Asia

CrowdStar No Longer Developing Social Games for Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 25 at 10:00 am PT

Crowdstar’s CEO Peter Relan said in an interview that the longtime social games maker is no longer developing for Facebook.

Apple, Proview Will Try to Talk Out iPad Trademark Tussle

John Paczkowski in News on April 20 at 11:08 am PT

Okay, you tell me what you think is reasonable for go-away money.

Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 2:06 pm PT

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.

It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

Kara Swisher in News on April 4 at 6:22 am PT

CEO Scott Thompson promises that Yahoo, after staff cuts of 14 percent of the entire workforce, will be “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require.”

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

Kara Swisher in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.

Spotify’s Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves to Path to Do Same

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 5:00 am PT

The fix-it guy for the popular music service takes his tools over to the personal social network.

Here’s Dan Loeb’s Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo’s Alibaba Stake

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 5:29 pm PT

China is emperor at Yahoo, says activist shareholder.

Apple vs. Proview: We Lawyers Have a Word for Cases Like This, and It Starts With “Cluster”

John Paczkowski in News on February 29 at 8:30 am PT

Did Apple buy the iPad China trademark from a company that didn’t own it?

Uber Sets Its Sights on Asia

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 27 at 10:39 am PT

As it looks to aggressively expand its smartphone app for car services in 2012, Uber is thinking big — Asia big.

Apple Threatens to Sue Proview for Defamation — Read the Letter

John Paczkowski in News on February 20 at 11:43 am PT

“It is inappropriate to release information contrary to the facts to the media, especially when such disclosures have the effect of wrongfully causing damage to Apple’s reputation.”