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Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on May 21 at 1:33 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Mike Isaac in Social on May 21 at 1:06 pm PT
Shares of Facebook stock sank 4.2 points in their second day of trading on the Nasdaq, ending the day at $34.03, a somewhat expected downturn after a lackluster start last Friday. The stock opened at around
ten percent under where it closed on Friday, most likely due to lack of underwriter support in propping prices up by exercising the “
greenshoe” option.
Liz Gannes in Mobile on May 21 at 1:05 pm PT
Uberconference debuts today as a new interface for conference calls — you know, those terrifically annoying occurrences that people in business deal with on a daily basis.
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Peter Kafka in Media on May 21 at 1:01 pm PT
Avail-TVN, a company that helps process and manage video for cable systems and other services, has raised $100 million in a round led by the Carlyle Group, along with previous investors including Columbia Capital, Valhalla Partners, Novak Biddle and Pioneer Ventures. Avail-TVN used $27 million of the round to buy UK-based On Demand Group, which provides video-on-demand services outside the U.S. Last year, it generated more than $200 million in revenue.
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John Paczkowski in News on May 21 at 12:42 pm PT
The Federal Trade Commission will soon have a new adviser to shape its thinking on Internet and mobile market issues. Paul Ohm, a University of Colorado law professor and former federal computer-crimes prosecutor,
will join the agency in late August, taking over for Columbia University professor Tim Wu. At the FTC, Ohm, who has been at the forefront of a lot of debates about how best to apply Fourth Amendment privacy rights in the 21st century, will advise commissioners and staff on policy and enforcement cases.
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Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 21 at 11:39 am PT
Five large cable operators said Monday they will join forces to give customers access to each other’s wireless Internet hot spots in the most sweeping Wi-Fi roaming agreement struck by the industry to date.
Lauren Goode in Product News on May 21 at 10:46 am PT
Sales of 3-D TVs are up, the NPD Group says, but whether consumers watch content in 3-D is a whole different story.
Liz Gannes in News on May 21 at 9:30 am PT
GitHub, the collaboration and version-control site for open source and corporate developers, today is launching a Windows client.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 21 at 9:03 am PT
Ubisoft is releasing a free version of its popular Ghost Recon on Facebook today, with the goal of attracting the same hardcore audience that will pay $60 for the console version coming out tomorrow.
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Liz Gannes in News on May 21 at 8:54 am PT
Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz said today that he has a “rare medical condition which can be managed but is incurable,” and which is likely to compromise his quality of life in the coming years, so he is changing his role at the venture capital firm. A representative for Sequoia noted that Moritz will continue to make new investments and take board seats, but he will be dropping some of his daily management responsibilities and taking more vacation.
John Paczkowski in News on May 21 at 8:34 am PT
The EC gives Google a chance to settle an antitrust investigation without facing formal charges.
