TechCrunch (Tuesday)
Context Optional, a SaaS offering that allows users to build, monitor and manage brand presence on Facebook, has acquired Unwrap, the developer of Buzzeo, a platform for Facebook application creation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Buzzeo allows companies to easily create apps that engage ...

Silicon Alley Insider (Tuesday)

For a company that says it never needs the money it raises, Zynga sure raises a lot of it:

Douglas MacMillan and Yoshinori Eki, Bloomberg:

Zynga Game Network Inc., the biggest provider of Facebook games, received a 13.5 billion yen ($147 million) investment from Softbank Cor...

Silicon Alley Insider (Tuesday)

Apple's iPhone 4 is finally available for pre-order. Judging from the widespread Twitter rage, however, the Apple store has been offline much of the night.

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Techdirt (Tuesday)
We've bee seeing more and more stories like this, and it's pretty disturbing that people still freak out so much over a minor negative comment. Apparently, two twin brothers at the University of Calgary made some disparaging remarks about a professor, setting up a page that read "I no longer fear H...

TechCrunch (Tuesday)
To find more friends on Facebook, you can do a search for them or have the service go through your contacts on other communication platforms like your email account (e.g. Gmail) or instant messaging client (e.g. ICQ). One of the options is to log on to Skype and have your contact list cross-checke...

Techmeme (Tuesday)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
iPhone 4 Up For Pre-Order — Black Only  —  Henry Ford once famously said, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”  The same can now be said for the iPhone 4.  —  Ju...