Posts Tagged ‘ world ’

The 9 most surprising facts about the Facebook IPO (Yahoo! News)

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Yahoo! News - It's official: Facebook, the world's most famous internet company, is about to go public. In a move expected to net the social networking giant a cool $5 billion, Facebook shares will be available for purchase this May under the ticker symbol FB. …

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AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US (AP)

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AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US (AP)

AP - The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.

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Nokia seen struggling in early days for Windows Phone (Reuters)

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Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is expected to remain barely in the black in the fourth quarter, with its new Windows Phone models yet to compensate for diving sales of its legacy smartphones.

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Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect (AP)

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Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect (AP)

AP - Apple is worth $415 billion, putting it neck and neck with Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street measures, its stock is a bargain.

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What Gadgets Can an iPad Replace? (ContributorNetwork)

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ContributorNetwork - Apple's iPad is starting to replace desktop and laptop computers, for a lot of people. Its success tracks closely with declining PC sales at vendors like HP and Dell, and if you count it as a computer it makes Apple the world's top PC vendor, according to Todd Wasserman of Mashable.

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