Twitter has finalized its acquisition of immensely popular third-party client TweetDeck, according to a report by CNN Money . The report says the deal is worth more than $40 million in a mix of a cash and stock. A few weeks ago , TechCrunch reported the first tidbits of the deal

Twitter has finalized its acquisition of immensely popular third-party client TweetDeck, according to a report by CNN Money . The report says the deal is worth more than $40 million in a mix of a cash and stock. A few weeks ago , TechCrunch reported the first tidbits of the deal

Twitter has finalized its acquisition of immensely popular third-party client TweetDeck, according to a report by CNN Money . The report says the deal is worth more than $40 million in a mix of a cash and stock

Twitter has finalized its acquisition of immensely popular third-party client TweetDeck, according to a report by CNN Money . The report says the deal is worth more than $40 million in a mix of a cash and stock. A few weeks ago , TechCrunch reported the first tidbits of the deal.

Shares of Barnes & Noble ( BKS ) are higher by 41 cents, or 2%, at $19 after the company this morning announced a new version of its “ Nook ” e-book reader that uses e-ink technology, the same technology used in Amazon.com’s ( AMZN ) Kindle, and in the first version of the Nook, but this time with the ability to respond to the touch of a finger, eschewing the hardware buttons that had been used in previous models. The $139 device is expected to ship on June 10th. This latest Nook is black and white, unlike the color touchscreen LCD-based Nook unveiled last year.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) this morning offered up the latest iteration of its “Windows Phone 7″ operating system for smartphones, dubbed “Mango,” which the company promises will make smartphones “smarter and easier,” while adding 500 new features.

Shares of Research in Motion ( RIMM ) are down 35 cents, or 0.8%, at $43.17 this morning after Wunderlich Securities analyst Matthew Robison cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy, and cut his price target to $46 from $76, writing that he expects the company to “churn down to hard core.” What does that mean?

Startup Impact Dialing has found that it pays to go lean. As the winner of the Lean Startup Challenge run by AppSumo , the company has now received an undisclosed amount of angel funding from the Band of Angels group, and it has also been accepted as a member of incubator Pivotal Labs

Go HERE for more photos by Brent Harrison and tag yourself and your friends! Friday night, the quaint neighborhood of Larchmont Village was lit up by a hip in-store event at the Fluxus by DE SIGNER Launch featuring a DJ set by local spin master Keith 2.0., shopping and live musical performances. Take a look for yourself to see what this night in fashion-meets-music was all about. DE SIGNER , a creative collective consisting of Audrey Montgaillard, Rob English, Jean Marc Virard and Anthony R.

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