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Zynga’s stock ended up where it was during this morning’s dive, down over 13%

May 18, 2012   Drew Olanoff

As we pointed out earlier, one of the tech stocks that got hit the hardest during the Facebook IPO hoopla was Zynga.
The company’s stock started off the day down 13.3% and ended the day down 13.42%. As Facebook officially…

Foursquare hires former iAd exec Steven Rosenblatt to lead monetization efforts

May 18, 2012   Drew Olanoff

According to a report by AdAge, location-based check-in service foursquare is starting to get serious about making money. It has hired former Apple iAd exec Steven Rosenblatt as Revenue Chief, the first such role the company has had in its…

Zynga’s stock drops 13% during Facebook IPO, trading halted (UPDATED)

May 18, 2012   Drew Olanoff

During Facebook’s IPO event, which the world is watching, a company closely tied to it called Zynga wasn’t celebrating.
Its stock (ZNGA) dropped over 13% and trading has been halted.
Since Zynga’s gaming business relies heavily on Facebook as a…

Facebook spikes 13.16% to $43 per share on NASDAQ debut; $117.7b market cap

May 18, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

In its public trading debut on NASDAQ, Facebook’s share price immediately jumped 13.16% to $43, instantly giving the social networking giant a market capitalization of $117.7 billion. That’s $13.7 billion more than yesterday’s $104 billion valuation.
Yesterday, the company priced its…

HBS graduate launches bcalm, a drink to help us carry on in our hectic, always connected lives

May 18, 2012   Courtney Boyd Myers

In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them — often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect,…

At a $104b valuation, here’s how Facebook stacks up against other public tech companies

May 18, 2012   Robin Wauters

At least on paper, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now worth more personally than all of online services pioneer Yahoo. Here’s how the social networking company he co-founded some 8 years ago stacks up against other public technology and…

Facebooks börsnotering delar USA

May 18, 2012   Internetworld.se

I dag börsnoteras Facebook på Nasdaq och de anställda laddar med ett hackathon inför händelsen. Men amerikanerna är inte överens om att sociala medier-jätten kommer att överleva på sikt. Internetworld rapporterar från Silicon Valley.

Tikly and its 22 year old CEO are turning music ticketing on its head

May 17, 2012   Brad McCarty

One of the things that I love most about returning to someplace is seeing what has changed in the time since I went there last. At this year’s 4th annual Big Omaha conference, I met a hefty group of entrepreneurs…

Seattle, DC, and San Diego are bright spots in tech hiring, report states

May 17, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

Tech boom? That must be focused in the Valley, right? Or at least, you would expect that any such rapid expansion would have the largest impact in that region. However, a new study by the Praxis Strategy Group has outlined a…

FreeAppADay clears up the facts on its relationship with Socialcam (UPDATED)

May 17, 2012   Drew Olanoff

UPDATE: FreeAppADay CEO Joe Bayen has issued a statement to TNW to clarify its position on its relationship with Socialcam:
Socialcam used their own marketing channels to promote their app on the app store up until April 29th. At which…

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