After hyping the fact that they were building a free browser application for the iPhone and iPod touch, and showing it off to a small circle of reporters at the most recent Mobile World Congress (us included), Opera Software has officially submitted Opera Mini for iPhone to the Apple App Store earlier today.
Million [...]
Tags: Apple Store, Barcelona, Browser Application, Browser Thanks, Compliant, Dollar Question, Free Browser, Internal Tests, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Mobile World, Opera Browser, Opera Software, Server Side, Software Company, Software Information, Software Store, Store Policies, World Congress
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Tue, March 23 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. in a letter to Novell’s board of directors dated March 2 offered to purchase the infrastructure software company for a cash price of $5.75 per share, or $1 billion net of the cash on the company’s books.
Elliott Associates at the time said it already owned 8.5 percent [...]
Tags: 1 Billion, Board Of Directors, Cash Dividend, Conditional Proposal, Dividend Program, Elliott Associates, Infrastructure Software, Initial Purchase, Investors, Joint Ventures, Novell, Partnerships, Return Of Capital, S Board, S Books, Software Company, Stock Repurchase, Stock Value, Stockholder Value, Stockholders
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Sat, March 20 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Our constant rants on the PR Industry do not go unnoticed. In return our tips box is filled with humorous anecdotes, articles and now, a video. Here are two we’ve received in the last week. Which we’re posting in honor of Yahoo breaking its own embargo, and the AP sending the launch of CODE advisors [...]
Tags: Account Executive, Businesspeople, Ceo Clients, Ceos, Charm School, Embargo, Flack, Humorous Anecdotes, Internet Startups, Job Description, Launch, Nitwit, Outcast, Pr Firm, Pr Industry, Sifter, Software Company, Success Story, Superiors, Whores
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Fri, February 26 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
We haven’t heard much from PlayFirst since we covered the San Francisco-based casual gaming startup’s last funding round back in December 2007, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t moving for the venture-backed company.
Earlier this year, the startup inked a major deal with Big Fish Games and today it has announced that social game industry executive [...]
Tags: Big Fish Games, Electronic Arts, Game Industry, Industry Executive, Kleiner Perkins, Kpcb, Mari, Marketing Manager, Monetization, Playfirst, Second Time, Senior Marketing, Sequoia, Sidenote, Social Game, Social Games, Social Gaming, Software Company, Stint, Worldwide Marketing
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Mon, February 8 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments