NEW YORK -- As Facebook's much-anticipated public stock offering approached, federal regulators wanted to know more about the revenue it gets from mobile devices, its $1 billion deal to buy Instagram and the control CEO Mark Zuckerberg has over the company.Documents filed Friday show the ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.The cuts announced Wednesday represent HP's largest payroll purge in its 73-year history. The ...
NEW YORK -- Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating system for mobile devices remain available ...
NEW YORK -- It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.One of the most anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a flat note, with Facebook's stock closing at ...
When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide reach, was all but unknown to the public.A year and half later, the movie "The Social Network" and the attention that ...
CHICAGO -- You wouldn't think picking up milk at the "L" station would be a good idea.But online grocer Peapod has turned a busy Chicago train station into a virtual supermarket aisle, enabling commuters to use their smartphones to scan and buy any of 70 items on the fly.Appearing overnight on ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- California has a friend who's about to write a hefty personal check that could help ease the state budget crunch.Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old founder and chief executive of Facebook Inc., may have to pay the state $189 million in taxes after the Menlo Park, Calif., social ...
<strong>Digital-savvy workers are in demand</strong><strong>Marissa Evans</strong><strong>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</strong><strong>MILWAUKEE -- The explosion in digital devices has triggered a ...
NEW YORK -- Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians.There's a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What's unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a ...
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department and 15 states sued Apple Inc. and major book publishers Wednesday, alleging a conspiracy to raise the price of electronic books they said cost consumers more than $100 million in the past two years by adding $2 to $5 to the price of each e-book.Attorney ...
