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Why Facebook's IPO was slightly delayed

Monday, May 21, 2012
Facebook's first investors didn't lose their shirts. The company's stock is trading right where it started on Friday: 38 bucks a share. But the initial public offering didn't go exactly as planned. The start was delayed; computer systems locked up; and NASDAQ executives are promising to fix the problems.
Posted In: technology, Facebook, IPO
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An app too far?

Friday, May 18, 2012
Apple's new Apple Store self-checkout app has Wired.com columnist Lore Sjoberg worried.
Posted In: apple, apps, spending, technology, smart phones
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At Lulu's: No Wi-Fi for you!

Friday, May 18, 2012
Lulu DeCarrone was tired of laptoppers turning her New Haven coffee shop into a silent crypt, so she cut them off. And business has never been better.
Posted In: coffee, wifi, Small Business, technology
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Innovation funding gets the ax

Friday, May 18, 2012
The Technology Innovation Program helped fund a lot of innovations, but now the program has been eliminated.
Posted In: technology, innovation
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Resisting the iPhone, at all costs

Friday, April 27, 2012
Commentator Tim Bedore's 14-year-old daughter is lobbying ferociously for an iPhone.
Posted In: iPhone, family finances, technology
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Home prices stay flat, tech bubble could burst

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
U.S. home prices stayed basically flat in February according to the S&P Case-Shiller Index. Without adjusting for seasonal fluctuations, prices actually dropped 0.8 percent to reach the lowest level since 2002.
Posted In: Housing, technology, bubbles

Facebook to pay one billion for Instagram

Monday, April 9, 2012
The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet
Posted In: Facebook, technology, software, app, instagram, social networking

Yahoo to chop 2,000 more jobs

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Shares of Yahoo are down this morning. The Internet giant is handing out 2,000 pink slips today. It's the sixth mass layoff for the tech company in just the past four years.
Posted In: Yahoo, Jobs, technology, Internet
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Abundance and technology

Friday, March 30, 2012
Author Peter Diamandis thinks technology will help us solve the biggest challenges we face.
Posted In: bottled water, technology
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Robots and people can all get along

Friday, March 30, 2012
When technology is married with high-skilled jobs, the result can fundamentally change things for the better.
Posted In: robots, technology

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