Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 29 at 10:23 pm PT
HomeAway’s shares soared in its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, jumping 49.9 percent to close at $40.21 a share.
Liz Gannes in Social on June 29 at 10:22 pm PT
Attempting to describe real-world relationships more accurately is a worthy goal, and Google’s approach sets it apart from the competition. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to understand.
The thing we’re facing now is that, you know, the State Department is suddenly really cozy with Twitter because they are like, “Oh wow, we were trying to get this done with AK-47s and you guys got it done with Tweets. Can we be friends?”
Biz Stone at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 29 at 7:42 pm PT
VeriFone has reveled a new system that will allow retailers to use an iPad or Android tablet for in-store checkout, fueling the rivalry between it and the start-up Square.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 29 at 3:31 pm PT
A small army of multitouch tablet computers has been launched this year to take on Apple’s iPad. The TouchPad from H-P is the latest one to enter the fray.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 29 at 3:25 pm PT
Walt answers a reader’s question on what to do with data stored on MobileMe after it goes away.
Kara Swisher in News on June 29 at 3:00 pm PT
In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.”
Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.
Kara Swisher in Social on June 29 at 1:48 pm PT
Apparently, there is no time lag anymore when it comes to telling the stories of epic fail on the Internet.
I got an email this afternoon from an anonymous Myspace employee who wrote about an interesting group writing effort on Google Docs called “Real Myspace Stories.”
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on June 29 at 12:58 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at
Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 29 at 12:13 pm PT
LivingSocial, the second-largest local commerce site after Groupon, is talking to bankers this week about filing for an intial public offering, CNBC reports.
Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 29 at 11:18 am PT
Cisco Systems a year ago broached plans for a different kind of tablet, targeting businesses rather than the consumers that Apple mainly targeted with the iPad. Those plans are getting clearer.
Kara Swisher in News on June 29 at 10:51 am PT
Closing another chapter on one of the Internet’s most iconic properties, Myspace has been sold to to Specific Media, an advertising network, for $35 million. Sources close to the situation said the deal is being completed today, although it has not been officially signed. Myspace’s owner, News Corp. will hold onto a very small stake [...]
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 29 at 10:47 am PT
The companies confirm the Facebook-centric HTC phone, now known as the Status, will be hitting AT&T this summer. The device, first shown at Mobile World Congress in February, has a dedicated button for sharing all manner of content to the social network.
Ina Fried in News on June 29 at 9:40 am PT
Though plenty of bigger names have jumped into the cloud media storage game since RealNetworks first talked about Unifi last year, the Seattle company said it is moving ahead with its service, touting its cross-platform abilities. The service is launching now in Germany, with plans to come to the U.S. this fall.
