Squeeze? Why Facebook’s Stock Went Up Instead Of Down On Nov. 14

Wednesday, a pool of about 800 million Facebook shares were set free as the next tier of restrictions on insider selling of the company’s stock expired – but even those disgruntled Winklevii didn’t cash out. While many observers expected the worst, and indeed plenty of short sellers bet on it, instead Facebook shares shot...

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Google Is Almost Ready To Submit Its iOS Maps App

November 15, 2012
Google Is Almost Ready To Submit Its iOS Maps App

The Wall Street Journal reports from a source with “direct knowledge of the matter” that Google has distributed a test build of Google Maps for iOS. It has not yet been submitted to Apple’s App Store. After Apple’s iOS 6 upgrade kicked out Google Maps, users in some parts of the world were left...

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Unbelievable: The IDF Has Gamified Its War Blog

November 15, 2012
Unbelievable: The IDF Has Gamified Its War Blog

Yesterday, when I wrote about the social media campaign that Israel was waging alongside its attack on Hamas, I thought it was interesting. I thought it was a straightforward and effective way of presenting the cause behind the attack. Whether you thought the offensive was right or wrong, you had to admit the propaganda’s effectiveness. Well,...

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Second-screen hopefuls hard-pressed to disrupt Hollywood ‘cabal’

November 15, 2012
Second-screen hopefuls hard-pressed to disrupt Hollywood ‘cabal’

You can’t move these days for new research indicating the rise of of “second-screeners” — those of us who watch television while using a handheld device. But, as upstart operators scurry around trying to exploit that fact with variants of social or interactive TV add-ons, what is the real business opportunity here? Terence Kawaja,...

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