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Facebook stock closes nearly flat in debut
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 It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday
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 In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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The next digital image revolution?
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 Despite the explosive innovation around digital picture-taking, the end result has actually changed very little. A photo is still a photo. And a poorly focused photo is still as bad as ever. Ren Ng aims to fix that.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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A 112-megapixel consumer camera concept needs your social love
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Spectral Instruments may be a small company, but it has already designed several impressive cameras, including one called 1110 series that can capture the stars and the sun even in the middle of the day. The company's products have been designed … Continue reading →
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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What the Friday: Watch this man open a bottle of beer… with a chainsaw
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It's Friday again — hooray! Time to make plans for the weekend over a few bottles of beer like the man in the video above. But while you probably use a bottle opener to get to your fizzy liquor, this man uses … Continue reading →
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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English Premier League: The Social Media Season
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The English Premier League is arguably the world's most popular sports organization, and this season saw explosive growth off the pitch in the realm of social media.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public
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 It's Facebook's big day.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Nasdaq glitch confuses investors of Facebook IPO
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Some investors who thought they had bought Facebook shares at the opening of trading were left without knowing for hours whether they had received the shares.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Ultra-Orthodox plan huge NYC meeting on Net risks
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 Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs
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Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according to reports published Thursday.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Android App Video Review: Songify
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All you have to do to become an amateur singer is tap the big record button, read your shopping list out loud, and then hit the button again. Now, your shopping list will be "songified" with the help of speech recognition software and auto-tune. I mean, this isn't Katy Perry level auto-tune, but it's enough to be tons of fun. You can re-songify any recording using a huge variety of pre-set songs, although you'll only have access to four at first. The rest must be purchased using special tokens. ...
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Facebook stock finishes flat in debut
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In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Ultra-Orthodox plan huge NYC meeting on Net risks
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Historic Facebook debut falls flat
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 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at the market close. Facebook shares began trading late Friday morning and opened 11 percent above the $38 offering price, but after peaking at about $45 slid rapidly at the end of the day to close at $38.23. The IPO was the third-largest in U.S. history and valued eight-year-old Facebook at $104 billion. ...
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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Gateway co-founder bankrolls PAC for independents
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Gateway Inc. co-founder Ted Waitt is financing a SuperPAC to support independent candidates across the country in the 2012 elections, the committee announced Friday.
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12/31/1969 06:59 PM
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