Ina Fried in News on March 9 at 9:24 am PT
AllThingsD arrives to find Austin colder than expected, but things at SXSW are already heating up.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 9 at 7:08 am PT
A big buyout caps a big week for Insight Venture Partners.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 9 at 7:06 am PT
The 3.5-inch smartphone will sell for just $20 with a contract. It’s the latest move by the Chinese phone maker to step up its presence in the U.S. market.
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Lauren Goode in News on March 9 at 7:00 am PT
Uber, which powers a smartphone app for summoning car service, is testing on-demand food delivery at SXSW in Austin this week: In addition to requesting pedicabs, users will have the option within the app to request a barbecue sandwich delivered right to their location. The price for the pedicabs will be negotiable, and the barbecue will cost $10 (chips and water included).
Liz Gannes in Social on March 9 at 6:30 am PT
Mobile location start-up Loopt will be acquired by the banking company Green Dot, best known for its prepaid cards.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 9 at 5:00 am PT
Maker Studios will let its video-making partners see exactly how they’re doing on YouTube.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 9 at 2:00 am PT
And if it makes the “Hulu for Music Videos” joint venture that much more attractive to suitors like Facebook, that doesn’t hurt, either.
Chad Bray, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 9 at 12:06 am PT
As soon as he was caught, an influential computer hacker agreed to become a government informant and “literally worked around the clock” to help federal agents nab an elusive collective of alleged cyber criminals who have launched online attacks against companies, governments and individuals.
People argue about, are we in a post-PC world. Why are we arguing? Of course we’re in a post-PC world, but that doesn’t mean the PC dies. That just means that the scenarios that we use them in, we stop referring to them as PCs, we refer to these other things. But it’s still general computation.
– Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s former technology chief
Kara Swisher in News on March 8 at 7:02 pm PT
Another day, another,
well, you know …
Spencer E. Ante, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on March 8 at 4:30 pm PT
Instagram is poised to raise a new round of financing that will value the popular photo-sharing application at as much as $500 million, people familiar with the matter said, despite some skepticism that the fast-growing company will find a way to make money.
Ina Fried in Commerce on March 8 at 4:00 pm PT
AllThingsD stopped by Rovio’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, last month, to get a gander at where those Angry Birds hang out.
