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Facebook Founder Gives Nearly $1 Billion of His Fortune to Charity
Feb 25, 2014Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was America's most generous donor in 2013, giving nearly $1 billion of his fortune to charity, according to a magazine report on Monday. The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which tracks charitable ...
Tags: Facebook, Zuckerberg, Donations, Warren Buffett
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Twitter Has Announced That It Is to File for an IPO with The US Regulators
Sep 16, 2013Twitter has announced that it is to file for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US regulators. The filing is confidential, as is allowed under US law for corporations with less than $1bn in revenue. Such companies do not have to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Twitter
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Facebook Shares Have Risen to a Record High
Sep 13, 2013Facebook shares have risen to a record high, with the success of mobile advertising and expansions into new areas hailed as reasons for increased stock market confidence in the world's largest social network. Wednesday trading saw shares ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Stock Exchanges Are Playing Russian Roulette with Their Trading Systems
Aug 23, 2013Financial software expert Lev Lesokhin, who works for analysis and measurement software provider CAST Software, believes that stock exchanges are playing Russian roulette with their trading systems. "We're loading up a bunch of bullets or ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Facebook's Mobile Advances Have Pushed The Company's Stock Price up
Aug 5, 2013Facebook's mobile advances have pushed the company's stock price up to its $38 IPO price for the first time since the company went public in May 2012. Facebook shares hit a high of $38.31 today shortly after the markets opened, but then ...
Tags: Facebook, IPO Share Price
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The NASDAQ Stock Exchange Has Been Charged by SEC
May 31, 2013The NASDAQ stock exchange has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with violating security laws as a result of its "poor systems and decision making" during the initial public offering (IPO) and secondary market ...
Tags: NASDAQ, Facebook, Computer Products
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Lovers of Google Reader Vented Anger to Pull on RSS Service and Keep It Alive
Mar 18, 2013Lovers of the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader have vented anger over the decision to pull the plug on the RSS service and are petitioning to keep it alive. A "Keep Google Reader Running" petition at change.org had racked up more than ...
Tags: Google Reader, RSS service, Google
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Solid Financial Results Coupled with Positive Reports Are Boosting Confidence in IT
Feb 1, 2013Despite some caution about the fortunes of BlackBerry, Facebook and Apple, solid financial results from tech vendors coupled with positive reports about the economy are boosting confidence in IT, with share prices of computer, consumer ...
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Market Research Reports and Las Vegas's International CES Highlighted The Hardware Arena
Jan 15, 2013Vendor earnings, market research reports and the International CES in Las Vegas this week highlighted the hardware arena, which appears to be a tale of two sectors with very different fates: PCs and mobile devices. The PC market continues ...
Tags: Vendor earnings, hardware arena, PC market
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Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York Is to Pay$40m Compensation for Technical Problems
Dec 28, 2012The Nasdaq stock exchange in New York is to pay$40m compensation for technical problems that caused confusion on Facebook's first day of share trading. The stock exchange plans to pay$14m to its affected member firms,with the balance to ...
Tags: Nasdaq, compensation, facebook confusion
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Zuckerberg Donates $US500 Million in Stock to a Silicon Valley Charity
Dec 28, 2012Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is donating nearly $US500 million ($A476.5m) in stock to a Silicon Valley charity to focus on health and education issues. The gift of 18 million Facebook shares is valued at $US498.8 million, based ...
Tags: Facebook, CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, charity
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The Shares Have Lost Nearly Half Their Value Since May
Dec 27, 2012Facebook shares have hit a new low of $19.82 before closing at $20.04 after the social network reported slowing growth and admitted more than 83 million accounts may be fake. The shares have lost nearly half their value since May, when ...
Tags: social network, Facebook, Share Price, Security and Exchange Commission
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Facebook Is Trialling Ads for APPs in The Social Network's Mobile News Feed
Dec 27, 2012In its latest attempt to boost advertising revenue as uses move to mobile devices, Facebook is trialling ads for apps in the social network's mobile news feed. The ads will appear in a limited number of beta users' feeds during the trial ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, App Ads, Mobile
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Facebook Shares Fell 11% in After-Hours Trading in to a Record Low of $23.94
Dec 24, 2012Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading in to a record low of $23.94 after announcing its first financial results since listing on the New York stock exchange in May. While the social network announced second quarter revenues of ...
Tags: Facebook, social network, networking, company news
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The Continuing Slide in Facebook's Stock Price Is Fueling Speculation
Dec 20, 2012The continuing slide in Facebook's stock price is fueling speculation that the social network might be better off without co-founder Mark Zuckerberg at the helm. Facebook shares hit a record low of $19.87 at the close of trading Thursday. ...
Tags: Facebook, stock price, social network, Zuckerberg