Michael Dell may be in danger of losing control of the company he founded.
Dell announced Monday that it has received "two alternative acquisition proposals" in response to a proposal last...
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The Vine Effect: How Twitter’s App Is Impacting Social Video Startups
If you ask Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo why the company decided to buy Vine, an app for creating and sharing six-second videos, the answer is simple: It's the next big thing. "When Facebook bought Instagram, I said we’re not going do what those other guys did. We’re looking for the next thing," Costolo told...
4 Things to Leave Off Your Resume
Brie Weiler Reynolds is the content and social-media manager atFlexJobs, the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible job listings, and a former career advisor. At FlexJobs, Reynolds offers job seekers career and work-life balance advice through theFlexJobs blogand social media.
One area of job searching that confounds plenty of job seekers...
HuffPost Live Is Reinventing Cable News for the Web
Earlier this month, Mashable readers named HuffPost Live the most innovative media product to emerge in 2012. The web-only video news service beat out five other contenders nominated by Sree Sreenivasan, chief digital officer of Columbia University, including Dark Sky, Flipboard, Timehop and RebelMouse.
Facebook to Become Part of Nasdaq 100
Facebook will become part of the Nasdaq 100 index on Dec. 12, The Wall Street Journal reports
The world's biggest social network will replace Indian technology consultant Infosys, which is moving its listing to the New York Stock Exchange (NSYE)
This represents good news for Facebook, as it establishes the social network as one...
The Daily Is Dead: What Does it Mean?
Rupert Murdoch and Apple’s big bet on an iPad-only subscription-based old-school newspaper,...
Apple Takes Cue From Google, Encourages Employees to Work on Pet Projects [REPORT]
November 13, 2012 by Stan Schroeder Like+1SharePin ItShareApple has launched an initiative called “Blue Sky,” which encourages employees to devote some of their time to personal pet projects.Not much is known about the program except that it allows a “small group of staffers” to spend “a few weeks” on their pet engineering projects,...
Your Facebook Friends Are Making You Fat, Broke [STUDY]
October 30, 2012 by Kate Freeman Like+1SharePin ItShareMaintaining close ties with your good friends on Facebook increases your self esteem — but also your waistline. According to a study by researchers at Columbia Business School and University of Pittsburgh, that will be published in the Journal of Consumer Research in June 2013, keeping...
Apple Stock Hits All-Time High After Favorable Verdict
August 25, 2012 by Joann Pan Like+1SharePin ItShareApple stock swelled to $674.96 per share during after-hours trading following the favorable verdict for the iPhone creator. Stock prices rose about 1.8%, or around $12 a piece, closing at $663.22 per share. Around 6 P.M.
Apple Apologizes to Employees For Scheduling Error
August 20, 2012 by Amanda Pittman Like+1SharePin ItShareApple is traditionally very calculated in making changes, whether those be to its products or within its business model. So it came as a surprise when reports of the company laying off employees emerged in recent weeks. This was later proven to be false.The company made...