Zynga’s lockup period, which prevents employees from selling their stock following the initial public offering, expires today. That may explain why a smaller company, Game Closure, has been able to recruit a prominent mobile gaming expert from Zynga.
Game Closure …
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I recently took the post of CEO of ShopCo, a startup focused on reinventing the circular shopping business. Through the vetting process of considering the post, I learned and had to re-learn some important lessons.
It goes something like this: …
Amazon will now offer its streaming Instant Video service to Xbox 360 owners via a brand new app that was released today.
The move will make all streaming purchases, rentals, and free Prime videos available through the popular gaming console. …
Apple is said to be releasing a new maps application at its developer conference WWDC this year, and photos of the rumored app show slick 3D-imaging.
Earlier this month, rumors that Apple was dumping Google Maps in favor of its …
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If there was any doubt that Wall Street is a sucker’s game designed to take money from stupid people and put it into the hands of bankers and powerful corporations, Facebook’s initial public offering should clear that up.
Let me …
The current state of the mobile payment industry could at best be called slightly confounding, or, at worst, a complete mess.
But in spite of increased competition from stakeholders like Square, PayPal, Google, Mastercard, Intuit and, most recently, Verifone, the …
Samsung has released new details/a> of its forthcoming streaming music service, Music Hub, and it might even turn out to be more than just another iTunes competitor.
The service aims to provide a media service for owners of Samsung’s mobile …
It looks like the rumors of a longer iPhone 5 may be true, at least according to leaked case images from this morning.
Several photos of the alleged next iPhone’s rear case hit the web today, some from the repair …
The Chinese equivalent of Twitter has just issued a “code of conduct” for its users in an attempt to put a stop to political criticism, rumors, and the spread of social unrest.
Weibo.com, an online property run by Sina Corp, …
Editor's Pick You Don't Know Jack hits Facebook today. We had a chance to interview its creators at Jellyvision, but we decided instead to put them through our 5 Hit Points trivia challenge.
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling broke his silence today over the financial troubles that led to the mass layoffs at his video game studio.
38 Studios laid off nearly 400 employees last week after it couldn’t come up with payroll, …
Google Apps for Business has earned ISO 27001 certification, an important step that will help Google better convince enterprise customers Apps is secure enough for their needs.
“ISO 27001 is one of the most widely recognized, internationally accepted independent security …
Yesterday, we brought you news of a boneheaded teenager whose house was robbed due to indiscreet photo sharing. Today, we bring you a cure for what ails her — and some of you, too.
Kicksend, the app for sharing large …
Nothing gets a company’s stock price moving quite like rumors of a Facebook acquisition.
The latest beneficiary is browser maker Opera, whose shares jumped 26 percent Tuesday on the speculation that it’s in Facebook’s acquisition crosshairs, Bloomberg notes. The move …
If you’re lucky enough to be attending Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year, which kicks off on June 11, you can now start planning which sessions to hit.
Apple released the full schedule for WWDC 2012 attendees this morning, as …
Facebook’s rumored interest in purchasing facial recognition startup Face.com may become a reality thanks to some help from an unlikely source.
Russian-based search engine Yandex is said to be mulling the sale of its share in Face.com to the social …
Microsoft still doesn’t have much to show for its $8.5 billion Skype acquisition — except for a lackluster Windows Phone app — but Tony Bates, the former Skype CEO and now president of Microsoft’s Skype division, has at least managed …
Solid-state array maker GreenBytes has raised $12 million in its second round of funding, with a goal of making SSD technology more energy-efficient while still keeping up performance, the company announced this morning.
The new round shows that the conversation …
You’ll have to wait a few weeks if you had your heart set on a Pebble Blue Galaxy S III — Samsung announced this morning that the blue version of its new phone will be in limited supply for the …
Moving to where the desktop PC market is hot, Dell is launching several new All-in-One computers for consumers today.
The new machines are targeting consumers looking for family entertainment machines that fit in a smaller, uncluttered space. These machines, which …
