Apple gained some footing today in its US trademark suit instigated by the Chinese technology Proview over the iPad name. A California judge has thrown the case out of court, according to…
Facebook IPO Date Planned for May 18
With its roadshow Wall St. pitch scheduled to begin Monday, Facebook has set a tentative IPO date for May 18, the Wall St. Journal recently reported, citing “people familiar with the matter.”…
Microsoft Pays $300M for a Stake in Barnes & Noble Subsidiary
Microsoft purchased its own stake of the eBook market for $300 million as it prepares to take on Amazon and the Kindle. The software giant purchased a 17.6 percent stake in the…
Splunk Splashes Its First Day on IPO with 108% Jump
Splunk began its first day on the stock market priced at $17 a share. By the end of the day, the unprofitable business startup was worth $35.08, a 108 percent jump in…
Banking $10.65B in Q1 of 2012, Google Splits Its Stock to Retain Founder Power
Google is tackling its competition with Facebook head-on. After revealing the $10.65 billion the company earned in the first quarter of 2012, the company also announced a stock split that will effectively…
Facebook’s Ads Snowballing Ahead of IPO
Facebook investors who have bubble talk babbling in the back of their heads recently received some news that should make them relax. The social networks advertising business is snowballing thanks to increased…
Everyone Counts! Voting Enters the Digital Age
By Matt Gallagher, Red Herring Using Internet and other technology, EveryoneCounts reinvents the cast of the ballot. The company strives to bring elections to any Internet device or phone to make voting as easy…
Foursquare Scores 20M Users, 2 Billion Checkins for This Year’s 4SqDay
Foursquare celebrated its third annual 4SqDay on April 16 (four squared for the math nerd in us all) with the shattering of another milestone: the company has reached 20 million users making…
Microsoft Bing to get some Bling
Like the shady guy in shop class said, the first one’s always free. After launching its Bing API several years ago, the service had always been free for developers to implement data…
US Justice Dept. Officially Sues Apple
The U.S. Justice Department has officially sued Apple and several book publishers, alleging the companies committed anti-trust infringement through Apple’s agency model, Bloomberg reported. Through iTunes, the company allows publishers to set…