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The Facebook IPO pricetag and why young tech CEOs should be rooting for Zuckerberg
Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO filing comes after months of speculation about what will almost certainly be the biggest Internet offering ever. It also comes at a time when there is increasing urgency to get the deal done before European economic headwinds or any political wildcards from the 2012 election create volatility in U.S. financial markets. The
Iraq Withdrawal: Congress Responds on Twitter
President Barack Obama announced on Friday that the United States will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of the year. As members of Congress prepared their statements either applauding or condemning the decision, some of them posted their first reactions to Twitter. Many Congress members’ tweets, most of them from Democrats, expressed support
“Absolute Explosion” — How BlackBerry BBM Fed The London Riots
With riots and looting breaking out all over London earlier this week, media outlets have been poring over how the violence spread. We were amongst the first to identify the BlackBerry mobile handset and its unique, private Blackberry Messaging service (BBM) as a method whereby rioters and looters, many of them teenagers, broadcast and swapped information in
Forecast App Tells Friends Where You’re Going
A new app delivers a twist on the check-in: Letting people broadcast where they are going, rather than where they are currently.
An App for Organizing Facebook Friends
Katango’s algorithm analyzes Facebook profile information, interactions with friends and interactions between friends. Based on that information, the service tries to group related friends together.
Two Cities Find an Effective Way to Combat Distracted Driving
A combination of increased enforcement of penalties to prevent use of a mobile phone while driving, and a high-profile education campaign, helped reduce incidents of distracted driving in Syracuse and Hartford.
Smartphones and Mobile Internet Use Grow, Report Says
A new report issued by the Pew Research Center tracks the rapid adoption of smartphones, and finds that some people are using their smartphones to access the Web more than they use their desktop computers or laptops.
Hackers Say They Hit Another Military Contractor
A group of hackers intensified its assault on government-related targets, claiming to have infiltrated the network of Booz Allen Hamilton, a top technology contractor.
AntiSec Hackers Hit F.B.I. Contractor
A hacker group claims to have found e-mail documents that included a proposal to develop for the F.B.I. a “Special Identities Modernization Project.”
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