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After Facebook stock narrowly stayed above the initial public offering price during its first day of trading, the price fell hard and fast Monday, knocking more than 10 percent off the company’s record-breaking initial valuation.

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Computers:  The new approach, which is being tested now, displays three columns rather than a single list of search results. On the right appears an app that, if you approve, gives Bing approval to display who among your friends on Facebook might have knowledge of the subject.

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– The job didn’t pay much: four bucks an hour if you really hustled. But for Catherine Fraser, a recent community college grad from Mountain View looking to pick up a little extra spending cash, the work was a hoot.

Modified: 05/17/12 11:08:02 PM

In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering.

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Apple says its $1 billion Maiden data center will sport a second large solar farm that will help power the site entirely by renewable energy by the end of this year.

Modified: 05/18/12 12:32:19 PM
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"He who has the gold makes the rules." That is the golden rule in the alternate reality game "Speculat1on" from Duke University's Greater Than Games Lab.

Modified: 05/17/12 07:46:53 AM

A survey conducted as part of AT&T's It Can Wait campaign revealed that most teens consider texting while driving to be very dangerous, but do it anyway. So do their parents.

Modified: 05/17/12 06:52:09 AM
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New iPhone to get bigger screen reports WSJ

Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's largest automakers: Does it pay to advertise on the social network?

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Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company’s initial public offering, the company said Wednesday.

Modified: 05/16/12 05:36:07 PM

Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.

Modified: 05/15/12 03:46:34 PM

When the iPad debuted two years ago, there was lots of talk about whether people beyond the iPhone-and-Mac faithful would use such a thing.

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Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged.

Modified: 05/22/12 01:04:26 AM

Three organized groups of so-called angel investors – affluent individuals who invest in startups – have sprung up in the Triangle over the past two-and-a-half years. Their formation coincides with a nationwide surge in angel investors, which invest in early-stage startups.

Modified: 05/21/12 10:47:01 AM

Twitter wants to guide new hatchlings as they venture out of the virtual nest with its experimental tailored suggestions of whom to follow. This personalization comes on the heels of the company’s confirming that users also have the option to beg off having their online movements followed for such personalization.

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Verizon wireless customers on the carrier's $30 per month unlimited data plan will eventually have to leave the grandfathered plan behind.

Modified: 05/17/12 08:34:48 AM

The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday that it has decided to impose tariffs of more than 31 percent on solar panels imported from China, after concluding that Chinese producers had “dumped” solar panels on the U.S. market for less than it costs to manufacture and ship them.

Modified: 05/17/12 07:01:55 PM

Rumors of an iPhone with a larger screen are nothing new, but a recent report from the Wall Street Journal says to expect it this year.

Modified: 05/17/12 06:52:09 AM
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43 percent of teens text while driving, 41 percent say parents do too

Apple has begun preparing to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Modified: 05/16/12 05:55:08 PM

Independent mobile testing firm Root Metrics conducted thousands of data, call and text tests throughout the Raleigh area to see which wireless carrier provided the fastest and most reliable data network, fewest dropped calls and fastest text message delivery.

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