An investigation is underway into how information collected from smartphone users is being shared by app makers on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google’s platforms according to Pandora, which disclosed Monday that it received a subpoena from a federal grand jury earlier this year.

Personalized radio streamer Pandora has filed for its long-expected IPO and is seeking to raise $100 million from its stock sale, according to an SEC filing. The filing shows a company operating at a loss but with advertising revenues rising dramatically.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been slapped with a class action lawsuit that accuses the company and several prominent app makers of sharing users’ personal identification without consumers’ approval. Some of the app companies named in the suit, which was filed in federal court in San Jose, CA. late last week,…

Although Apple’s iAd service is coming July 1, Pandora couldn’t wait and has created its own advertising platform to attract big name marketers to its latest app. Starbucks, Lexus, and Budweiser are the first brands on the new Pandora iPad advertising platform. Like iAds, Pandora’s ad platform features video, audio…

Music discovery service Pandora has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to promote continued growth, the company said in a statement.  The round was led by GGV Capital, with additional investment from Allen & Company. The funding comes almost a year after Pandora nearly faced extinction in its battle with…

For years, Tim Westergren was on the front lines of a difficult royalty battle.  But instead of becoming a casualty, Pandora and other internet radio providers managed to forge a workable rate structure - at least one that kept the lights on. But this is still one huge royalty bill,…

Pandora laid off 20 of its 140 employees today, founder Tim Westergren announced in a blog post. Pandora has seen incredible success with its application for the iPhone that was released when the App Store launched. Earlier this month, Westergren said the application has helped Pandora double its growth rate…

Correction: The iPhone has helped Pandora double its growth rate from 20,000 new users a day to almost 40,000 and it accounts for half of Pandora’s new listeners. We regret the error. The iPhone now accounts for about half of all of Pandora’s 17 million users, Pandora founder and chief…