Newsreader app Flipboard has added About.com as its latest content partner. Under their partnership, the self-described social magazine will feature popular material from About.com’s home page, Twitter feed and six categories: health, travel, style, parenting, food and home and garden. The New York Times-owned information site will provide approximately 50 new articles each day for the app, which also offers material from publications such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Wired and The Colbert Report. Like other Flipboard content, About.com articles will appear in a magazine-style layout and give readers the option to share them with friends via Facebook …

In the U.S., 71% of those with smartphones own either an Android device or an iPhone. But when it comes to smartphone apps, iPhones and Android smartphones are even more dominant: 83% of app downloaders, that is, those who downloaded an app in the past 30 days, use iPhone or Android smartphones, according to new data released today by Nielsen.  The media research firm estimates 44% of all US mobile subscribers now have smartphones. Among those who purchased a new mobile phone in the …

WPP has acquired the Washington D.C.-based Glover Park Group, the holding company confirmed Tuesday. The company is one of several D.C.-firms owned by WPP. Earlier this year it bought Blue State Digital, the company behind the grassroots online campaign of President Obama when he was running for office in 2008. WPP said the acquisition was subject to regulatory approval, but wasn't more specific. Founded in 2001, The Glover Park Group employees 140 people, and has total assets of approximately $75 million, WPP. Beside Washington, the shop has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Boulder, CO. Services offered include PR, …

Cyber Monday proved too much of a good thing for some retailers. The Web site of PC Mall was down for nearly an hour and a half between midnight and 5 pm EST Monday, making it the worst performing site among the top 50 Internet retailers, according to findings from Catchpoint Systems. It was followed by electronics retailer Newegg, with an hour of downtime, and Toys “R” Us, at a half hour. Assuming Cyber Monday sales are spread evenly throughout a 24-hour day, an hour of downtime would translate to 4% of sales lost if buyers leave a retailer’s …

Facebook is gearing up for an initial public offering next year that would raise $10 billion and value the company at more than $100 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The social networking giant is looking at a time frame of April to June 2012 for the IPO, which would be one of the largest offerings ever. Daily deals service Groupon raised $805 million in a much-anticipated IPO earlier this month, but its stock has since fallen 42% on concerns about the efficacy of its business model. Facebook is …

American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp., announced Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, CNN is reporting this morning.

Looking for more viewers in TV dramas in China? Banning TV commercials in the middle of shows is hoped to be the answer. China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has imposed this ban in an effort to offer higher quality TV shows -- and to draw in a bigger audience. TV ads now will only appear in dramas at the start and end of an episode, which generally run 45 minutes in length.

AOL isn't planning to buy any of Yahoo's assets, CEO Tim Armstrong said Monday during Reuters Global Media Summit.

Facebook plans to make its much anticipated initial public offering during the first half of 2012, according to a report citing unnamed sources in the online edition of The Wall Street Journal

Holiday marketing opportunity abounds -- especially in targeting those who are shopping, cooking, party planning and generally holiday-task challenged. Samsung Home Appliances and NBCUniversal's iVillage are putting together a free, four-week program -- Get Organized For The Holidays Community Challenge -- looking to guide women on how to juggle everything, from gift buying to the perfect party. Kurt Jovais, director of marketing at Samsung, said in a release: “We …