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Post IPO, Facebook’s Zuckerberg talks mobile, stock, and morale
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearance Tuesday at Techcrunch Disrupt was hotly anticipated. What did he have to say? Facebook's stock plunge is "disappointing" and it bet too much too fast on HTML5, but is still positioned to make "big bets."…
Read MoreFacebook shares fall below $30, market shrugs
Look out, below! Facebook (s FB) stock marked the return from the long weekend by tumbling nearly ten percent to an afternoon low of $28.87.…
Read MoreShareholders sue Facebook, banks over botched IPO
The hype surrounding Facebook has rapidly turned sour since the company went public in a media frenzy last Friday.…
Read MoreGoogle’s Eric Schmidt gets his Facebook digs in
Speaking to Boston University's graduating class of 2012 on Sunday afternoon, Google's Eric Schmidt took some veiled potshots at archrival and newly public Facebook. Schmidt didn't drop any F-bombs, but everyone got the message.…
Read MoreFacebook doesn’t just want world domination: it needs it
Facebook's rise has come on the back of astonishing international growth -- but it needs to keep expanding everywhere, and in every way, to keep up with investors' expectations. Where can it find the silver bullet? And how will it happen?…
Read MoreFacebook’s foreign foes: five countries to conquer for new growth
After growth slowed just in time for its IPO, Facebook must look overseas for a jump-start. Here are the only five remaining countries where Zuckerberg is not top dog - and the rivals that stand in his way.…
Read MoreFacebook gets a reality check on IPO day
Once protected by the hype bubble, Facebook is getting a hard lesson in the realities of the public markets. Despite the massive build-up to its IPO today, the market response has been more tepid than expected.…
Read MoreFacebook buys Karma app
Newly public Facebook says it is buying Karma, a mobile social gifting app. The news was released via Karma's blog. The deal terms were not announced. Facebook plans to keep the service alive. A Facebook spokesperson says it is an acquisition & not an acquhire.…
Read MoreInfographic: A look back at Facebook’s revenue and valuations
We've tracked down Facebook's past revenues and valuations -- in this handy-dandy infographic.…
Read MoreFacebook IPO: Here is the best of the web
Feeling overwhelmed with all the Facebook chatter? Is all this talk of the IPO making you yearn for the weekend already? Well, we are going to make life a little easier for you and find you best stuff for you to read. Keep checking often.…
Read MoreFacebook IPO: Tracking the price
The time for talking has passed, and the time for buying has begun. We're tracking what could be one of the biggest IPOs in American history--and what will almost certainly be the biggest tech IPO ever--in this post.…
Read MoreFacebook IPO: Our coverage so far
By now you might have heard of this little thing called Facebook's IPO. Check out links to our coverage so far.…
Read MoreWhy 900M isn’t the only number that matters to Facebook
Facebook's hyperinflated valuation heading into its IPO has everything to do with its promise, and very little to do with its actual profits. Here are some numbers we know about Facebook's infrastructure that speak to its promise perhaps as much as its 900 million users.…
Read MorePlace your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38
No more need for price speculation, folks. Facebook just put out amendment S-1 filing number 8, which sets its IPO price at $38.00 a share. Get your checkbooks ready.…
Read MoreHow recent digital media IPOs have fared
With huge anticipation around Facebook's IPO, we decided look at how other digital media companies that have gone public over the past year have fared. Most have had a bumpy ride -- and only one has had steady gains since its stock-market debut.…
Read More10 startups that couldn’t have done it without Facebook
In the run-up to Friday’s big IPO, here are 10 startups that owe (at least part of) their success to Facebook.…
Read MoreAre Facebook Credits the key to the social network’s future?
Facebook has been criticized recently for its lackluster performance as an advertising platform, but the giant social network has other ways of monetizing its vast user base that could have even more growth potential -- including Facebook Credits. Could it become a networked version of PayPal?…
Read MoreVCs simply love the Facebook Mafia
Following the jaw-dropping $50 million funding of Quora, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based knowledge community, folks from New York-based research firm, CB Insights crunched some data and came up with these following stats about the Facebook mafia - aka people who left Facebook to start their own companies.…
Read MoreWill Facebook adapt to mobile or will mobile adapt to Facebook?
If Facebook’s future is mobile, it may not be enough for it to merely secure a piece of the mobile ad market. It will need to have an outsized impact on the industry.…
Read MoreFacebook’s biggest problem is that it’s a media company
Facebook's advertising woes, including the highly publicized departure of General Motors, reinforce the fact that while Facebook may function like a social network, on the business side it looks almost exactly like a media company -- and that is going to be a major challenge.…
Read MoreWeigh in on Facebook’s future prospects
With Facebook’s IPO scheduled for later this week, we decided to poll GigaOM readers and other technology watchers on the company’s longer-term prospects. So put the immediate future out of your mind, and think about how Facebook might evolve in the next 2 to 5 years.…
Read MoreFacebook brings bigger pics and posts to mobiles
Facebook users on Android, iOS and mobile browsers aren't stuck with postage-sized pictures and posts any more. Facebook announced on Monday that it now supports full-sized pictures on all three platforms as well as posts that will automatically scale from edge-to-edge of a handheld device.…
Read MoreA preacher, 500 startups, and a dream to change it all
What Billy Beane is to baseball, Dave McClure wants to be technology startups. And like Beane, he is willing to go anywhere in the world to find a slight edge to beat his richer, bigger and fancier rivals on Sand Hill Road.…
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