Anthony Ha

Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.

stories by Anthony Ha

Facebook makes Sofa its latest manquisition

Facebook’s string of talent acquisitions continued today with the announcement that it has purchased an Amsterdam-based software and design company called Sofa.

As with most of Facebook’s past acquisitions, the social networking company is pretty open about the fact that …

500 Startups accelerates 21 new companies

500 Startups, the early-stage investment firm created by “super angel” Dave McClure (pictured), just released the list of the second group of companies in its incubator program, the 500 Startups Accelerator.

Christine Tsai, a principal at the firm who has …

Groupon is coming to grocery stores

Group-buying titan Groupon’s plans for world domination seem to be rolling along smoothly. Last week, the company filed for its initial public offering. Today, it’s announcing its first partnership with a grocery chain, and its first full integration with a …

Live coverage of Apple WWDC

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, where the company traditionally makes some of its biggest announcements of the year, is scheduled to kick off today at 10am Pacific time.

This year, the company has already announced that it will be …

Groupon files for $750M IPO

Popular group-buying site Groupon just filed for a $750 million initial public offering.

The news isn’t a huge surprise, since there have been reports about Groupon advancing towards an IPO for the past few months. Chief executive Andrew Mason (pictured …