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Facebook IPO Filing Flings Open the Social Network KimonoFacebook Wednesday filed for an initial public offering (IPO), seeking to raise $5 billion. But the company also revealed some big numbers via the SEC filing, from how many active users are on the site to how much the executives are getting paid. Facebook — which earned $1 billion on sale... Zuckerberg to Potential Shareholders: Facebook Is on a Social MissionThe world got a peek into Facebook‘s inner workings on Thursday when the Securities and Exchange Commission published the company’s preliminary prospectus for a long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). It also got a glimpse of how Mark Zuckerberg views the company. In a letter to p... Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO [BREAKING]Facebook just filed the preliminary prospectus for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). As rumored, the company is seeking to raise $5 billion. If Facebook manages to raise this capital, it will be on a shortlist of biggest tech IPOs of all time. Investment bank Morgan Stanley will act... Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPOFacebook just filed the preliminary prospectus for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). As rumored, the company is seeking to raise $5 billion. If Facebook manages to raise this capital, it will be on a shortlist of biggest tech IPOs of all time. Investment bank Morgan Stanley will act... Election 2012: Voters Expect Candidates to Be on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]About 82% of all adults will receive most of their election news online. The ways U.S. voters are using social media have changed drastically since 2008. Here are some other social media trends driving this year’s election. Presidential parties and the media are focusing on what’s being ... Super Bowl Viewers Will Check Phones 10 Times During the Game [STUDY]Nearly half of Super Bowl XLVI viewers will check their mobile device as many as 10 times during the game, and almost a third of viewers under age 45 will watch the game “with device in hand.” More than 80% of viewers say they’ll use their mobile device during the game at least... France Finds Google Maps Is Unfair Competition [VIDEO]A French court has found Google‘s Maps application guilty of unfair competition and ordered the search giant to pay damages and a fine. Bottin Cartographes, a French company that provides essentially the same services as Google Maps, but for a fee, filed the complaint against Goog... Kazuo Hirai Is Sony’s New President and CEOKazuo Hirai is Sony‘s new CEO and President, replacing Howard Stringer, the company has announced. The change is effective April 1st, and comes after a couple of rough years for Sony, with 2011 being particularly troublesome. The company’s earnings were on the decline; even worse, S... Pinterest Drives More Traffic Than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined [STUDY]Pinterest is social media’s rising star — and now has the traffic stats to prove it. The darling network of brides-to-be, fashionistas and budding bakers now beats YouTube, Reddit, Google+, LinkedIn and MySpace for percentage of total referral traffic in January, according to a Share... Extreme Close-Up: Nikon’s Latest CoolPix Camera Has a Whopping 42x ZoomNikon just unveiled a swarm of new compact cameras, but let’s cut right to the chase and target the real highlight: a point-and-shoot model with an incredible 42x optical zoom. According to reports, that makes it the world’s longest zoom of any point-and-shoot. The CoolPix P510, avail... |