Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin to direct Steve Jobs film
Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's 'The West Wing' and the Facebook movie 'The Social Network,' will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Sony Pictures has confirmed that Sorkin will adapt 'Steve Jobs,' the
Facebook raises price range ahead of IPO
Facebook has increased the price range of its stock in what will be Silicon Valley's biggest-ever initial public offering to raise more than $12bn (£7.4bn), giving the social network a valuation that could exceed $100bn. The company founded in a Harvard dorm room by Mark Zuckerberg, who turned 28 on Monday, has raised the price target of
Facebook hikes IPO range to raise $12.1 billion
Facebook Inc has increased the price range in Silicon Valley's biggest-ever initial public offering to raise more than $12 billion, giving the No.1 social network a valuation potentially exceeding $100 billion. The company founded in a Harvard dorm room by Mark Zuckerberg raised the price target range to between $34 and $38 per share in
Facebooks IPO already oversubscribed: source
Facebook Inc's record initial public offering is already oversubscribed, a source familiar with the share listing said, days after the world's largest social network embarked on a cross-country roadshow to drum up investor enthusiasm. Despite concerns about slowing growth, a lofty valuation and signs the company is having trouble ramping
Facebook to sell apps through new online hub
Facebook Inc unveiled a new hub for consumers to find games and other apps on the social network, including its first storefront for selling paid apps, in the company's latest effort to expand the ways it makes money from its massive audience. The new App Center, which Facebook said will launch in the next few weeks, comes as the company
Abraham Lincoln didnt invent Facebook (except on the Internet)
To paraphrase 'The Social Network,' if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook. But in a tall tale that would have made the Great Emancipator proud, a blog post saying that he did just that was making the rounds Wednesday. And some online media outlets were quick to
Facebook plans to raise $10.6 billion in mega IPO
Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley's largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting the world's largest social network a market value close to Amazon.com's. The eight-year-old social network that began as Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room project indicated an
Zuckerberg to raise $1 billion cash from Facebook IPO
Let's hope Mark Zuckerberg has deep pockets in his hoodie. The Facebook CEO plans to sell 30.2 million shares of his stake in the social network when it publicly offers its stock later this month. If the company's IPO prices at the top of its $28 to $35 per-share range, Zuckerberg would pocket a 'cool' $1.1 billion. However, most of
Mark Zuckerberg: You know whats cool? A billion organ donors
Facebook has access to your info, photos and browsing habits. Now the social media giant wants your organs, too. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, announced today that the social network is making it easier for its one billion users to register to donate and broadcast their organ donor status to their networks. The hope is that the
Apps Rush: LinkedIn, Frankenstein, O2 Wallet, Dell, The Dictator, One Direction, DC Nation and more
Business social network LinkedIn has launched its official iPad app, which is very impressive indeed. It's much more than a blown-up version of the company's existing smartphone app, aimed at 'coffee and couch' habits of people using their iPads in the mornings and evenings. The most useful feature: synchronisation with the iPad calendar
LinkedIn launches iPad app, takes new direction
The world's largest professional social network just got a wider reach -- and it wants to be in front of your face for more of the day. LinkedIn launched its long-awaited iPad app late Wednesday, along with revamped versions of its iPhone and Android apps. Redesigned from the ground up, the tablet
Google Drive Hits Chinas Wall
The circumstances of this block seem a bit different to the last major Google product to launch and then get slammed by the Great Firewall -- Google Plus. On that occasion, the new social network worked fine for a few short days in China, before most of its servers got whacked. With G+, there was not necessarily a blanket plus.google.com
Mobile Data Usage Exploding, Monetization Asleep at the Wheel
Data usage has increased dramatically as a result of more devices and consumer use of bandwidth-intensive services and applications. Allot Communications, a provider of network optimization solutions to global mobile operators, reported global mobile data bandwidth usage soared another 77 percent in the first half of 2011. Part of the
Me and my data: how much do the internet giants really know?
To briefly state the obvious, the internet giants are seriously big: Google is not only the world's largest search engine, it's one of the top three email providers, a social network, and owner of the Blogger platform and the world's largest video site, YouTube. Facebook has the social contacts, messages, wallposts and photos of more than
Google fined by FCC over Street View
Google has been fined $25,000 for impeding a US investigation into its collection of wireless network data for its Street View project, which allows users to see street level images when they map a location. The Federal Communications Commission imposed the fine late on Friday, saying Google had collected personal information without
Researchers Leap Into Quantum Networking
These atoms communicate quantum information through the coherent exchange of single photons.
Single atoms form the nodes of an elementary quantum network in which quantum information is transmitted via the controlled exchange of single photons. (Graphic by Andreas Neuzner, MPQ)
Decoherence, which can be thought of as the loss of
Facebook One-Ups Google With A Kind Of Facebook+: Your FB Email, Timeline Names Are Now Linked Up
Facebook today announced a change for how people can find you on its network , a move for more consistency, but also another route to getting people to use more email in Facebook, and secure its place as the center of your web life. Facebook is now rolling out a service where the name you use in your Facebook Timeline will be the same as
When did Facebook become so uncool?
class='cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2'>Facebook -- the once-underdog social network founded by a kid in a hoodie in a dorm room -- may have officially cemented its status as a titan of the tech establishment it once challenged. What changed? Facebook -- no longer a feisty startup but a
