Kara Swisher in News on May 6 at 8:27 pm PT
On tonight’s Silicon Valley version of “Game of Thrones,” King Scott Thompson tries to assuage, while the board potentates sharpen their knives.
Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2011 at 10:46 am PT
Read on about the deets of the doings at the social gaming site.
Kara Swisher in News on July 3, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
How’s this for irony:
It was less than a year and a half ago that Owen Van Natta was ousted from his job as CEO of Myspace.
But last week — just as the failed social networking site sold for a paltry $35 million — Van Natta could have bought it himself for a fraction of his stake in Zynga, the social gaming phenom that just filed for its IPO and where he’s a top exec and shareholder.
Kara Swisher in News on June 28, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT
What did Skype employees know and when did they know it?
A lot, if you’re reading this “Equity Incentive Plan” deck, which clearly outlines what happens to “good leaver” and bad leaver” execs.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 7, 2011 at 10:02 am PT
Although the timing comes just as the carrier loses its iPhone exclusivity, Chief Marketing Officer David Christopher insists a big Android push has been in the works for more than a year and has more to do with having great devices to show off its faster networks than it does trying to fill the void created by no longer having Apple’s darling to itself.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 27, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing “an extensive Facebook integration” on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web.
