Ryan Tate / valleywag - Gawker:
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads  —  Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads.  Neither company’s top-drawer investors can be happy.

Daniel Brusilovsky / CrunchGear:
Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal”  —  The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands.  The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one of […]

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
What Twitter’s New Geolocation Makes Possible  —  Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations.  The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week’s release of 500 million …

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion  —  Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — The price of Facebook Inc. stock on exchanges for private companies has jumped as much as 42 percent in the past four months as membership of the site topped 300 million users and the company turned cash […]

Kenji Hall / Business Week:
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple’s iTunes  —  The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products  —  Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple’s playbook (AAPL).  On Nov. 19, Sony said it plans to launch …

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation  —  eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion.  The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is a group led …

Paul Graham:
Apple’s Mistake  —  I don’t think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken.  Or rather, I don’t think they realize how much it matters that it’s broken.  The way Apple runs the App Store has harmed their reputation with programmers more than anything else they’ve ever done.

Google Mobile Blog:
New Google News for mobile  —  At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you’ve given us about Google News for mobile.  Today we’re excited to announce a completely new Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm […]

John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS  —  Until today, Google’s Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept.  Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works.  Here’s the breakdown:  —  Google went to great pains to emphasize that today’s […]

Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:
Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities  —  Right on the heels of Foursquare’s API release, the location-based mobile application and game is announcing another big rollout to cities across the world.  —  Just one month after releasing Foursquare to 15 new cities in the US and Canada […]