Zynga to Close $500 Million Funding at $10 Billion Valuation
It seems that Zynga is now valued at a whopping $10 billion while in the process of securing $500 million in funding. AllThingsD reports that the maker of Cityville is involved in securing funding from Morgan Stanley, Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price, and previous investor Kleiner Perkins. According to Business Insider, this valuation means Zynga [...]
Read MoreGoogle Music to Launch with Honeycomb and Xoom
Once again, we’re hearing rumors of a Google music service. They began some time last year and have resurfaced occasionally ever since. With the impending launch of Honeycomb and the Motorola Xoom, we may finally see Google Music become a reality. Sanjay Jha, chief executive of Motorola Mobility, let it slip while speaking at the Mobile World [...]
Read MoreObama to Discuss STEM Education Friday at Intel
President Obama’s West Coast tech tour will include a trip to Intel’s headquarters in Oregon to tour the company’s headquarters with its CEO Paul Otellini. According to the Associated Press, the Intel tour will showcase the company’s efforts to spur innovation and prepare workers for jobs in high-tech industries, and Obama will speak about the [...]
Read MoreAiling Steve Jobs to Meet with President Obama, Zuckerberg, and Schmidt
According to some reports, President Obama will be meeting with tech titans Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Eric Schmidt (who will soon relinquish his position to Larry Page), Apple CEO Steve Jobs and others. The private dinner is to be held tonight in San Francisco. This comes along with reports that Steve Jobs is [...]
Read MoreRIM Announces NFC Support for Future Handsets
RIM CEO Jim Balsillie has said at his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that “many” of the company’s upcoming handsets this year will feature NFC technology. Near Field Communications is the technology which would allow for easy location check-ins and mobile payments. Some manufacturers feel the infrastructure isn’t yet there for NFC to be [...]
Read MoreWindows Phone 7 Connector Hits the Mac App Store
Windows Phone 7 Connector has gone from beta to gold. Finally, Mac owners have a native way to sync their Windows Phones and Zunes. There don’t seem to be any fancy new features, but the basics are really all that matter at this point: • Sync music, movies, TV Shows and podcasts, from your existing [...]
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