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Awais Khan
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Facebook adds women, minority-owned banks for IPO

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc added several women- and minority-owned investment banks to the roster of underwriters for its initial public offering, following in the footsteps of General Motors Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which did the same during their own offerings.   The No. 1 online social media network, which filed an amended IPO […]

Apple unveils 4G iPad

(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s latest iPad sports a crisper display and an array of technology advances that, while less than revolutionary, may prove enough for now to keep rivals like Amazon.com Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd at bay. While stopping short of vaulting ahead of Motorola and Samsung, the device — which comes 4G-ready and boasts […]

Yahoo preparing layoffs, could affect thousands: report

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s new chief executive is preparing a significant restructuring of the Internet company, including layoffs that could cut thousands of employees from its payroll, according to a technology blog.   The moves could be announced as soon as the end of the month and would represent the first major changes under CEO […]

Tornado victims flock to Facebook for helping hand

(Reuters) – Residents of the storm-ravaged communities in the Midwest are reaching out to each other, neighbor to neighbor, through social media sites to coordinate disaster relief and share information. A chain of fast-moving tornadoes spawned by massive thunderstorms cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, killing […]

Exclusive: Facebook seeking bigger credit line: sources

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc plans to increase its $2.5 billion credit line to help cover a major tax hit when employee stock awards vest shortly after it goes public, according to two sources familiar with the company’s plans. The world’s largest social media network, which boosted its borrowing capacity by two-thirds just six months ago, […]

Facebook woos Madison Ave in pre-IPO mobile push

(Reuters) – Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO. With new "Premium on Facebook" ads, marketers can expand their reach on the social network by paying for a video, a coupon or other message to […]

Facebook offers olive branch to mobile carriers

(Reuters) – Facebook said it could team up with mobile operators on payments, in an offer that would give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost in recent years to Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOG.O). Speaking for the first time at Mobile World Congress, the industry’s biggest gathering, Facebook said operators […]

On the ropes, Apple’s China nemesis still dreams

(Reuters) – Yang Long-san, Apple’s nemesis in a battle over the iPad trademark in China, once strutted the expo halls with dreams of market dominance. His company, Proview, may now be in ruins and his most valuable asset a disputed trademark, but those dreams remain intact. "My biggest wish is to resolve all these frustrating problems […]

Apple tactics in China iPad deal unusual: experts

(Reuters) – Proview Electronics, the firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name in China, has a plausible claim over the unusual methods Apple used to conceal its identity when attempting to acquire Proview’s trademarks, according to several legal experts. But Apple also has some strong defenses against a lawsuit Proview filed last […]

Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord

(Reuters) – Six of the world’s top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, California’s attorney general said on Wednesday. The agreement binds Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Hewlett-Packard — and developers on their […]

Case against The Pirate Bay opened in Britain

ThePirateBay.com suffered another setback to their operations as a ruling was announced on a lawsuit filed against them in Great Britain. The British Supreme ruled that the Swedish file-sharing portal does indeed violates copyright laws on a large scale. According to The Guardian, the ruling found that both the site and its 3.7 million British […]

Chinese iPad weighs several kilos

After losing their market share in China, Apple Inc received another jolt over the use of their copyright names in the secular state. Or, it is possible that the technology giant Apple copied the name "iPad" and forgot to pay the rights to market it in China. However, it is now clear that United Stated […]

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