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Google’s Plan to Use Balloons to Blanket the World in Bandwidth
An idea to finally make the Internet truly global.
A View to a Cell: San Francisco Mobile Towers Get Prime Real Estate (Video)
Like anyone looking for a home, cell providers are seeking out prime locations with great views and an understanding landlord.
After Zynga Confirms 18 Percent Layoffs, It Lowers Guidance in All-In Mobile Move
More tough choices for the troubled gaming company.
Zynga to Lay Off 520 Employees — 18 Percent of Staff — and Shutter New York and LA Offices in Refocus on Mobile
Right-sizing the gaming giant for the mobile market.
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Yahoo Scoops Up Another Small Startup: Gaming Platform PlayerScale
Yahoo said it had bought PlayerScale, a small gaming infrastructure startup for cross-platform gaming. Yahoo has been on a bit of a tear in buying up small companies for low prices, to strengthen its talent and expertise in a wide variety of arenas, including mobile, productivity and gaming. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but PlayerScale said on its blog that it would “continue to support our existing product,” which is Player.IO.Tumblr Brand Will Remain — With Mostly “Hands-Off” Product Approach by Yahoo’s Mayer
Not so much with the leaning in.
Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected
Done (just like we said).
Commercial Drone Platform Company Gets $10.7 Million From Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures
Is hardware the new software?
Syria Has Dropped Off the Internet, Again
A second countrywide outage in the war-torn country.
Former Groupon President and COO Solomon Joins Accel Partners
Every time a bell rings, a VC gets its wings.
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