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New camera app for iPhone gives only a snapshot of Facebook

Facebook, on the heels of buying Instagram, launched a new camera app for iPhone on Thursday to "share photos in a snap." When you open the app, it recognizes you if you're already logged in to the Facebook app and asks you if you want to continue...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Media

Silicon Valley executive accused of stealing Legos from Target

Silicon Valley executive Thomas Langenbach, 47, was charged this week with four counts of second degree burglary after he allegedly put fake bar codes on Lego sets in Target stores so that they rung up at a deeply discounted price at the register. For...

Tags: Toys, Punishment, Services and Shopping, LEGO Group, Target

American Express launches FarmVille rewards card

American Express has created a card that rewards FarmVille users with virtual cash for their real-world purchases. Users of the hit social media game can begin signing up for the FarmVille card starting Tuesday. The card is part of American Express'...

Tags: Zynga Inc., Social Media, American Express Company

Amazon rolls out Test Drive feature for select Android phones

Amazon began rolling out a mobile version of its Appstore's Test Drive feature, which lets users try apps before they buy them. The beta version of the new feature became available to certain types of Android phones Tuesday, the company announced on a...

Tags: Media Industry, Social Media

Where are Facebook's friends? Stock down after IPO

Facebook's stock is tumbling well below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday. By early afternoon, the stock fell more than 11 percent to $33.81. Investors and technology industry watchers are...

Tags: Zynga Inc., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Companies and Corporations, Financing and Stock Offerings, Mafia Wars (game)

Facebook's lackluster debut hurts other social media stocks

Wall Street didn't get the Facebook effect it was hoping for. In a sign that the social networking giant may have already become a bellwether for its sector, shares of virtually every social media company sank Friday with Facebook Inc.'s lackluster debut...

Tags: Yelp, Inc., Groupon, Inc., Zynga Inc., Companies and Corporations, Financing and Stock Offerings

Silicon Valley is getting healthy, crunching abs, not just apps

It’s the latest revolution sweeping Silicon Valley: Potato chips are out, kale chips are in. More and more, tech workers are trying to get fit. They sleep with devices that measure their REM, load up on low-glycemic food and work at standing or...

Tags: Sergey Brin, Computer Hardware, Companies and Corporations, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety at School

Abs joining apps on tech firms' to-do list

SAN FRANCISCO — Dustin Moskovitz, at 27 the world's youngest billionaire, gained fame and fortune after founding Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg. He also gained the "Facebook 15." He packed on the extra pounds while chowing down on free snacks and...

Tags: Sergey Brin, Companies and Corporations, Dustin Moskovitz, Health and Safety at Work, Media Industry

Nintendo's loss is first in 30 years

Forget Princess Peach. The Mario Bros. need to bail out Nintendo Co. instead. After a 30-year winning streak, Nintendo took a rare misstep and on Thursday posted more than half a billion dollars in red ink — the gaming company's first annual loss...

Tags: Computer Hardware, Zynga Inc., Companies and Corporations, Wii, Services and Shopping

Zynga's chief operating officer plays it safe

As a hurricane barreled toward the Florida Keys, John Schappert, the chief operating officer of Zynga Inc., was on a charter boat to catch lobsters with half a dozen friends. When the winds kicked up and large waves tossed the small craft about,...

Tags: Harriet Nelson, Companies and Corporations, Miami Dade College, Science and Technology, Science

Games publisher King.com topples EA, Wooga on Facebook, for now

Zynga plans $400-million secondary stock offering