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Zynga Makes Big Claims With IPO Only a Week Away

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

How about doubling the number of paying gamers? Done!

Verizon Won’t Talk About Its Talks to Build a Netflix-Style Service. But It Is Definitely Talking.

Peter Kafka in Media on December 7, 2011 at 7:46 am PT

Because pretty much everyone is talking about building their own Web video service. But like pay TV competitor Dish Network, Verizon seems to be taking the idea seriously.

Netflix Down on Report of Verizon Video Streaming Plans

Tiernan Ray, Reporter, Tech Trader Daily, Barron's in News on December 6, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Shares of Netflix are down are down 2 percent, perhaps in part because Verizon Communications is planning to offer its own streaming video service on the Internet, according to a report by Reuters.

NewsCred Raises $4 Million for Its Web-Based Newswire

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Expensive content on the cheap: A start-up that licenses stuff from the likes of Reuters, Bloomberg and Forbes.

Of Course Apple Is Planning a Cheaper iPhone 4 (Updated)

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 23, 2011 at 7:59 am PT

A new report claims Apple has developed a budget-friendly eight gigabyte iPhone 4.

Exclusive: Skype Employees Were Briefed in Plain English — The Internal Equity Incentive Plan Deck

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.

IPhone 5 Release Date Rumors May Persist Until Fall

John Paczkowski in News on April 20, 2011 at 9:09 am PT

Another report to add to the pile of prognostications claiming Apple will launch the next iPhone in the fall, not the summer as it has in the past. Three unnamed sources tell Reuters the iPhone 5 will hit manufacturing in July or August and ship in September.

Video: BoomTown Talks AOL-HuffPo as Web's Condé Nast on CNN

Kara Swisher in News on February 14, 2011 at 12:15 pm PT

Here is a video of a segment I did on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” yesterday morning–in the wee hours in San Francisco, hence the bags under my eyes–about last week’s $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post by AOL. “Someone has to be the Condé Nast of the Internet,” I noted in answer to a question from host Howard Kurtz, since it has not been that famous magazine company which has become the big publishing dog online.

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Google, EU Reportedly in Antitrust Settlement Talks

Voices in News on February 7, 2011 at 10:32 am PT

Google has begun preliminary talks with European Union regulators in an effort to resolve an antitrust investigation that began in November, according to a source cited by Reuters today. The probe was launched after competitors charged that Google was using its dominant position in search to favor its own services in its result rankings.

Rupert Murdoch Introduces the Daily, His iPad Newspaper

Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2011 at 7:40 am PT

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, along with Apple’s Eddy Cue, rented out the Guggenheim Museum to show off their newest creation: A newspaper built for the iPad.