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Groupon Must Avoid Taking “Stupid Risks,” CEO Says

Groupon Inc. Chief Executive Andrew Mason told the company’s employees on Wednesday that the daily-deals site needs to grow up — right after he apologized for drinking too much beer.

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Microsoft Banks on Mobile Apps

Microsoft Corp., struggling to dent the dominance of Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in the smartphone market, is stepping up efforts to court app makers like Hemi Weingarten.

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Jive Software IPO Prices at $12, Higher Than Expected

Jive Software priced its initial public offering at $12 a share, higher than the company’s proposed price of $8 to $10 a share.

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Netflix Selling $200 Million in Convertible Bonds to VC Firm

Netflix said it is selling about $200 million in convertible bonds to Technology Crossover Ventures, a venture-capital firm that has made late-stage investments in big tech companies including Groupon.

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Feds Taking Close Look at Google-Motorola Deal

It’s not a surprise, but antitrust regulators are taking a closer look at Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.

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Zynga’s Revenue Growth Rate Is Slowing

Zynga is just out with its yet-again-amended IPO filing, and it shows some slowing — albeit still impressive — revenue growth, and its first-ever dip in the company’s preferred measure of sales.

Qualcomm Makes It Official, Grabs Atheros for $3.1 Billion

The wireless chipmaker clocks in with the first major tech deal of the year. Atheros shareholders are happy today.

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Apple iPad: Secrets from the Insider Trading Case

Apple Inc. is a major actor in one of the most intriguing sections of the government’s 39-page complaint against four men arrested and charged in a massive sting of insider trading. Secrets about tech companies are a major feature of the insider trading charges unveiled so far.

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Apple Coaxes Publishers to Join It on iPad Subscriptions

Apple Inc. in recent weeks has accelerated its efforts to persuade publishers to join the company’s first foray into selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions for the iPad tablet computer, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Gizmodo to Cooperate With Probe Into Lost iPhone Prototype

Gizmodo said it has reached an agreement with California authorities over access to some computer and other material related to an investigation of how the technology website obtained a prototype of the new Apple Inc. iPhone months before its release. In April, Gizmodo published details and video of the new iPhone 4 model. The website said it paid to obtain the phone, which was allegedly left behind in a bar by an Apple employee.