Zynga CEO Mark Pinus learned that the media and his employees were not so keen for the idea Read More
Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy
It’s been a strange day for Groupon. Stock went up, then down, then kind of up again… Shares Read More
Has SecondMarket just become another banker trying to get in on the Groupon IPO? Looks like it—according to Read More
Netflix stock tanked Tuesday morning upon opening, dropping a precipitous 37.55% to $74.24 from $118.84, and the company’s Read More
No one knows how to piss off its own customers like Netflix does. Just weeks after the company Read More
Nothing spells desperation like sequential mass layoffs. Just five months after Nokia announced its plans to cut 4,000 Read More
Netflix has taken quite a beating over the last several weeks—first over its 60% price hike, and then Read More
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@Qwikster: The Netflix social media fail
Say what you want about Netflix hiking its prices by 60 percent and say what you will about Read More
What do you get when you combine a Triceratops with a Stegosaurus? I mean, besides the Jurassic Park Read More
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Dell to run Baidu OS on its Chinese smartphones
Major consumer technology company Dell and Baidu, the largest search site in China, have partnered to deliver smartphones Read More
This company can’t seem to catch a break. Merged, spun off, making acquisitions of its own, losing employees Read More
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Zynga stock setup gives CEO overwhelming power
Social gaming behemoth Zynga is reworking its stock structure to give CEO Mark Pincus 70 times the voting Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 08/19/11
Seed-stage drchrono closed an additional $650,000 in seed funding from prominent startup investor Yuri Milner, founder of DST Read More
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What you need to know – 08/17/11
See the next batch of companies to emerge from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups. Cloud-based file sharing service Box.net Read More
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What you need to know – 08/16/11
Airbnb launched the $50,000 Airbnb Host Guarantee, a new addition to the accommodations network designed to offer hosts Read More