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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Growth Since IPO In 12 Big Numbers   —  $FB is still stuck at $26.25, way down from its $38 IPO price, but it's made important progress since going public a year ago.  Daily users up 26%, mobile monthly users up 56%, and revenue up 38% are some highlights.
May 17, 2013, 7:35 PMIn context
Jennifer Van Grove / CNET:
Apple removes Bang With Friends from App Store   —  The eyebrow-raising app won't be initiating Facebook-friend hookups for iPhone owners for the time being.  —  No more knocking boots with your Facebook friends, iPhone users.  Apple has removed the salaciously titled Bang With Friends iPhone application from its App Store.
May 17, 2013, 6:00 PMIn context
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Tumblr In Talks With Yahoo; Facebook And Microsoft Also Said To Be Circling   —  The Tumblr sweepstakes have begun.  —  According to multiple reports (the first coming from All Things D), the social blogging site is in serious talks with Yahoo , which is looking to secure a strategic investment …
May 17, 2013, 5:05 PMIn context
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Big Data Analytics Specialist Tableau Software Raises $254M In IPO, Shares Close 64% Up; Marketo's First Day Up 78%   —  One year to the day of the troubled Facebook IPO, the climate for tech IPOs in the public markets is significantly less stormy, especially for companies in the enterprise space.
May 17, 2013, 4:35 PMIn context
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr.  Will Facebook swoop in at the last minute?   —  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer thinks that what Blogger did for Google, Tumblr could do for her aging Internet company — make it relevant and a major player on the modern web.  And for that she is willing …
May 17, 2013, 4:10 AMIn context
Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
Facebook Tells Court ‘Like’ Feature Vital to Free Speech   —  Facebook's “Like” feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have free-speech protection under the U.S. Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court.
May 16, 2013, 11:50 PMIn context
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
MessageMe Raises A $10M Series A Led By Greylock As It Gears Up For Money And Premium Services In Its Rich Messaging App   —  MessageMe — a messaging app that launched in March with a little Facebook controversy thrown in — has raised another $10 million, according to an SEC filing earlier today.
May 16, 2013, 11:00 PMIn context
Wall Street Journal:
Pace Picks Up on Tech IPOs   —  Large Group of Maturing Silicon Valley Startups Will Test Post-Facebook Waters  —  A year after Facebook Inc.'s botched initial public offering, Silicon Valley's IPO pipeline is starting to fill up again.  —  Following a slowdown in technology IPOs …
May 16, 2013, 10:35 PMIn context
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
The Facebook IPO, One Year Later   —  The Company Is Getting Serious About Making Money; But the Stock Is Stuck  —  Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The posters proclaimed: “Advertisers are users too*.”  At the bottom of the page, in smaller font …
May 16, 2013, 9:25 PMIn context
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
After inking a deal to power Facebook Card, Marqeta lands $14m to expand its prepaid payments platform   —  Marqeta, a payments platform that rewards users with additional in-store credit for prepaying online, announced today that it has raised a $14 million Series B round of funding.
May 16, 2013, 8:00 PMIn context

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Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).