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Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

February 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – Facebook’s long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook’s glow just aren’t as financially sound as the world’s largest social network.

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Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs
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Tech companies team up to combat email scams (AP)

January 30, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.

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Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)

January 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America.

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Nokia loss tempered by Windows phone launch (AP)

January 26, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company’s first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

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Facebook forces Timeline; tips to hide users’ past (AP)

January 24, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline, making photos, links and personal musings from the past much easier to find.

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High court: warrant needed for GPS tracking (AP)

January 23, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.

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Renowned attorney Bennett to represent Megaupload (AP)

January 20, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

AP – One of the nation’s most prominent defense lawyers will represent file-sharing website Megaupload on charges that the company used its popular site to orchestrate a massive piracy scheme that enabled millions of illegal downloads of movies and other content.

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