So, Facebook is now public, and it got off to the most unimaginable and inauspicious start, losing $4 between the NASDAQ’s opening and closing bells.
But don’t go jumping out any windows just yet.
There’s no question that the IPO …
For Facebook, life ain’t nothin’ but glitches and IPOs
In addition to being one of the largest initial public offerings ever, Facebook’s IPO drew so much interest that the system couldn’t keep up with demand.
Facebook expected to make its public debut at 8 a.m. PT this morning, but …
And now, here’s Zuckerberg riding the Wall Street bull, impaling investors
Leave it up to Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese firm known for its wacky news videos, to create the only Facebook IPO wrap-up that’s actually worth watching.
Sure, this Facebook wrap-up features a dead-eyed Zuckerberg riding the Wall Street bull …
Facebook amends S-1 with share allotments for IPO underwriters
Facebook released the amount of shares allocated to each of its underwriters today, following its less than stellar IPO day.
The company went public on the Nasdaq today, to an EKG-like performance, ending in a .38 cent gain today. The …
Can Facebook stay cool now that it’s an enormous public corporation?
“A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars,” Sean Parker says in the famous line from “The Social Network.”
Trite though the line may be, Facebook, valued at $104 billion, is in the process of minting …
Facebook’s opening price values Instagram at $1.27B and Kevin Systrom at $506M
Facebook is looking mighty fine today — especially if you’re Instagram, the photo-sharing company that sold its hit mobile application to the social network one month ago for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock.
But wait. Did we …
Annoying Kindle Fire welcome screen ads may be on the way
Amazon is pitching companies on the idea of advertising on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet — except that it will cost a minimum of $600,000 to do so, according an AdAge report.
Even though Amazon has frustratingly …
Galaxy S III on fire: Samsung gets 9M pre-orders in two weeks
Pre-orders for Samsung’s next flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, have already reached 9 million just two weeks after it was announced. In comparison, the last Galaxy phone took several months to reach 3 million pre-orders.
The early orders …
PayPal handles 60% of web transactions, leaves Google in the dust
PayPal processes 60% of web transactions, Google is the fastest payment gateway, and some unlucky surfer had to wait over 92 seconds for his online purchase to complete.
Those are only a few of the findings in New Relic’s study …
Facebook’s rocking, all-night hackathon kicks off with standing ovation for CEO
On the eve of the largest technology IPO in American history, the company at the center of all the hoopla is celebrating in a geeky-chic style emblematic of its eight-year history.
Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. Pacific, Facebook CEO Mark …
6 reasons E3 might suck this year
This year's E3 is looking more notable for what we won't be seeing.
Mobile startup Fun Machine believes games can do social good
New mobile entertainment software company Fun Machine likes its games to have a positive message.
