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Marissa Mayer makes first acquisition as CEO

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Atomico raises $285 million for third fund

UK investment firm Atomico Ventures has raised a $286 million fund, according to a filing with theSecurities and Exchange Commission. The amount raised so far Read More

Zynga stock jumps 15% on better-than-expected Q3 result

Zynga’s stock jumped 15% in early trading Thursday, after posting quarterly results that beat its lowered outlook from earlier this Read More

Square expands to Canada, but…how?…

Just two days after Square announced its plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the Mid-Market neighborhood in San Francisco, Read More

GREE purchases developer Pokelabo for $173 million

Japanese social gaming company GREE has been on a spending spree the last couple of years, gobbling up game developers Read More

Today’s Entrepreneur: Nicola Mattina

Today's Entrepreneur is Nicola Mattina, co-founder of Stamplay. Stamplay is building a unique catalogue of web applications to build and Read More

Splash SF Sept 2012 Finalist – Playmysong

Splash SF finalist Playmysong is a free app and web service that allows users to both play songs in social Read More

Airbnb confirms $117M round B

(Updated to reflect correct series round) Room rental website Airbnb has confirmed that it raised a $117 million Series B Read More

Yelp buys rival Qype for $50 million

(Updated to reflect comments from Mark Mahaney) Yelp has purchased Qype, Europe's largest local reviews site, for $50 million, it was announced Read More

Facebook stock takes off, opens up 24% after Q3 results

(Updated with information from Doug Anmuth, closing stock price) After slightly beating Wall Street expectations in its third quarter results Read More

Apple’s numbers: 100M iPads sold to date

No Apple event is complete without number-dropping.  I kind of look forward to it.  Something about its regularity and predictability Read More

Mark Zuckerberg lays out Facebook’s vision and strategy

Following the release of Facebook's third-quarter results, which sent shares up in after-hours trading, Mark Zuckerberg got on a conference Read More

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