Finance:

• Groupon raised $700 million in its IPO, 30 percent more than it sought.

• CAPTCHA ad startup Solve Media is raising an $8-10 million Series B round of financing.

• Ex-Googlers raise $5.8M to help retailers track foot traffic.

Mobile Computing:

• Motorola's new Xoom tablets and the rise of Google Android.

• Speculation begins about new Kindle Fire.

• Microsoft releases Bing app for Android, iOS, not Windows Phone 7.

• Samsung takes top spot: IDC

Convergence:

• CBS turned down an ad-based Apple TV deal.

• Google eyeballs pay TV offering.

Business Strategies:

• Apple's supply-chain secret? Hoard lasers.

• bitly to host primary data center on Verisign infrastructure.