Kara Swisher in Media on May 24 at 5:25 pm PT
The world’s premier sailing event — marred by recent accidents — is headed to the San Francisco Bay in July
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Adam Rifkin, CEO, PandaWhale in Voices on May 24 at 3:12 pm PT
Knowing that someone follows the NBA Twitter feed is nice; knowing that they hearted an animated GIF of Steph Curry hitting a three is specificity gold.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 24 at 2:09 pm PT
Many analysts — but not all — call it a buying opportunity.
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Ina Fried in Mobile on May 24 at 1:41 pm PT
After a
brief spat, Google said Friday it is working with Microsoft to craft a YouTube app for Windows Phone that meets its terms of service. “Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube’s API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks,” Google said.
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Jessica E. Lessin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 24 at 1:24 pm PT
When Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer announced that the Internet giant would spend $1.1 billion to acquire blogging site Tumblr, she promised not to “screw it up.” Maybe the young chief should have instead emphasized what the six-year-old fledging startup can do for Yahoo.
Liz Gannes in Mobile on May 24 at 12:50 pm PT
Peer-to-peer ride-sharing service SideCar is cleared to operate in California, the California Public Utilities Commission is expected to announce today.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 24 at 12:40 pm PT
A Twitter account belonging to ITV, Britain’s largest TV broadcaster, is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the Syrian Electronic Army. The network
confirmed to Reuters that the account was compromised. It’s the latest attack on a Twitter account controlled by a Western media organization by the pro-Assad group. Previous targets include the
Associated Press,
the Financial Times,
the Onion and
CBS News. Twitter has recently instituted
new security measures to help prevent incidents like these.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 24 at 11:39 am PT
Add one more name to the Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video website.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 24 at 11:13 am PT
Seventeen months after being acquired, the founding CEO of SuccessFactors is leaving.
John Paczkowski in News on May 24 at 10:14 am PT
“Apple fundamentally disagrees with the judge’s preliminary comments.”
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 24 at 9:57 am PT
New York Sen. Charles Schumer urges “extreme caution” before allowing the Japanese company to gain a controlling stake in Sprint.
