Flipboard recently unveiled a new version of its successful tab­let magazine app as the entire staff stood around their Palo Alto, Calif. office gawking at the traffic numbers. As the needle starts moving, the room gets giddy, and the few dozen employees gather for a group snapshot. In the middle of the scrum: John Doerr, the 61-year-old billionaire venture capitalist who for years was the undisputed king of Silicon Valley, a Flipboard T-shirt over his button-down. Read more here... Read more [...]

"Multiply.com, an online marketplace has just announced that they will be closing their site this May 6 and ceasing all business operations by May 31. Using the rest of the month of May to handle all accounts, merchants will also receive full payment for all transactions completed on the platform." According to a source. Here is the full announcement from Multiply: We regret to announce that Multiply will be closing on May 6, 2013 and ceasing all business operations by May 31, 2013. Multiply Read more [...]