Steve Case's Revolution Ventures Raising $150M For New Early-Stage VC Fund
Revolution Ventures, the early-stage, technology-focused venture capital arm of Revolution LLC, the investment firm headed up by Aol founder Steve Case, is looking to raise $150 million for its second...
Motorola Debuts its First Ad for Upcoming Moto X Smartphone
A Made-In-America Claim But No Images of the Phone — Motorola has set a patriotic tone for its Moto X smartphone campaign, the company's first since being acquired by Google last summer. — “What w...
Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations sai...
State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’
State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspect...
Apple hires former YSL CEO Paul Deneve to work on special projects under Tim Cook
Confirming a claim from earlier today, Bloomberg's Adam Satariano reports that Apple has confirmed the hire of former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve. According to Apple, Deneve will report to App...
Softbank Bid for Sprint Said to Win Majority FCC Support
SoftBank Corp. (9984)'s $21.6 billion bid for mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) won the support it needs from the last U.S. regulatory body reviewing the transaction, said people familiar with th...
Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About $50 Million
As AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that it was likely to do, Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos in...
YouTube renews Vevo deal, buys stake in company to keep music videos off Facebook
Google said today that it has renewed its agreement with Vevo, the music video distributor, keeping its popular programming on YouTube and preventing it from falling into the hands of its rivals.