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Google’s Punit Soni: We’re Not Just Playing Around When It Comes to Social Gaming

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 2 at 10:00 am PT

After finding out yesterday that games contribute a staggering amount to Facebook’s top line, we now know exactly how important the category is to the success of Google’s social plans.

An Apple Gift for the Holidays: Free Beatles (Book) on iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

You’d have to be a Blue Meanie not to enjoy this.

Facebook Loses “The Godfather” Exclusive to Google’s Game Network

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 7, 2011 at 7:38 am PT

Is Facebook losing some of its game? Kabam has chosen to exclusively launch its new big social title on Google instead of Facebook.

Zuckerberg Tops Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” List Again (And Look Who’s No. 40)

Kara Swisher in Media on August 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Vanity Fair magazine put out its high-profile “New Establishment” list of the top 50 people — and guess who made the cut from tech?

Exclusive: MailChimp Buys Phil Kaplan’s Tiny Newsletter Start-Up, TinyLetter

Kara Swisher in News on August 31, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

MailChimp, the Atlanta-based email marketing service, has bought TinyLetter, which is well-known entrepreneur Phil Kaplan’s most recent start-up.

Exclusive: Apple’s Mobile Ad Head Andy Miller Departs for Highland Capital

Kara Swisher in News on August 17, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Andy Miller, the high-profile VP of mobile advertising at Apple, is planning on leaving the company, according to sources close to the situation.

Dancing Queen: After Meeting With Microsoft Last Week, Yahoo Is Next on Hulu’s Sales Card

Kara Swisher in Media on July 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm PT

Here’s a handy helper for those following the fate of the Hulu premium online video service, whose noisy efforts to sell itself have gotten a lot of attention of late: “In preliminary talks” = “hawking itself to one of a half dozen big moneybag tech companies who will visit with Hulu’s bankers and management to see its presentation at Morgan Stanley’s office in Century City in Los Angeles.”

Former DoubleClick Execs Create Groupon Competitor, But It's Not Exactly A Clone

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 9, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Think there’s already too many Groupon clones? Think again. Group Commerce, which is coming out of stealth today, has the pedigree and the funding to be a viable contender. What’s more, it is coming out of the gate running with four major publishing partners already signed up on its publisher platform.

Exclusive: Facebook Grabs Microsoft Global Ad Head Carolyn Everson

Kara Swisher in News on February 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm PT

Apparently, it’s not only in Google’s pond where Facebook fishes for talent–the social networking giant has recruited Microsoft’s global advertising head Carolyn Everson as one of its top sales execs. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the hiring, after a query by BoomTown. The move will surely cause some tensions with the software giant, which is both a prominent partner of and investor in Facebook, especially since Everson was only hired at Microsoft last June after a long search.