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How Technology Giants Traded After Going Public [INFOGRAPHIC]

With the paperwork being filed by the social networking giant Facebook for the much anticipated IPO (Initial Public Offering), the whole world is glued to have a look at the company’s estimated value. With the approval from Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), trading of the shares of Facebook is likely to begin in the month of May.2012. Of the estimated $100 billion, Facebook will be offering... 

Facebook Files For $5 Billion IPO

The much anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of social media giant Facebook is now official. The company has filed preliminary documents to go public and is looking to raise amount in region of $5 billion. The lead underwriting position is going to be held by investment bank Morgan Stanley, while Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and few others will take additional responsibilities. The shares... 

FrontierVille Facebook Post Comments Breaks Guinness World Record

Social media giants Facebook has broken a Guinness World Record today surprisingly though it had nothing to do with the much speculated IPO (Initial Public Offering) the company. The record was not broken by Facebook administrators but the feat was achieved by the fans of the popular Zynga game titled “FrontierVille“. As many as 1,001,600 comments were made on a single post. As a matter... 

Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens To Shutdown Facebook On January 28

According to a video released by Hacktivist group Anonymous, they are planning to take down Facebook on January 28. This comes after shutdown of popular file-sharing site Megaupload by the United States Government. Anonymous asks for the participation of Americans in the operation by downloading Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), a tool used to send thousands of requests to servers. Anyone who wish to... 

“If I Die” App Allows You To Post Message On Facebook After You Die

Do you want to let your Facebook friends know that you are dead? There is an app for that. If I Die is a handy little app developed by Willook, an Israel-based firm, that allow Facebook users to post a message/video on their  profiles after there deaths. Your life story, a secret you haven’t shared before or even a will. How To Setup? Just install the app on your Facebook account and record... 

Facebook Developers: The Making Of Facebook Timeline [VIDEO]

Know Facebook Timeline? Surely you do, if you know what the Facebook is. For those who were living on a hidden island or something, Facebook Timeline is the completely new way of viewing a profile page. Facebook fully redefined the user profiles and derived it from scratch. Introduced on 22 September in f8 2011, it got publicly released to the whole world in the last couple of months of 2011. Timeline... 

Facebook Threatens To Sue Israeli ‘Mark Zuckerberg’

What is more public than Facebook these days, and to grab more publicity fan page with thousands of likes is too in these days. But here we present the story of an Israeli entrepreneur who chalked out a different path. An entrepreneur, who was named as Rotem Guez, legally changed it to Mark Zuckerberg, thus using and not using Facebook for his publicity at the same time. Mark Zuckerberg II owns a website... 

Get Your Facebook Timeline Right Now [How To Tutorial]

Facebook Timeline is finally here. Although it was announced months back in September, still it was only available to Facebook developers. But now, Facebook has announced that Timeline is available to everyone who is on Facebook. If you don’t know how to activate it, then no problem, you can follow the guide below to get to know how to get your new profile style known as “Timeline”. You... 

Facebook Beats All Other Apps On Android, Even The Ones Offered by Google

According to a recent study by Nielsen, Facebook is now the  most popular app on Android in all age groups. Even the apps offered by Google itself are not able to compete with Facebook(ignore Android Market). Nielsen did a survey on the most popular apps for Android, and found out that Facebook has been the most downloaded and the most used app since the past 30 days, except the Android Market itself.... 

Facebook Does Not Affect College Students’ GPA Much [STUDY]

Our very first impression about someone really active on social networking website is: he aint no good at school. In fact most of the times, students, deeming their addiction to Facebook being the sole reason for their bad grades, deactivate their profiles during exams. Some even go to the extent of trusting a friend with their profile passwords. Obviously, if you spend the active hours of your day,...