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Former Zynga Security Head Puhlmann Joins Endgame as CTO
Nils Puhlmann, former Zynga chief security officer, is joining security solutions provider Endgame — best name ever — as CTO. The Arlington, Va.-based Endgame is backed by venture investors, including Kleiner Perkins and Bessemer Venture Partners, with about $54 million in funding. Before departing in 2012, Puhlmann was at Zynga for several years managing all security issues for the online gaming company.
Snapchat Is Mulling Another Huge Round at a $3.5 Billion Valuation
Yes, we know: Cray cray.QOTD: Fresh-Squeezed Creativity
I’m a giant vat of creative juices.
— David Pogue on why he’s joining Yahoo
Longtime Online Exec Tina Sharkey Joins Sherpa Foundry as CEO
An inside/outside exec will lead an effort to get corporations to think more like startups — or get out of the way. (From someone who knows: Good luck with that!)Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties
Big money for tech that essentially failed to find customers.News Byte
Battery Ventures Hires a Top Comms Exec: Former WSJ Reporter Rebecca Buckman
Like many venture firms in Silicon Valley, Battery Ventures has hired a top communications and content exec — former Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Buckman. She will be a VP at Battery, in charge of a number of media areas, including developing original content about its portfolio of investments. Buckman has also written for Forbes and, most recently, has been doing some PR work. Adding top execs to focus on media and content at VC firms has been increasing, including the recent hiring of former WSJ reporter Ben Worthen by Sequoia Capital and Wired’s Michael Copeland at Andreessen Horowitz, among others.Former Facebook Exec Ali Rosenthal Joins MessageMe as COO
Can the mobile app that lets you communicate better on a smartphone break out with new exec?News Byte