Video of Malaysian woman beating child goes viral a year after the event
A video of a teenage Malaysian mother beating her baby daughter has generated a storm of outrage online a year after it was filmed, prompting the Malaysian Police to announce that the woman is already...
View ArticleOpinion: Sci-fi nightmares of a world ruled by Facebook, Apple and Google
By 2023, hideously powerful technology companies like the Weyland Corporation will rule the world. At least that's the storyline in "Prometheus," Ridley Scott's much-anticipated prequel to "Aliens,"...
View ArticleWill Facebook lose its edge after IPO?
Facebook advocates are touting the company's initial public offering this week -- the biggest ever for an Internet company-- as if it will save the net, the economy and the American way. Its detractors...
View ArticleFacebook IPO is no safe haven
Facebook isn't exactly picking the best time to go public. But it looks like it probably won't matter.
View ArticleIs Facebook a passing fad? Nearly half of Americans think so
Nearly half of Americans believe that popular social-networking site Facebook is merely a passing fad, a new study suggests.
View ArticleGM to stop advertising on Facebook
General Motors said Tuesday that it will stop paid advertising on Facebook.
View ArticleHow you help Facebook make billions
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.
View ArticleWhy I won't be quitting Facebook
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I...
View ArticleCoding and Red Bull: Facebook to hold all-night hacking session
At some companies, the night before a multibillion-dollar stock offering might come with lavish parties and champagne.
View ArticleStocks: Facebook IPO vs. Europe worries
U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open Friday as investor excitement over the Facebook initial public offering countered continued worries about the European sovereign debt crisis.
View ArticleFacebook hits Wall Street, web ponders its fate
As the stock market opened Friday with a ring of the bell by Mark Zuckerberg, all eyes were on Facebook -- the social media Megalodon he nursed from a dorm-room project to one of Wall Street's hottest...
View ArticleSurprise: The Internet hates rich people
It's no shock that people love to hate Facebook.
View ArticleThe anti-social network: Life without Facebook
A bad breakup: Nothing can be as emotionally tumultuous for a young heart.
View ArticleEnough on Facebook! Buy Google or Apple
Facebook is finally trading. And even though the stock didn't explode out of the gate, the company is still worth more than $100 billion. It shouldn't be.
View ArticleStocks: Worst week of the year
Stocks closed out an ugly week. Despite initial euphoria surrounding the debut of Facebook on the public markets, the social network's shares barely popped above its offering price and failed to...
View ArticleFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg updates relationship status to 'married'
A day after his social media company went public, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday.
View ArticleIs Facebook a must-buy for journalism?
Now that Facebook is friends with Wall Street, this journalist is giving her timeline a rethink.
View ArticleNasdaq 'embarrassed' over Facebook IPO gaffe
Nasdaq OMX's chief executive admitted he was "embarrassed" by the delay in the opening trade of Facebook's initial public offering and revealed that the exchange was in talks with regulators over...
View ArticleIs the Internet hurting children?
Amid the buzz over the Facebook IPO, the ever-evolving theories about how Twitter is reshaping our communications and speculation about where the next social media-enabled protest or revolution will...
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