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| Opera Acquires Skyfire Labs for $155 Million | | Opera Software has acquired Skyfire Labs, the maker of mobile browser Skyfire, for $155 million, the company has announced. Skyfire's other products include the Rocket Optimizer, which provides video delivery optimization for mobile operators, and Skyfire Horizon, a mobile browser extension which operators can customize and use for promotions and advertising.
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| Facebook May Already Be Taking Away Searches From Google | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:21 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Even before Facebook started rolling out its smart search engine earlier this year, it may have been taking away some searches from Google. The number of searches done on search engines in the U.S. dropped by 3% in 2012, according to a new report from comScore, even though the number of people searching increased by 4%. Google, in particular, saw the number of searches decline by 2% last year.
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| Dropbox Talking to Banks About IPO Later This Year | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:07 PM | Quartz |
| Dropbox has been holding meetings with banks about an initial public offering, possibly in the second half of this year, according to sources briefed on the talks. The market has been waiting for its next hot tech IPOs, and they now look likely to come from Dropbox and Box, two rivals in online file storage.
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| Pepsi Embraces the Harlem Shake | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:14 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Well, that didn't take long. At least one big brand — Pepsi — has embraced the big dance craze of early 2013, the Harlem Shake. The brand — working with DeepFocus' Moment Studio — dropped the video on Wednesday and it has racked up more than 9,000 views on YouTube. As with other videos in the fledgling genre, the 30-second clip features Baauer's "Harlem Shake," but here cans and bottles are doing the dance.
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| BungoBox Founder Answers Reader Questions via Live Chat | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:54 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Got a question for Tom Cannon? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Over the past 22 years, Tom Cannon, 40, has served in the United States Navy during the First Gulf war, been instrumental in the launch of three successful companies, held executive-level positions in sales, marketing,management, manufacturing, and distribution.
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| Ikea's Valentine's Gift: Free Crib for Babies Born 9 Months From Today | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:44 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Ikea in Australia has given consumers one more incentive to really celebrate Valentine's Day to its fullest. The company is offering a free crib to babies born on Nov. 14, 2013. That's right, nine months from Valentine's Day. This $99 value could be yours if you live in that country, have a special Valentine's Day celebration and are lucky enough to have a baby born exactly on time.
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| Barnes & Noble: Nook Business Will Lose Even More Money This Year | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:23 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The tough times aren't over yet for Barnes & Noble's Nook business. Barnes & Noble announced late Wednesday that it expects its Nook business to generate less than $3 billion in revenues and post a greater loss in the 2013 fiscal year than the $262 million loss recorded in 2012.
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| BlackBerry Co-Founder Sells Off His Entire Stake in Company | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:11 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| This is supposed to be BlackBerry's big year, but it looks like at least one former exec isn't too confident about the company's comeback. Jim Balsillie, the co-founder and former co-CEO of BlackBerry (nee RIM), has sold off his entire stake in the company, according to a filing released Thursday. Balsillie had 28.6 million shares of RIM a year ago, giving him 5.1% of the company.
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| Donna Karan Sells Charity Bracelets Exclusively on Twitter | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:05 AM | Zoe Fox |
| Donna Karan kicked off an innovative e-commerce campaign Wednesday during New York Fashion Week, selling a bracelet benefiting Haiti exclusively on Twitter. The irony is the fashion designer is largely unfamiliar with the platform. "I left it up to Amex; it's not my strength," she told Mashable following her launch event at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. "I let other people figure that out for me.
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| Mark Zuckerberg Now Owns Nearly 30% of Facebook | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:24 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| While many on Wall Street remain skeptical about Facebook, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg continues to up his stake in the company. Zuckerberg now owns more than 632 million shares of Facebook stock, giving him a 29.3% stake in the social network, according to an SEC filing released on Wednesday.
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| Microsoft Charges Google Reads Your Love Letters | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:56 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Video: Happy Valentines Day from Outlook.com Microsoft is celebrating Valentine's Day with a broadside against Google, which it criticizes for reading your lovey emails in the name of commerce. In a not-so-subtle missive, the video above shows a Google mailman delivering a letter, but scanning the contents for keywords for which it can target ads. In contrast, the Microsoft Outlook mailman merely drops off a letter without reading it.
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| Heineken Offering Valentine's Day Restaurant Reservations Via Twitter | | Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:47 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Heineken USA is looking to help out hapless last-minute Valentine's Day celebrants with reservations at nice restaurants Thursday night if you use the Twitter hashtag #tweetforatable. The brewer told Creativity Online that the venues are "cool, man of the world restaurants," but didn't offer further details. For some, the brand has already saved the day: Well@heineken_us just came through like a boss.
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