Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected

Done (just like we said).
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Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales

Can these high-tech scales help you keep those New Year’s resolutions?
From left to right: The Withings WS-30 and the FitBit Aria Smart Scale.

With New Merchant Local Updates Tool, Foursquare Is Getting Serious About Its Business

A month after its redesign pitch to users, Foursquare appeals to businesses with improved tools.
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News Byte

Delays Force Microsoft to Roll Out Major Xbox Update in Phases

Microsoft’s major software update for the Xbox continues to face delays. In a statement late this afternoon, Microsoft apologized and said that “within a few hours the first customers will begin to receive the update.” It’s unclear who will get the update because it is not based on geography. The new dashboard, which was supposed to launch this morning, will add both voice control and new content to the gaming console.

Major Xbox Software Update Is Facing Slight Delay

Microsoft’s big Xbox refresh, slated to be released today, is facing a few last-minute hiccups.
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Salesforce.com Buys Manymoon for Between $25 Million and $35 Million

Salesforce.com has bought Manymoon, the social productivity start-up. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed, but one source put the sale at upward of $25 million. Manymoon makes one of the more popular tools on Google’s apps platform.

Seesmic Raises $4 Million in Funding From Salesforce.com

In an interesting social enterprise move, popular social networking collaboration tool Seesmic is taking a $4 million investment from Salesforce.com, as well as from Softbank. The San Francisco-based Seesmic has one of the top desktop and mobile applications for monitoring a consumer’s various feeds from Twitter, Facebook and more.

Motorola Goes After Apple’s iPad in Super Bowl Teaser Spot for Xoom Tablet

Aiming to turn the tables on Apple, Motorola is trying to pitch its upcoming Xoom tablet as an alternative to the dominant computing culture–the same tactic Apple once used against IBM.

Twitter: Nope, We're Not Testing a Self-Serve Ad Platform (Yet)

Twitter does indeed plan to roll out a self-serve ad platform this year. But it hasn’t done so yet, isn’t testing one and has yet to build the thing. So says Twitter, which is publicly calling out a MediaPost report that says otherwise.

Sirius Turns a Corner?