Zuckerberg's Status Update: Married
Newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg had an important status update Saturday evening: Married.
The 28-year-old tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, the recently graduated Dr. Priscilla Chen in a private ceremony at the couple's home in Palo Alto, Calif.
Facebook shares sink 11 percent as reality overtakes hype
(Reuters) - Facebook shares sank 11 percent in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down almost 25 percent from where they were Friday and driving others to switch back to more established stocks. Facebook's debut was beset by problems, so much so that Nasdaq said on Monday it was changing its IPO procedures. That may comfort companies considering a listing, but does it little for Facebook, whose lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, had to step in and defend the $38 offering price on the open market. ...
Google CEO Larry Page on Charlie Rose -- Talks Facebook, Future of Google
Google CEO Larry Page talks Facebook, Oracle and the future of Google in an interview airing Monday night on Charlie Rose.
Unleash your hidden DJ potential with the Turntable.fm Android app
Have you always dreamed of being a DJ? Well, even if you thought becoming a spin master just was not in the cards for you, you might just change your mind when you witness the free Turntable.fm app for Android. It’s a social music app made for getting the party started on your mobile device. You can unleash your inner DJ to entertain your online fan club.
Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion
SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion, ending years of fractious talks over how to extract value from its most prized asset. Yahoo also increased its stock buyback authorization by $5 billion to $5.5 billion as a result of the deal but said it might instead opt to distribute some of the proceeds through a dividend. The sale, announced on Monday, gives Yahoo $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million of new Alibaba preferred stock. After taxes, Yahoo will clear $4.2 billion. ...
Webcasts push solar eclipse to the masses
It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque.
