Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 5 at 3:01 pm PT
Out the door before he could really get started.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 5 at 2:07 pm PT
Two new policies going into effect today are making it a lot less convenient for game developers to leave Facebook.
John Paczkowski in News on December 5 at 1:09 pm PT
Apple shares are down more than 20 percent from the high of $705.07 they hit in late September.
Voices
Jessica E. Lessin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 5 at 12:12 pm PT
As Google Inc. battles rivals ranging from Apple Inc. to Internet companies that allege it fixes its search results, Eric Schmidt has become the search giant’s peacemaker and explainer-in-chief.
News Byte
John Murrell in Media on December 5 at 11:54 am PT
Patch, AOL’s local news platform, now has a president and COO, and
it’s Steven Kalin, who previously held the COO position at radio syndication giant Westwood One and health and fitness publisher Rodale. He’ll report to Jon Brod, Patch’s CEO and co-founder.
Liz Gannes in Product News on December 5 at 10:33 am PT
It’s an expensive group of stocking stuffers, to be sure.
News Byte
Mike Isaac in Social on December 5 at 10:23 am PT
Social news reading app Prismatic announced a new Series A round of venture funding on Wednesday, banking another $15 million. Participating in the round were Accel Partners, Jim Breyer and Yuri Milner. The Prismatic app is something of a hybrid between Zite, Flipboard and other news apps, using your social channels to personalize the type of news that appears in your feed.
John Paczkowski in News on December 5 at 9:54 am PT
No, Microsoft’s not selling one million Surface RTs this quarter.
Bonnie Cha in Product News on December 5 at 9:01 am PT
And China lands the Lumia 920T, its first Windows Phone device.
Lauren Goode in Product News on December 5 at 8:55 am PT
The Bluetooth-equipped Casio is watch first, “smart” watch second.
Liz Gannes in News on December 5 at 8:41 am PT
On both sides of the Atlantic, the government agencies that have conducted antitrust examinations of Google over the past two years seem to have trouble keeping their own timetables.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 5 at 8:40 am PT
It took one day to hit $500 million in sales, and another two weeks to double that.
