Jessica E. Lessin

Senior Technology Reporter, Wall Street Journal

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Will investors like virtual jellybeans more than virtual cows? Candy Crush owner preparing for IPO. @telisdesmos @wsj online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

Maker of 'Candy Crush Saga' Plans IPO

online.wsj.com — The publisher of the hit mobile game Candy Crush Saga has hired banks to pursue a U.S. initial public offering, according to people familiar with the move.
H-P's Todd Bradley is interesting exec to watch in the Valley, often on list for CEO gigs. Wonder what this signals? online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

H-P's Todd Bradley to Take On New Strategic Growth Role

online.wsj.com — Hewlett-Packard said Todd Bradley, head of its printing and personal-computer businesses, will take on a newly created strategy role.
@zseward The Jobs email reminded me of when co. sued Think Secret for sharing trade secrets and it shutdown and settled.
RT @jkrim: Snowden is taking live online questions @guardian. Hope those NSA satellites don't overheat.
More detail abt Apple's move to release data-request figures. Stopped short of asking to disclose more. @Techmeme blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/06…

Apple Releases Figures on Government Data Requests

blogs.wsj.com — Apple late Sunday released figures about data requests it receives from the U.S. government, saying it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement from December through May. The company said between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices were cited in the requests it received during that period.
Apple snuck out (very late) that it got about 4,000 to 5,000 data requests from U.S. gov, about half as many as FB: online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

Tech Firms Disclose Certain Data

online.wsj.com — Silicon Valley companies are seeking to further distance themselves from government surveillance, though they don't agree on the best approach.
.@wroush on why big innovations aren't coming from big tech cos. Largely agree but what abt Goog + self-driving cars? xconomy.com/national/2013/…

Don’t Panic, But We’ve Passed Peak Apple. And Google. And Facebook.

xconomy.com — After the dot-com crash in 2001, the tech world needed a few years to regroup. But starting around 2004, the year Facebook was founded and Google went public, the winds of innovation in consumer- and business-facing technology began to pick up again.
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