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Most Tech Stocks Were Naughty, Some Nice and Only Apple Merry, as Year Ends

Kara Swisher in News on December 26, 2011 at 1:06 pm PT

Tech investors had better watch out in 2012.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …

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Yandex Search for “Acquisition” Returns SPB Software

John Paczkowski in News on November 28, 2011 at 12:09 pm PT

Now that it has inked a deal with Microsoft to become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia, Yandex is bolstering its mobile technology with an acquisition. The Russian search giant has purchased SPB Software, the mobile software outfit responsible for, among other things, Shell 3D, a popular Android home-screen replacement app. No purchase price was given, though sources put it at about $37 million.

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China Singled Out for Cyberspying

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on November 4, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

The U.S. government accused the Chinese of being the world’s “most active and persistent” perpetrators of economic spying, an unusual move designed to spur stronger U.S. and international action to combat rampant industrial espionage threatening U.S. economic growth.

China Now Accounts for 16 Percent of Apple Revenue

Liz Gannes in News on October 18, 2011 at 4:06 pm PT

China, which is the company’s second largest market, accounted for 16 percent of Apple’s sales during the past quarter, with $4.5 billion in revenue, a year-over-year increase of 270 percent.

The Future of Social Gaming Isn’t All About Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Social on October 11, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

In fact, other platforms are slated to represent much larger opportunities than Facebook, according to a recent study.

DST, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Lead $1.6B Tender Offer Aimed at Alibaba Employees at $32B Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on September 22, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Big play in China, as big investors pour a fortune into Alibaba Group shares to give its employees some walking-around money.

Yahoo for Sale: Possible Bidders Circling — Including Marc Andreessen — as Board Pressure Mounts

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

As Yahoo’s board meets today to talk about what to do next, the unsettled situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant might overtake them sooner than later.

Take the Money and Run? Twitter Shareholders Now Mulling Cash-Out Offer From DST.

Kara Swisher in Social on August 31, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

To sell or not to sell any of their shares is the question facing Twitter stakeholders right now, as the second $400 million part of the company’s funding by Russia’s DST Global nears completion.

Russian Carriers Hot to Get iPhone 5 Before Winter

John Paczkowski in News on August 5, 2011 at 11:59 am PT

Russian business newspaper RBC Daily claims the iPhone 5 will hit Russia in November, “almost immediately” after sales begin in the U.S.

From Russia With Love: Twitter Confirms “Significant” Funding With DST Global

Kara Swisher in News, August 1, 2011 at 9:54 am PT

Intel CEO: We’re Big in Brazil, and Lots of Other Places

Arik Hesseldahl in News, July 20, 2011 at 5:27 pm PT

Yandex to Debut After Pricing Above Range

Lynn Cowan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News, May 24, 2011 at 8:26 am PT

Russian Search Engine Yandex Files for IPO

Apple’s Really Good Quarter Was Really, Really Good in China

Ina Fried in Mobile, January 19, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Plastic Logic Nabs New Funding, Plans Plant in Russia

Ina Fried in Mobile, January 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Nielsen: Young People Across The Globe Love Their Cell Phones (But Use Them Differently)

Ina Fried in Mobile, January 11, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

First Half of Groupon Funding Done–DST, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Capital Group and Morgan Stanley

Kara Swisher in News, January 7, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Dell Acquires SecureWorks, Embraces Security-as-Service

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise, January 4, 2011 at 8:37 am PT

Groupon Aims to Raise $950 Million at $4.75 Billion Valuation

Tricia Duryee in Commerce, December 28, 2010 at 2:23 pm PT

Lenovo Hones Sales Pitch for Russia, India

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News, December 27, 2010 at 12:37 pm PT

Q: Why No Twitter Board Seat for Kleiner's John Doerr? A: His Google Board Seat (Plus, Is the Star VC Looking at Spotify and Groupon Next?)

Kara Swisher in News, December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am PT