John Paczkowski in D9 on May 31 at 9:55 am PT
If you work in tech, or are a fan of it, the first of the summer blockbusters is here: D9.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 31 at 9:41 am PT
Already available for the iPad, Apple is bringing Pages, Keynote and Numbers to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The apps sell for $9.99 apiece and are free for those who have already purchased the iPad versions.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 31 at 9:40 am PT
HomeAway, which is seeking to raise $230 million in an initial public offering, updated its registration statement today to include its first-quarter results.
John Paczkowski in D9 on May 31 at 8:27 am PT
Shares of Nokia are plumbing the depths for a new 52-week low today following an ugly recalibration in the company’s guidance.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 31, 2011 at 7:49 am PT
Berlin-based Wooga, a social games company with 30 million monthly players on Facebook,
has raised $24 million in funding. The second round was led by Highland Capital Partners with Tenaya Capital, Balderton Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures also participating. The company has three titles in Facebook’s top 30, including Monster World, Diamond Dash and Bubble Island. It plans to hire aggressively this year increasing its employees from 85 to 150.
Peter Kafka in News on May 31 at 5:58 am PT
Apple just packed a lot of information into a four-paragraph press release: Steve Jobs is showing up to show off Lion, iOS 5, and the company’s “upcoming cloud services offering.”
Liz Gannes in Social on May 31 at 5:00 am PT
When people talk about making the Web more “social,” what they really seem to mean is making it more tightly integrated with Facebook. But is that all there is?
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 31 at 4:06 am PT
The battle for smartphone supremacy has reached a precarious balance in United States–for the time being, anyway.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 31 at 4:00 am PT
A ad tech startup that promises to help Web publishers make sense of all the data their ad sales generate.
