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 …
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 …
Need A Little Context On Facebook’s IPO? The Social Network Made More Money Than…
Today's Facebook IPO is a momentous, historical occasion. It's set to be the biggest tech IPO ever, and the third largest IPO in U.S. history, second only to Visa and General Motors. The company that was...European Activists Could Force Facebook’s New Privacy Changes To A Worldwide Vote
The European activists “europe-v-facebook.org”, led by a group of Austrian students, say that they have reached the 7,000-comment threshold on a Facebook privacy proposal, first raised last week, which would force the company to take the revisions to a worldwide vote....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 …
Facebook Keeps Shipping. Now You Can Silence Spammy Apps And More With New Notification Controls
If there's something on Facebook that won't stop pinging you with Notifications, tell it to shut up instantly with Facebook's new granular, in-line notification controls. Hover over an alert in the Facebook.com homepage's globe icon drop-down and click the 'x'...Why Facebook’s GM ad drama won’t impact this IPO
The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the week of its IPO, Facebook saw one of its largest advertisers, General Motors, get up and leave the table, likely taking millions of dollars with it.
The move prompted a swirl of …
Facebook’s $38 Share Price Makes Instagram Deal Worth Nearly $1.2 Billion
Facebook's $38 share price would make its deal to buy Instagram worth nearly $1.2 billion, up from the roughly $1 billion price the company announced in April.
That's a nice little bump but the deal hasn't gone through given regulatory reviews....Twitter Wants An Interest Graph: Now Tracking Your Browsing To Make Follow Suggestions
Twitter does a lot of things right, but it still hasn't solved the problem of turning its noise into signal. After joining Twitter, it can take a lot of following and unfollowing scores of accounts before you've...Facebook Will Have The Biggest Tech IPO Ever, Raising $16 Billion With $38 Share Price
Facebook shares will start trading at $38 tomorrow, the company confirmed in a release, giving it a valuation of $104.12 billion. Facebook and its early shareholders will raise just over $16 billion in tomorrow's much anticipated IPO.
At a $104 billion...