Ayeah Games said today it has closed a round of seed funding to develop its “social reality games,” which mixes social networking and breaking news. The Boston-based company was founded this year by Doug Levin, a serial entrepreneur. “Ayeah Games is about real people and real events and capitalizes on the rapid adoption of Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms,” said Levin

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Have you ever found yourself watching Closing Bell on CNBC and cursing the fact that it’s only two hours? Wishing you could get more of Maria Bartiomo’s market moving insight?

Could Apple (AAPL) end up competing with Cisco (CSCO) and Motorola (MOT) in the market for cable set-top boxes? The Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street columnist Martin Peers raised that question in the newspaper’s weekend edition, pointing out that the FCC has invited comments on a proposal which

“It was almost out of fear of being left behind” said director Richard Kelly of his reasons for joining Twitter at last night's Power of the Tweet Poolside Chat for the L.A.