8 hours ago - By Associated Press
A German data protection official has warned Facebook investors that the social networking site's $38 starting share price is based on practices that breach European privacy rules.
23 hours ago - By Associated Press
Yahoo's new boss is reorganizing a consumer-commerce division created by recently dispatched CEO Scott Thompson.

May 17 - By Bernard Condon , AP Business Writer
Taking a company public isn't as simple as collecting Facebook friends.
May 17 - By The Associated Press
Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles apart, also happen to be locked in a bitter battle for Web surfers' allegiance and online advertisers' money. The duel is likely to intensify now that the IPO has given Facebook Inc.'s social network billions of dollars to battle Google Inc.'s dominant search engine.
May 17 - By The Associated Press
Key developments in the eight years since Facebook Inc.'s creation:
May 17 - By The Associated Press
Growth in the number of active users at Facebook, defined as someone who logs on at least once a month:
May 17 - By Associated Press
Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according to reports published Thursday.
May 17 - By Associated Press
A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast.
May 17 - By Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press
A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town."
May 17 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.

May 17 - By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
In my five years on Facebook, I've shared a lot of photos, links and other tidbits about my life. I've commented on what my friends share, and I've endorsed plenty of their posts by hitting the "like" button. I've gained Facebook friends over the years, and I've lost some.

May 17 - By The Associated Press
To CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has a social mission to make the world more open and connected. He made the company's thinking known in its regulatory filing for an initial public offering of stock. In a letter to potential investors, Zuckerberg also discussed Facebook Inc.'s approach to culture and management:

May 17 - By The Associated Press
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined five core values for Facebook in a letter to potential investors. The letter appeared in regulatory filings that Facebook Inc. first submitted in February for its initial public offering of stock.
May 17 - By Associated Press
The International Rugby Board has denied it ordered Samoa to exclude a player from its squad for the Pacific Nations Cup because of his history of controversial Twitter posts.
May 17 - By Youkyung Lee, AP Technology Writer
South Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. has upgraded its flagship smartphone model with a faster chip and a longer battery life, hoping to regain ground lost to more nimble rivals.

May 17 - By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.

May 16 - By Associated Press
Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63 newspapers from Media General Inc. for $142 million.