TripAdvisor (TRIP) stock traveled higher Wednesday after the online travel site announced an expanded partnership with hotel chain Marriott International (MAR). TripAdvisor will add Marriott’s global hotel portfolio to the TripAdvisor Instant Booking platform. Starting this summer, travelers shopping for hotel rooms on TripAdvisor will be able to book any of Marriott’s more than 4,200 hotels worldwide without leaving the TripAdvisor website.
Federal regulators slapped a $100 million fine on AT&T (T) on Wednesday for misleading customers about unlimited mobile data plans, taking the action in part based on net neutrality rules adopted in 2010. The Federal Communications Commission’s fine comes amid the agency’s review of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of satellite TV broadcaster DirecTV Group (DTV). It’s been expected that the FCC will require AT&T to accept net neutrality, also called
LOS ANGELES — Mobile game publisher Zynga (ZNGA) was late to action-strategy games but is now waging a full-on assault on the category with two new games. Best known for social games like “FarmVille” and “Words with Friends,” Zynga jumped into the action-strategy category with “Empires & Allies” last month. It joined a field dominated by “Clash of Clans” from Supercell and “Game of War: Fire Age” from Machine Zone. Up next for Zynga is “Dawn of Titans,” the first new game from NaturalMotion since it was acquired by Zynga in January 2014. NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil says “Dawn of Titans” has console-quality graphics on a smartphone or tablet. The freemium game features epic battles between massive armies with giant brawlers called Titans. The game is currently in “soft launch,” available in markets like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. It will be rolled out….