Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.
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It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

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.”
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AllThingsD Reviews HP’s Ultrabook, the Envy Spectre 14, on WSJ “Digits”

AllThingsD’s Lauren Goode joins the WSJ “Digits” show to discuss her review of HP’s Ultrabook.
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“Girls Around Me” App Maker: We Pulled Out of iTunes, but We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong

I-Free’s argument: We couldn’t have built this thing without the data that Foursquare and Facebook gave us. Also, please don’t call us stalkers.
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Yahoo Hopes to Fight Back at Activist Shareholder Third Point With More New Board Members of Its Own

In the battle for the board, Yahoo is not sitting still.
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All Things Reviewed: Nike+ FuelBand and BodyMedia Armband on WSJ “Digits”

See the latest tech products reviewed by the ATD team, on today’s WSJ “Digits” show.
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Walt Mossberg and Lauren Goode Talk New iPad on WSJ Digits

Major topics: The new iPad’s outstanding features, such as the display, the connection speed and the battery life.
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Party On … And On … And On, Geek (But Not Much Else): A Newbie Reflects on SXSW

Guess what? It was a party down there.
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Yahoo May Not Need a “Loebotomy,” But It Definitely Can’t Endure a Brain-Sapping Proxy Fight

This is like the movie “Groundhog Day,” except not nearly as funny.
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