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Facebook IPO Finally Here, Is Facebook’s Version of AdSense On The Way?

Two years ago, we asked if Google’s AdSense could be in trouble because of Facebook. The premise of this article was essentially: What if Facebook launches its own AdSense-like ad network? Why wouldn’t it? It makes too much sense.
Today,…

Randi Zuckerberg Present at NASDAQ

Randi Zuckerberg, elder sister of Facebook CEO Mark, left the social media giant last year, to start her own company called RtoZMedia. This didn’t stop her for being present for the ringing of the NASDAQ opening bell this morning in…

Track Mark Zuckerberg’s IPO Reward in Real-Time

Considering how Friday’s world is revolving around Facebook’s IPO, is there anything more fitting than watching Mark Zuckerberg’s incredible worth fluctuate as Facebook’s stock prices raise and occasionally lower? Thanks to an embeddable widget from the Wall Street Journal, you…

Buying Facebook Stock: Shares Jump to $42, Twitter Weighs In

Buying Facebook stock? Apparently you’re not the only one. Everywhere you turned today, people were either praising, cursing, or analyzing the Facebook IPO. The fantastic stable of writers at WebProNews have been covering the story non-stop today, as have many…

Facebook IPO: Timeline of Acquisitions

The Facebook IPO is great. Mark Zuckerberg and company have finally made it. But it wasn’t by accident. Facebook has made some key updates as well as crucial business partners and acquisitions over the years that got them were they…

Can Facebook Survive In The Long Run?

The much-anticipated initial public offering of Facebook, as you surely know by now, has finally taken place. Although the news has garnered a lot of excitement, it has also brought up some questions. Numerous analysts have raised concerns over the…

Facebook Responds To $15 Billion Tracking Lawsuit

A little while ago we brought you news that Facebook was facing a lawsuit that could cost the company as much as $15 billion. The suit alleges that Facebook continued to track users’ internet activities even after they logged out…

Facebook Has Highest Small Investor Demand Ever

Just before trading kicked off this morning, CNBC was reporting that Facebook’s IPO has generated the largest small investor interest in history. Now, it’s too early to say how those sentiments are figuring into who actually grabbed a piece of…

Facebook IPO Kicks Zynga’s Stocks In The Teeth

I may have spoken too soon. I speculated that we may see apps and Facebook developers being affected by the Facebook IPO soon, but not this soon.
Business Insider reports that as trading began on Facebook, Zynga’s shares drove off…

Which of These 13 Companies Will Be the Next Big Tech IPO?

1. Twitter

Perhaps because Twitter earned $800 million in a round of funding from Digital Sky Technologies last July 2011 and another $300 million in Dec. 2011 from Saudi prince Walid bin Talal, it’s in no hurry to file…