Mike Isaac in Social on June 18 at 9:33 am PT
The aptly named startup will soon join the ‘book.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 18 at 7:32 am PT
The tablets Microsoft is set to discuss on Monday are only the latest in along series of slates envisioned by the software giant.
Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on June 18 at 6:00 am PT
A new errand-running site called Done could give TaskRabbit a run for its money.
Kara Swisher in News on June 18 at 5:30 am PT
Get ready for a new Yahoo ad strategy, too.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 18 at 5:00 am PT
Samsung gives corporate IT managers controls that make them less nervous about a BYOD world.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 18 at 4:00 am PT
Microsoft is ready to break with tradition and ruffle more than a few feathers in its effort to compete with Apple in the tablet market.
Liz Gannes in News on June 18 at 3:30 am PT
Which nation is most likely to ask Google to take down user content or hand over user data? The U.S. — and increasingly so.
I’ll donate $50 if you make me a sandwich.
– A comment left by user pat678457 on the feministfrequency YouTube channel, where Anita Sarkeesian launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a video series about stereotypes of women in video games. As a result, she’s been subjected to intense online harrassment, though she raised $158,917 against a $6000 goal.
News Byte
Kara Swisher in News on June 17 at 9:21 pm PT
The VC market is looking up.
Tricia Duryee in Social on June 16 at 3:56 pm PT
At least one of Facebook’s legal problems has been cleared up: The social network has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit over its use of “social” advertising.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 16 at 10:13 am PT
This week, people jumped to the conclusion that Apple wants to be a payments provider, but will it be able to create a game changer?
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 15 at 7:48 pm PT
Nokia put a teaser image on its U.S. Facebook page, suggesting some big news for Monday. It turns out that it’s bringing its 41-megapixel camera phone to the States.
