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Department of Defense Hosted Its First Twitter Town Hall (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:50:44 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Pentagon hosted its first Twitter town hall Monday with Pentagon Press Secretary George Little. Participants asked questions on a number of topics ranging from energy security to Don't Ask Don't Tell benefits.

Does Georgia Teen Kidnapping Point to Larger Online Predation Risk? (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:40 +0000

ContributorNetwork - The Lamar County, Georgia, sheriff's department reported late Thursday that two teen girls reported missing Wednesday morning have been found safe. The FBI and federal marshals recovered the teens in Tennessee after a harrowing joyride that turned into a kidnapping. ABC Otus News said Amber Henry, 16, and Kirsten Kamradt, 14, left home in the pre-dawn hours of the morning Wednesday to go for a ride with men they'd met through a social networking site. The men took the girls across state lines against their will, the report said.

Correction: Facebook IPO-Exchange story (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:59:09 +0000

AP - In a story sent Feb. 2 on Facebook's upcoming stock offering, The Associated Press, relying on information supplied by Nasdaq, reported erroneously that Nasdaq charged no separate fee to companies for listing on the exchange. Nasdaq charges an initial fee as well as an annual fee.

Facebook IPO Carries Too Much Risk for Small Investors (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:28 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Facebook IPO is likely going to result in the social media giant ending up with a market value in the $75 to $100 billion range, according to MSNBC.com.

Facebook Not the First or Only Business to Exploit Users (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:06:34 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It doesn't matter if an internet company goes public, like Facebook's big IPO announcement. Users are exploited to advertisers. This is the way of the business world. Ad dollars makes the world go around. Using or selling user information to businesses isn't anything new; it's been going on long before Facebook.

Wisconsin woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:21:47 +0000

Reuters - A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant, a criminal complaint showed on Thursday.

For Facebook, exchange choice is a matter of image (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:11:58 +0000

AP - When Facebook goes public in a few months, will its stock appear on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq? Depends what its billionaire founder prefers for a backdrop — a trading floor on Wall Street or towering video screens in Times Square.

A Company Grows Up: Facebook Goes Public (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:51 +0000

ContributorNetwork - The finance world began the day eagerly awaiting Facebook's filing of initial public offering (IPO) paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Teachers,Take Note: Facebook Could Get You Fired (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:50:49 +0000

ContributorNetwork - It's always interesting when a teacher bumps into a student while shopping during school breaks or on the weekend. The reaction is always the same: students are a bit surprised that their teachers own t-shirts, use coupons for things like peanut butter, and, yes, have lives outside the classroom.

Facebook IPO Will Result in the Company Being Massively Overvalued (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:06:41 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There is little argument that Facebook is a valuable commodity with more than 800 million members across the globe, as reported by the USA Today. Rumors have been swirling about a Facebook IPO for a few years, and USA Today reports the rumors have intensified that Facebook will file the necessary paperwork as early as next week. The pending valuation for Facebook sits at a ridiculous $100 billion, which would make the company extremely overvalued.

Is Facebook Ready to Go Public? (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:02:44 +0000

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Facebook could file IPO paperwork as early as next Wednesday, according to reports released today. The popular social media network has been talking about going public for some time now and they are currently looking at a deal that would value the site somewhere between $75 billion to $100 billion, says the Wall Street Journal.

Secret Service probes bullet-ridden Obama image on Facebook (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:41:50 +0000

Reuters - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the origins of a photo on an Arizona police officer's Facebook page that shows a group of armed youths posing in the desert with what appears to be a bullet-ridden image of President Barack Obama on a T-shirt.

Secret Service probes bullet-ridden Obama image on Facebook (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:41:50 +0000

Teachers Should Use Social Networks to Inform, Not Socialize (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:48:37 +0000

ContributorNetwork - On the question of students, teachers, and social networking, CNN's Schools of Thought blog posed this question on Jan. 20: Do you think there are more benefits or downsides to this kind of communication?

Court Case Will Determine Whether Facebook Can Get You Fired (ContributorNetwork)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:56:44 +0000

ContributorNetwork - The National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency which states its purpose is "acting to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions," has filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut, which terminated an employee after she vented about another co-worker on Facebook.