How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 2 days ago

"Facebook was not originally created to be a company," CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his SEC Registration letter a little more than three months before Facebook went public on May 18, 2012. "It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected."In the year since the Facebook IPO, some things haven't changed: Zuckerberg still sports his trademark hoodies, employees still rate their company and their founder highly, and Facebook still talks about its grand mission to make the world more open and connected. But the era of Facebook operating or being perceiv... Read similar

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Google Chrome Now Has 750 Million Active Users

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 5 days ago

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Google Chrome is well on its way to having a billion active usersGoogle announced at its I/O developers conference on Wednesday that the browser now has 750 million active users, an increase of about 300 million users from the same time last year. Chrome first launched in beta in 2008.Chrome passed Internet Explorer last year to become the most popular browser in the world.Mashable composite, images via iStockphoto, kolb_art; logo courtesy of Google Read more...More about Google, Google Chrome, Tech, and Apps SoftwareRead similar

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Google Stock Hits $900 For First Time Ever

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 6 days ago

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Google's stock topped $900 a share in early trading Wednesday for the first time in the company's history, less than three months after it hit $800 for the first time.The latest surge in the stock price comes as Google is expected to make several big announcements at its I/O developers conference this week, including a rumored new streaming music service, a major upgrade to maps and the possibility of new or updated smartphones and tablets.There have also been several positive reports for Google in recent daysGartner put out a study showing that Android accounted for three-quarters of all smar... Read similar

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Larry Page Opens Up About How He Lost His Voice

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 6 days ago

A little less than a year ago, Google revealed that its co-founder and CEO Larry Page would skip out on a couple big company events because he had lost his voice. When Page finally spoke again at an event a few months later, his voice was at a noticeably higher pitchOn Tuesday, Page finally opened up about what happened to his voice in a post on his Google+ page. As it turns out, the problem dates back more than a decade. Shortly after founding Google, Page says he got a "bad cold" that left his voice "hoarse," and he never fully recovered. He later found out that he was suffering from paralys... Read similar

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Square Stand Turns iPads Into Cash Registers

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 7 days ago

Square took another big step towards simplifying the payment processing experience for small businesses with the introduction of Square Stand on Tuesday.Square Stand, which retails for $299, is a sleek countertop device that holds the iPad and has a credit card swipe machine built into it. The goal is to provide bricks-and-mortar stores with a simple and stylish alternative to traditional clunky cash registers."Local business owners take as a given that they need an ugly, slow, expensive and complicated point-of-sale system cluttering their counter," Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Square, ... Read similar

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Mark Zuckerberg's Approval Rating at Facebook Up Since IPO

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 7 days ago

Just hours before Facebook became a publicly traded company last May, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at a pre-IPO hackathon and received a standing ovation from thousands of his employees.In the year since then, those same employees have watched as Facebook's stock plummeted to less than half its IPO value before recovering somewhat, and presumably heard some of the negative comments from investors and analysts about Facebook's long-term viability as a company. Yet, almost exactly one year after that night, employees appear to approve of Zuckerberg as much as ever — perhaps more so in fa... Read similar

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Old Spice's Terry Crews Meets His 'Son' in New Ad

feeds.mashable.com Seth Fiegerman 7 days ago

Terry Crews is back in another Old Spice ad campaign, and he's got a little company.In the video spot above, called "Baby," Crews shouts that Old Spice's new shaving gel is "newer than a fresh pair of socks," only to get a little surprise when the socks speak up, followed by a talking jersey, waffle iron and solar panels. But the real shock comes when a very muscular child appears and says, "they're not as new as me." It's at that moment that Crews realizes he has a son.Old Spice launched "Baby" and another ad called "Shower," which you can watch below, on its YouTube and Facebook pages Tuesda... Read similar

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